Jason West
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"Jason West" is the mayor of the village of New Paltz (village), New York/New Paltz, New York, having resumed the duties of office on June 1, 2011. He served previously as the village's mayor from January 1, 2003 to May 31, 2007.

A graduate of the State University of New York at New Paltz, West made headlines by solemnizing same-sex marriage in New York/same-sex marriages in New York. After running as a protest candidate for the New York State Assembly in 2000 and 2002 on the Green Party (United States)/Green Party ticket, West was elected mayor of New Paltz in 2003. He lost his re-election bid on May 1, 2007, to Village Trustee Terry Dungan.

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When they announced that we won, it was almost like a dream. We're living the sports dream.

It's amazing. Tonight we'll be able to sleep well, since we know that we won. The fun stuff starts now.

When they were cutting down the nets Sunday [after beating Villanova], it was too late to book.

It was surreal, the whole experience has been surreal. It's amazing.

We are sports fanatics. (We were) trying to schedule it around Florida's annual Blue and Orange Spring Game.