Frank Skartados (January 3, 1956 – April 15, 2018; Greek: Φρανκ Σκαρτάδος) was a Greek-American politician and businessman.

A resident of the Ulster County hamlet of Milton, where he ran a farm, he was the Assemblyman for the 104th district of the New York State Assembly in the mid-Hudson, which includes both the city and town of Newburgh, the cities of Beacon, and Poughkeepsie, the hamlet of Marlboro, and the town of Lloyd.

He defeated 14-year Republican incumbent Thomas J. Kirwan in 2008 for what was then the 100th district, but narrowly lost to him two years later in a contest not formally decided for four months.

[2] His business savvy eventually allotted him the funds to educate himself at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where he earned a degree in political science.

[3] After college, Skartados attained a master's degree in International Studies at the State University of California at Sacramento.

[7] On March 20, 2012, a special election was held for the vacant seat, which Skartados won with more than 60 percent of the vote.

[8] He also helped secure state funding to purchase fire trucks, plows, and police cars, and pursue environmental projects such as the Hudson Valley Rail Trail.