[2] Butler received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from State University of New York at Potsdam.
He then served two terms in the Herkimer County Legislature, where he was elected Majority Leader in 1993.
[2] Butler won the November 2008 general election with 71 percent of the vote[3][4] and ran uncontested in the November 2010 general election.
Butler resides in the Village of Newport with his wife Susan.
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