Her father was a Democratic member of the Board of Supervisors of Montgomery County, representing the City of Amsterdam's Fourth Ward.

[3] She worked in the New York State Department of Commerce as a public information officer, and also for the gubernatorial campaign of W. Averell Harriman.

[2][3] After graduation, she practiced law briefly, taking a job with the vice president of Mobil, Howard J. Samuels, before returning to Albany to be an assistant counsel for the state Senate staff.

[5] She was initially rebuffed by the state Democratic committee which in June endorsed a then-novice politician, Mario Cuomo, for the position.

[6] Krupsak campaigned through the primary season and won the strong support of women's rights groups, labor unions, and liberal organizations.

[8] Contrary to widely reported comments during the campaign, Krupsak was not the first woman nominated by a major New York political party for statewide office.