Teresa R. Sayward (born 1944/1945)[1] was a member of the New York State Assembly for Willsboro (the 113th district), first elected in 2002.
[4] Sayward was a dairy farmer with her husband Ken for 16 years until 1988, when they sold their farm due it becoming unprofitable.
[4] After leaving dairy farming she stood for election as the Republican candidate for town supervisor of Willsboro, winning on her second attempt in 1992.
[8] Sayward had narrowly beaten Thomas Scozzafava to the Republican nomination,[9] and he stood against her as a Conservative candidate.
[18] Her elder son Glenn is gay, and she views gay marriage as a civil rights issue;[19][17] she received significant campaign donations from out of state as a result of her position,[20] but lost the endorsement of the Conservative Party of New York State.