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Nathan "Nate" Shinagawa is a 2012 Democratic and Working Families Party candidate for the newly formed 23rd District of New York. He presently serves as Vice Chair of the Tompkins County Legislature and is on leave from his job as a Guthrie Health Administrator.

Early life, education and career
Nate Shinagawa is a graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he was a member of the prestigious senior honor society Quill and Dagger. After completing his bachelor's degree, Shinagawa continued on to earn a Masters in Health Administration from Cornell's Sloan Program.

Shinagawa was elected to his first term on the Tompkins County Legislature in 2005, shortly after finishing his undergraduate degree. He was re-elected in 2009, and presently serves as Vice Chair of the Legislature. In addition to his duties on the legislature, Nate has since 2009 worked as an administrator for Robert Packer hospital, which has been recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States. Nate also worked for two years a a legislative assistant to New York Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, and has served on the board of both the Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency and the Community Development Corporation.

2012 U.S. Congressional campaign
Nate Shinagawa formally announced his candidacy for the newly formed 23rd District of New York on March 14, 2012. The new 23rd district, which was carved largely from the former 27th and 29th Districts, was created in the redistricting that followed from the results of the 2010 U.S. Census. It includes Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, Stueben, Chemung, Schulyer, Yates, Seneca, and Tompkins County, as well as parts of Ontario and Tioga County.

Shinagawa is challenged by two other Democrats in the primary election: Leslie Danks Burke, a corporate lawyer who currently resides in Ithaca, NY, and Melissa Dobson, a corporate lawyer from Corning, NY. The primary election is scheduled for June 26, 2012.