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Casey Seiler reports in Capitol Confidential that State Senator George Amedore took the oath of office for his first term in the upper house. “All’s I got to say is, ‘Wow,’” Amedore said after the oath given by state Supreme Court Justice Vito Caruso. Amedore’s former Assembly colleagues Pete Lopez and Jim Tedisco were also on hand. Amedore defeated Cecilia Tkaczyk last November, after losing to her by 18 votes in 2012, after serving two previous terms in the State Assembly. Amedore's 46th Senate District is made up of all of Montgomery and Greene Counties, and parts of Schenectady, Albany, and Ulster Counties. Read the full story in Capitol Confidential.