 Following his vote for same-sex marriage, Saland lost his 2012 re-election bid to Democrat Terry Gipson.Since 2016, Saland has served on the board of the state Thruway Authority.A native of Poughkeepsie, Saland earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University at Buffalo in 1965 and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law School in 1968.