Senator · New York

Kirsten E. Gillibrand

Kirsten E. Gillibrand is a Democratic senator from New York, in Congress since 2007. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 18, and cast 786 of 823 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 4, 2007
Term ends
Jan 3, 2031
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate9152.0%18 of 915 · rank 53 of 10196%786 of 823 · rank 77 of 101690 became law24%122 of 511
118th CongressSenate6911.3%9 of 691 · rank 77 of 101100%527 of 529 · rank 17 of 101711 became law18%75 of 428
117th CongressSenate9490.9%9 of 949 · rank 83 of 100100%759 of 760 · rank 8 of 100831 became law15%77 of 512

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.45+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
  2. Jan 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 71–29· Against party
  3. Jun 17, 2025· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 68–30· Against party
  4. Jun 12, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 67–30· Against party
  5. Mar 26, 2025· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 70–28· Against party
  6. Mar 4, 2025· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 70–27· Against party
  7. May 16, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 60–38· Against party
  8. Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–50· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22· Against party
  2. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
  4. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
  5. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
  8. Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23· Against party
  9. Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
  10. Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  11. Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
  12. Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

223 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced20793%
  2. Reported by committee83.6%
  3. Passed one chamber62.7%
  4. Became law20.9%

Policy areas

  1. Agriculture and Food29
  2. Crime and Law Enforcement23
  3. Health23
  4. Public Lands and Natural Resources16
  5. Government Operations and Politics14
  6. Environmental Protection11
  7. Labor and Employment10
  8. Armed Forces and National Security9

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$2.8M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$2.3M
From committees
$171.7K
68 committees
From contractor PACs
$47.5K
21 PACs · 28% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$5,000INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280
corning incorporatedcorning incorporated employees political action committee (corepac)$5,000CORNING NETOPTIXAI match · 100% · of one corporate family—
state street bank and trust companystate street bank and trust company voluntary political action committee$5,000STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$0
l3harris technologies, inc.l3harris technologies, inc. pac$5,000L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$115.4M
samsung electronics america incsamsung electronics america inc political action committee$4,000SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$3.7M
saab, inc.saab, inc. employees political action committee (saab pac)$3,000SAAB, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$47.4M
national grid usanational grid usa political action committee$2,500NATIONAL GRID USA SERVICE COMPANY, INC.AI match · 98% · the same organization$19M
entergy corporationentergy corporation employee political action committee (enpac)$2,500ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$7.5M
general electric companygeneral electric company aerospace employee political action committee (ge aerospace pac)$2,000GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYAI match · 98% · the same organization$636.3M
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$2,000HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$2.8M$171.7K$47.5K21 PACs · 28% of committee money
2024$9.8M$823.2K$22.5K4 PACs · 3% of committee money
2022$4.2M$151K$2,5001 PACs · 2% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · New YorkJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2031
  2. Senate · New YorkJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. Senate · New YorkJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019
  4. Senate · New YorkJan 27, 2009 – Jan 3, 2013
  5. House · New York's 20th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 26, 2009
  6. House · New York's 20th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
478 Russell Senate Office Building
Contact form
Contact form

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.