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U.S. Senator · New York
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
DemocratState D+8119th Congress
Typical swing score51#38 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Kirsten E. Gillibrand’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office478 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 12 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 12 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 222, S. 494, S. 645, S. 825, S. 1547 and 7 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with Senate DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.446 (party median -0.356; rank 38 of 47 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 0); LCV 94 (avg 96).
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2031
- Senate class
- Class 1
- Seniority
- Junior senator
- Next election
- November 5, 2030
- Years in office
- 19.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Special Committee on AgingRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- Senate Committee on AppropriationsMinority · 13th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Gillibrand← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.446 is 0.09 to the left of the Senate Democratic median (-0.356).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Democratic average- 119th Congress0Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 845Pet and Livestock Protection ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 71
| Swing |
| H.R. 375Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov |