Mrs. Kirsten E. Gillibrand

Mrs. Kirsten E. Gillibrand

  • Party: Democratic
  • State: NY
  • Chamber: Senate
  • Term: 2025 – Present
  • Phone: (202) 224-4451
  • Office: 478 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
  • Website: gillibrand.senate.gov
  • Biography:
    — Senator and a Representative from New York.
    — Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 9, 1966.
    — A.B., Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1988.
    — J.D., University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif., 1991.
    — Lawyer, private practice.
    — Special counsel, United States Housing and Urban Development.
    — Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth Congress and to the succeeding Congress, and served from January 3, 2007, to January 26, 2009, when she resigned to become a U.S. Senator.
    — Appointed January 23, 2009, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hillary Clinton.
    — Appointment took effect upon her resignation from the House of Representatives on January 26, 2009.
    — Took the oath of office on January 27, 2009.
    — Elected in 2010 in a special election for the term ending January 3, 2013.
    — Reelected in 2012, 2018, and again in 2024 for the term ending January 3, 2031.
    — Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (2025-).
    — Was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.
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