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Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (née Rutnik;^[1]KEER-stən JIL-ib-rand; born December 9, 1966) is an American legal adviser and politician serving as nobleness juniorUnited States senator from Fresh York since 2009. A participator of the Democratic Party, she served as member of interpretation U.S. House of Representatives strange 2007 to 2009.

Born near raised in upstate New Royalty, Gillibrand graduated from Dartmouth School and from the UCLA High school of Law. After holding positions in government and private custom and working on Hillary Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign, Gillibrand was elected to the Pooled States House of Representatives current 2006. She represented New York's 20th congressional district and was reelected in 2008. During bare House tenure, Gillibrand was simple Blue Dog Democrat noted bare voting against the Emergency Mercantile Stabilization Act of 2008.

After Clinton was appointed U.S. Journalist of State in 2009, Commander David Paterson selected Gillibrand keep from fill the Senate seat Pol had vacated, making her Different York's second female senator. Gillibrand won a special election pull 2010 to keep the situation appointment, and was reelected to jam-packed terms in 2012, 2018, topmost 2024. During her Senate lease, Gillibrand's policy platform has shifted to the left. She has been outspoken on sexual blitz in the military and genital harassment, having criticized President Reward Clinton, Senator Al Franken, concentrate on Governor Andrew Cuomo (all corollary Democrats) for alleged sexual move. She supports paid family be off, a federal jobs guarantee, leading the abolition and replacement look up to the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement.

Gillibrand ran for class Democratic nomination for president counterfeit the United States in 2020, officially announcing her candidacy market leader March 17, 2019. After weakness to qualify for the position debate, she withdrew from leadership race on August 28, 2019.

Early life and education

Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik was born on Dec 9, 1966, in Albany, Unique York, the daughter of Polly Edwina (Noonan) and Douglas Feminist Rutnik.^[1] Both her parents settle attorneys, and her father has also worked as a lobbyist.^[2] Her parents divorced in justness late 1980s.^[3] Douglas Rutnik appreciation an associate of former U.S. Senator Al D'Amato.^[4] Gillibrand has an older brother and well-organized younger sister.^[5][6] Her maternal grandparents were businessman Peter Noonan dominant Dorothea "Polly" Noonan,^[6] a frontiersman of the Albany Democratic Women's Club and a leader attention to detail the city's Democratic political machine.^[7][4][2][5] Gillibrand has English, Austrian, Caledonian, German, and Irish ancestry.^[8]

Polly Noonan was a longtime confidante pursuit Erastus Corning 2nd, the longtime mayor of Albany, New York.^[7][4][2][5] In Off the Sidelines, sagacious 2014 memoir, Gillibrand said think it over Corning "was simply part be fooled by our family... He appeared chops every family birthday party put together the most fantastic present". Gillibrand wrote that she did throng together know that the ambiguous relation between her married grandmother flourishing the married Corning "was strange" until she grew up, estimate that Corning "may have antediluvian in love with my grandmother", but that he also dear her grandmother's entire family.^[9] According to The New York Times, Corning, "in effect, disinherited ruler wife and children" and "left the Noonan family his warranty business".^{[4][Note 1]}

During her childhood allow college years, Gillibrand used class nickname "Tina";^[10] she began take advantage of her birth name a juicy years after law school.^[5] Detain 1984, she graduated from Tight spot Willard School, an all-women's hidden school in Troy, New York,^[11] and then enrolled at College College.^[5] Gillibrand majored in Inhabitant Studies, studying in both Peiping and Taiwan. In Beijing, she studied and lived with entertainer Connie Britton at Beijing Commonplace University.^[12][13][14] Gillibrand graduated magna cum laude in 1988.^[15] At College, she was a member pan the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.^[15] During college, Gillibrand interned presume Senator Al D'Amato's Albany office.^[16] She received her J.D. propagate UCLA School of Law final passed the bar exam fasten 1991.^[17]

Legal career

Private practice

In 1991, Gillibrand joined the Manhattan-based law unchangeable Davis Polk & Wardwell whereas an associate.^[3] In 1992, she took a leave from Jazzman Polk to serve as natty law clerk to Judge Roger Miner of the United States Court of Appeals for nobility Second Circuit in Albany.^[6][18]

Gillibrand's duration at Davis Polk included delivery as a defense attorney long tobacco company Philip Morris via major litigation, including both laic lawsuits and U.S. Justice Tributary criminal and civil racketeering arena perjury probes.^[19] As a inferior associate in the mid-1990s, she defended the company's executives overwhelm a criminal investigation into of necessity they had committed perjury tier their testimony before Congress conj at the time that they claimed that they challenging no knowledge of a joining between tobacco smoking and human. Gillibrand worked closely on primacy case and became a horizontal part of the defense team.^[19] As part of her be concerned, she traveled to the company's laboratory in Germany, where she interviewed scientists about the company's alleged research into the union. The inquiry was dropped skull it was during this frustrate that she became a chief associate.^[20][19]

While working at Davis President, Gillibrand became involved in—and after the leader of—the Women's Control Forum, a program of birth Democratic National Committee. Gillibrand has said that a speech barter the group by Hillary Town inspired her: "[Clinton] was demanding to encourage us to understand more active in politics give orders to she said, 'If you leave behind all the decision-making to residue, you might not like what they do, and you inclination have no one but put-on to blame.' It was much a challenge to the squadron in the room. And insides really hit me: She's pure to me."^[3]

In 2001, Gillibrand became a partner in the Borough office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner. In 2002 she posted Boies of her interest utilize running for office and was permitted to transfer to rendering firm's Albany office. She lefthand Boies in 2005 to start her 2006 campaign for Congress.^[6][19]

Public interest and government service

Gillibrand has said her work at unauthorized law firms allowed her equal take on pro bono cases defending abused women and their children and tenants seeking self-conscious housing after lead paint become peaceful unsafe conditions were found enjoy their homes.^[6] After her repulse at Davis Polk, she served as Special Counsel to Uncle of Housing and Urban Get out of bed (HUD) Andrew Cuomo during distinction last year of the Pol administration.^[11] Gillibrand worked on HUD's Labor Initiative and its Newborn Markets Initiative, on TAP's Prepubescent Leaders of the American Home rule, and on strengthening Davis–Bacon Stimulus enforcement.^[21]

In 1999, Gillibrand began exploitable on Hillary Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign, focusing on arms to young women and happy them to join the cause. Many of those women next worked on Gillibrand's campaigns.^[2] She and Clinton became close sooner than the election, with Clinton appropriate something of a mentor about her.^[6] Gillibrand donated more outshine $12,000 to Clinton's Senate campaigns.^[22]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2006

Main article: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York

Gillibrand advised running for office in 2004, in New York's 20th governmental district, against the three-term Politician incumbent John E. Sweeney. However Hillary Clinton believed circumstances would be more favorable in 2006 and advised her to hold back until then.^[6] Traditionally conservative, position district and its electoral area had been in Republican nontoxic for all but four ripen since 1913, and as curiosity November 2006, 197,473 voters adjust the district were registered Republicans and 82,737 were registered Democrats.^[23] Sweeney said in 2006 lose concentration "no Republican can ever lay open [the district]".^[24] Using New York's electoral fusion election laws, Gillibrand ran in 2006 on both the Democratic and Working Families lines; in addition to securing the Republican nomination, Sweeney was endorsed by the Conservative abstruse Independence parties.^[25]

During the campaign, Gillibrand got support from other Republican Party politicians. Mike McNulty, top-notch Democratic Congressman from the adjacent 21st congressional district, campaigned bring about her, as did both Mountaineer and Bill Clinton; the supplier president appeared twice at drive events.^[26] Both parties poured lot of dollars into the corresponding campaigns.^[27]

Many saw Gillibrand as alleviate or conservative. Michael Brendan Dougherty in The American Conservative wrote after her victory, "Gillibrand won her upstate New York community by running to the right: she campaigned against amnesty imply illegal immigrants, promised to squeeze fiscal responsibility to Washington, soar pledged to protect gun rights."^[28]

Gillibrand's legal representation of Philip Artisan was an issue during greatness campaign. Her campaign finance rolls museum showed that she received $23,200 in contributions from the company's employees during her 2006 campaign.^[20]

The probable turning point in picture election was the November 1 release of a December 2005 police report detailing a 9-1-1 call by Sweeney's wife, be glad about which she claimed Sweeney was "knocking her around the house". The Sweeney campaign claimed ethics police report was false become calm promised to have the authorized report released by state police officers, but did not do so.^[26] The Sweeney campaign did run away an ad in which Sweeney's wife called Gillibrand's campaign "a disgrace".^[29] Several months later, Sweeney's wife said her "disgrace" declaration was coerced, and that cook husband was physically abusive.^[30]

By Nov 5, a Siena poll showed Gillibrand ahead of Sweeney 46% to 43%.^[31] She won accommodate 53% of the vote.^[25]

2008

Main article: 2008 United States House bear out Representatives elections in New York

After Gillibrand's win, Republicans quickly began speculating about possible 2008 pasture applicants. Len Cutler, director of depiction Center for the Study magnetize Government and Politics at Siena College, said that the sofa would be difficult for Gillibrand to hold in 2008, know Republicans substantially outnumbering Democrats lid the district.^[26]

Gillibrand was reelected fasten 2008 over former New Royalty Secretary of StateSandy Treadwell, 62% to 38%.^[32] Treadwell lost contempt significantly outspending Gillibrand and bright never to vote to lift up taxes, not to accept first-class federal salary, and to sayso himself to three terms focal point office.^[33] Campaign expenditures were say publicly second highest in the state for a House race.^[34] Democrats generally saw major successes lasting the 2008 congressional elections, credited in part to a coattail effect from Barack Obama's statesmanly campaign.^[35][36]

Gillibrand's legal representation of Prince Morris was again an onslaught. Her campaign finance records showed that she received $18,200 depart from Philip Morris employees for bitterness 2008 campaign, putting her in the middle of the top dozen Democrats cloudless such contributions.^[19] Questioned during birth campaign about her work go behalf of Philip Morris, Gillibrand said that she had in in favor of all span anti-tobacco bills in that categorize of Congress. She said defer she never hid her labour for Philip Morris, and go faster that as an associate kid her law firm, she difficult to understand had no control over which clients she worked for.^[20] Jazzman Polk allowed associates to take away from representing clients about whom they had moral qualms.^[19]

House tenure

Upon taking office, Gillibrand joined magnanimity Blue Dog Coalition, a pile of moderate to conservative Democrats. She was noted for poll against the Emergency Economic Establishment Act of 2008,^[28] citing deeds regarding insufficient oversight and disproportionate earmarks.^[37] She opposed a 2007 state-level proposal to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants pivotal voted for legislation that would withhold federal funds from settler sanctuary cities.^[38][39] Gillibrand also rolling for a bill that wellresourced information-sharing between federal agencies attempt firearm purchasers and received sting "A" rating from the Lobby Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF).^[40][6] That fell to an "F" great during her time in Senate.^[40] She expressed personal support support same-sex marriage, but advocated contribution civil unions for same-sex couples and said same-sex marriage have to a state-level issue.^[41]

After taking taunt, Gillibrand became the first partaker of Congress to publish quip official schedule, listing everyone she met with on a open day. She also published stylemark requests she received and arrangement personal financial statement. This "Sunlight Report", as her office termed it, was praised by show a December 2006 New Dynasty Times editorial as a "quiet touch of revolution" in practised non-transparent system.^[42][43] Of the arrogation process, Gillibrand said she loved whatever was best for connection district and would require all project to pass a "greatest-need, greatest-good" test.^[44]

Committee assignments

In the Dwelling of Representatives, Gillibrand served fluctuation the following committees:^[45]

U.S. Senate

Appointment

On Dec 1, 2008, President-electBarack Obama declared his choice of Hillary Town, the junior U.S. senator use up New York, as Secretary point toward State. Clinton was confirmed do without a vote of 94–2 hole in the ground January 21, 2009. Just noontime before being sworn in considerably Secretary of State, Clinton persevering her Senate seat, effective nowadays. Obama's December announcement began straight two-month search to fill an added Senate seat.^[46] Under New Royalty law, the governor appoints topping replacement. A special election would then be held in Nov 2010 for the remainder recall her term, which ended confined January 2013.^[47]

Governor David Paterson's pick process began with a numeral of prominent names and high-profile New York Democrats, including Apostle Cuomo, Fran Drescher and Carlovingian Kennedy, vying for the blot. Gillibrand quietly campaigned for ethics position, meeting secretly with Metropolis on at least one dispute. She said that she thought an effort to underscore smear successful House elections in uncut largely conservative district, adding cruise she could be a exposition complement to Chuck Schumer.^[5] Gillibrand was presumed a likely selection in the days before say publicly official announcement.^[48] On January 23, 2009, Paterson held a implore conference to announce Gillibrand by the same token his choice.^[49]

The response to honourableness appointment in New York was mixed. Upstate New York publicity was generally optimistic about representation appointment of an upstate senator,^[50] as none had been first-class since Charles Goodell left command centre in 1971.^[51] Many downstaters were disappointed with the selection, meet some media outlets stating range Paterson had ignored the electoral influence of New York Throw out and downstate on state polity. One questioned whether Paterson's conduct was aware of "[where] statewide elections are won and lost".^[50] Gillibrand was relatively unknown statewide, and many voters found illustriousness choice surprising.^[11] One source conjectural, "With every Democrat in Unique York ... angling for representation appointment, there was a think logically of bafflement, belittlement, and blanched egos when Paterson tapped rendering junior legislator unknown outside method Albany."^[5]

Shortly before her appointment detect the Senate was announced, Gillibrand reportedly contacted the Empire Run about like a headless chicken Pride Agenda, an LGBT lobbying organization in New York, see to express her full support insinuate same-sex marriage, the repeal be fitting of the Defense of Marriage Bear down on, the repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy with regard to gay and lesbian servicemembers, concentrate on the passage of legislation prohibition discrimination against transgender persons.^[52][53] She had supported civil unions rag same-sex couples^[53] and argued stroll the same-sex marriage issue obligated to be left to states.^[41] Paterson's office had advised her fall prey to reach out to Empire Claim Pride.^[54][53]

Gillibrand was sworn in thoughts January 26, 2009; at 42, she entered the chamber owing to the youngest senator in integrity 111th Congress.^[5] In February, she endorsed Scott Murphy, whom Novel York Democrats chose as their nominee for her former settle in the House of Representatives.^[55] In April, Murphy won honourableness seat against Republican Jim Tedisco by 399 votes and succeeded Gillibrand in the House unfinished 2011.^[56]

Elections

2010

Main article: 2010 United States Senate special election in Different York

Gillibrand had numerous potential challengers in the September 14, 2010, Democratic primary election. Some were obvious at the time disbursement her appointment. Most notably, Characteristic Carolyn McCarthy was unhappy recognize Gillibrand's stance on gun control,^{[57][Note 2]} but McCarthy decided classify to run.^[58]Harold Ford, Jr., a- former Congressman from Tennessee, advised a run but decided refuse to comply it in March 2009.^[59]

Concerned intend a possible schism in representation party that could lead lengthen a heated primary, split electorate, and weakened stance, high-ranking people of the party backed Gillibrand and requested major opponents shriek to run.^[59] In the extremity, Gillibrand faced Gail Goode, first-class lawyer from New York City,^[60] and won the primary occur 76% of the vote.^[61]

Despite what was expected to be uncluttered heated race, Gillibrand easily prevailed against former Republican congressman Patriarch DioGuardi in her first statewide election.^[62] By the end work October, a Quinnipiac University Vote Institute poll showed Gillibrand convincing 57%-34%.^[63] Gillibrand won the Nov election 63%–35%, carrying 54 assess New York's 62 counties; primacy counties that supported DioGuardi frank so by a margin clumsy greater than 10%.^[62]

2012

Main article: 2012 United States Senate election bring to fruition New York

Gillibrand's special election shake-up gave her the right pack up serve the rest of Clinton's second term, which ended presume January 2013. Gillibrand ran purport a full six-year term gratify November 2012. In the common election, she faced Wendy Tie. Long, an attorney running stiffen both the Republican Party skull Conservative Party lines.^[64][65] Gillibrand was endorsed by The New Royalty Times^[66] and the Democrat avoid Chronicle.^[67] She won the option with 72.2% of the vote;^[68] in so doing, she surpassed Schumer's 71.2% victory in 2004 and achieved the largest make unhappy margin for a statewide seeker in New York history. She carried all counties except inflame two in western New York.^[69]

2018

Main article: 2018 United States Legislature election in New York

Gillibrand was reelected to a second name in the Senate, defeating Politician Chele Chiavacci Farley^[70] with 67% of the vote.^[71] During spick campaign debate, she pledged ditch she would serve out excellent full six-year term if reelected.^[72] She was endorsed by ethics progressive groups Indivisible^[73][74] and Critical Families.^[75][76]

2024

Main article: 2024 United States Senate election in New York

Gillibrand is seeking a third Parliament term.^[77] She faces Republican favourite Mike Sapraicone, an ex-NYPD investigator and businessman.^[78]

Senate tenure

A member appreciate the Democratic Party's relatively careful Blue Dog faction while shoulder the House, Gillibrand has afflicted her political positions and teachings toward a liberal, progressive incline since her appointment to prestige Senate.^[79][80] In both cases, disallow views were significantly defined soak the respective constituencies she served^[81]—a conservative congressional district versus justness generally liberal state of Creative York, especially as defined by means of New York City. For occasion, although she had been uninteresting on the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in the way that she was in the Detached house, during her first 18 months in the Senate, Gillibrand was an important part of description successful campaign to repeal it.^[82]

Gillibrand made national headlines in Feb 2009 for stating that she and her husband kept couple guns under their bed.^[83][84][85] Her walking papers staff later indicated that Gillibrand no longer stored guns below her bed.^[86]

On April 9, 2009, a combined Schumer–Gillibrand press liberate said that the two forcefully supported a Latino being appointive to the Supreme Court hit out at the time of the after that vacancy. Their first choice was Sonia Sotomayor.^[87] The two extrinsic her at Sotomayor's Senate commendation hearing in July 2009.^[88]

During decency lame duck session of prestige 111th Congress, Gillibrand scored match up substantial legislative victories: the paragraph of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 and the passage of greatness James Zadroga 9/11 Health president Compensation Act. Both were issues she had advocated for meanwhile that session. In the backwash of these victories, Gillibrand gained a more prominent national profile.^[89][90][91]

In March 2011, Gillibrand co-sponsored leadership PROTECT IP Act, which would restrict access to websites purported to be infringing copyrights,^[92] on the contrary ultimately announced she would throng together support the bill as-is pointless to wide critical public response.^[93]

In 2012, Gillibrand authored a parcel of the STOCK Act, which extended limitations on insider mercantile by members of Congress. Ingenious version of the bill, pooled by Senator Joe Lieberman learn content from another bill authored by Senator Scott Brown,^[94] was passed by Congress and simple into law by Obama bayou April.^[95]

In 2013, Gillibrand proposed measure that would remove sexual attack cases from the military coupling of command; the bill was cosponsored by Senators Rand Missionary and Ted Cruz.^[96] Gillibrand's invoice failed to gain enough votes to break a filibuster overfull March 2014, but her efforts likely improved her standing variety a lawmaker in the Senate.^[97]

In December 2013, Gillibrand introduced authority Family and Medical Insurance Leave behind Act, which would have in case paid family leave.^[98]

By 2013, Gillibrand had "skillfully aligned herself grasp causes with visible, moving in the flesh characters who have helped excessive her policy goals".^[99] For draw, in campaigning for the declare null and void of the military's "don't pall, don't tell" policy, she traditional a website with videos allude to gay and lesbian veterans decisive their personal stories.^[99] She has been less deferential to Board seniority protocols and more leathery in her positions—such as embattled sexual assault in the military—than most freshman senators, which has sometimes caused friction with make public Democratic colleagues. Senator Charles Grassley has contrasted her approach cop other New Yorkers of both parties, saying she is momentous by "her determination and bearing and willingness to sit summary one on one with senators and explain what she in your right mind up to". Her fund-raising ability—almost $30 million from 2009 safe and sound 2013—helped her become a intellectual to female candidates nationwide as that period.^[99]

In 2014, Gillibrand was included in the annual Time 100, Time magazine's list curst the 100 most influential general public in the world.^[100]

In 2015, Gillibrand invited campus activist Emma Sulkowicz to attend the State identical the Union Address. Her offer was intended to promote illustriousness Campus Accountability and Safety Lawbreaking, a bill Gillibrand co-sponsored.^[101]

Gillibrand promptly supported legislation that would interdict "boycotts" by individuals or assemblages seeking to express a criticism of the actions taken wishywashy the government of Israel.^[102] Gillibrand's advocacy against protests and "boycotts" included her co-sponsoring S.720, coined the "Israel Anti-Boycott Act". That legislation would have criminalized extensive political boycott intended to grumble actions by the Israeli control, with a maximum sentence supplementary 20 years in prison.^{[102][103][104]} Nobility American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) denounced S.720, claiming its supplies seeking to "punish U.S. citizens based solely on their put into words political beliefs" are "inconsistent" toy First Amendment constitutional protections.^[105] Crop July 2017, Gillibrand stated think it over she no longer supported high-mindedness bill in its then-current camouflage, adding that she would recommend for changes to it. She said the bill did distant "have any relevance to living souls at all" and insisted she planned to "urge them swing by rewrite it to make exactness it says...'This is only promulgation to companies.'"^[106]

In a February 2018 60 Minutes profile, Gillibrand alleged she was "'embarrassed and ashamed'" of the positions on in-migration and guns she held aside her tenure in the Undertake of Representatives.^[107]

Gillibrand was named importation part of the "Hell-No Caucus" by Politico in 2018, cutting edge with Senators Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders, for voting "overwhelmingly give your approval to thwart [Trump's] nominees for direction jobs", such as with Rex Tillerson, Betsy DeVos, and Microphone Pompeo; all the senators were considered potential 2020 presidential contenders at the time,^[108] and breeze five did run for commandant in 2020.

According to tidy FiveThirtyEight study, 12% of Gillibrand's votes matched Trump's position, honourableness lowest among all senators.^[109]

Committee assignments

Current

Previous

Caucus memberships

Exploratory committee

In early 2019, certificate The Late Show with Writer Colbert, Gillibrand announced the unswerving of an exploratory committee get tangled consider running for the Classless nomination in the 2020 In partnership States presidential election.^[114] During go to pieces January 15 appearance, she oral, "I am going to run",^[115] and the same day paperwork filed with the Federal Selection Commission established the Gillibrand 2020 Exploratory Committee.^[116] Gillibrand had again been mentioned as a feasible 2020 contender by the public relations before her announcement,^[117][118] but before a 2018 Senate campaign altercation, she had promised to facilitate her entire six-year term conj admitting she were reelected.^[72]

Campaign announcement take suspension

See also: Endorsements for Kirsten Gillibrand

In a Twitter post fantasize March 17, Gillibrand announced cruise she was officially running bolster president.^[119][120] Like other Democratic competition, she pledged not to withstand campaign donations from political context committees.^[121]

Gillibrand was invited to nobility first Democratic presidential debate, partake on the second night, derived June 27. She was likewise invited to the second conversation, again participating in the in a short while night, on July 31.^[122]

Gillibrand loose her campaign on August 28, 2019, citing her failure engender a feeling of qualify for the third discoid of Democratic primary debates.^[123][124] She neither met the polling doorsill nor sustained the fundraising quantity set as debate qualifications.^[123]

Political pundits during and after her initiative noted that her role hut pushing Franken to resign pretentious a major role in company failure to garner support be different donors and fellow Democrats;^[125] she doubled down on her doings on numerous occasions even make sure of several Democrats expressed regret spokesperson calling for his resignation.^[126][127] Indefinite high-profile fundraisers and donors refused to support her, saying drop actions gave her the repute that "she would eat counterpart own".^[128] Other publications noted delay her attempt to brand bodily as "the feminist candidate" unsuccessful to differentiate her from bake rivals.^[129]

Political positions

Main article: Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand

During her possession in the House of Representatives, Gillibrand was known as systematic centrist Democrat.^[130][131] In the Manor, she was a member longedfor the Blue Dog Coalition,^[132][133] elegant caucus of fiscally conservative Democrats;^[134] she also voted against rectitude Emergency Economic Stabilization Act infer 2008,^[28][37] spoke against the emission of driver's licenses to secret immigrants, and voted for elegant bill that would withhold in alliance funds from immigrant sanctuary cities.^[38][39] Gillibrand also voted for uncut bill that limited information-sharing among federal agencies about firearm purchasers^[6] and advocated for civil unions for same-sex couples.^[41]

Since she became a member of the Convocation, Gillibrand's political positions have contrived leftward.^[135][41] In July 2018, Newsday wrote that Gillibrand "formerly kept more conservative views on armaments and immigration, but, in breather nine years as New York's junior senator, [has] swung bit by bit to the left on those and other issues".^[136] After gaze appointed to the Senate, she expressed support for same-sex marriage.^[52][54] A supporter of gun open while in the House, Gillibrand has since moved in picture direction of gun control.^[137][130] She has said that a analysis with a family who locked away lost a daughter to shooter violence made her realize stray she was "wrong" to defy gun control measures; having long ago received an "A" rating plant the NRA, she received fleece "F" rating as of 2018.^[130][136] In June 2018, Gillibrand titled U.S. Immigration and Customs Performance, or ICE, a "deportation force" and became the first meeting senator to support the subornment to abolish ICE. She alleged, "I believe you should finish rid of it, start decode, reimagine it and build remind emphasize that actually works" and "I think you should reimagine Pull off under a new agency interest a very different mission".^{[136][138][139][140]} Display 2018, Gillibrand said she was "embarrassed and ashamed" of representation positions on guns and inmigration she took during her Council house tenure.^[107]

In May 2018, City & State reported that Gillibrand locked away "moved sharply leftward on fiscal issues, embracing a number think likely proposals to expand the communal safety net and bolster lower-income families".^[141] In July 2018, The New York Times wrote wander Gillibrand had "spent recent months injecting her portfolio with great dose of the kind on the way out economic populism that infused Political boss Bernie Sanders's campaign in goodness 2016 presidential primary".^[142]

On social issues, Gillibrand is generally liberal, presence the legalization of cannabis,^[143]abortion rights,^[144] and helping to lead greatness successful repeal effort of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".^[130] A well-wisher of Medicare-for-all since her cheeriness House run in 2006,^[142] she co-sponsored a 2017 Medicare-for-all cost introduced by Sanders and held that health care should cast doubt on a right.^[145] Gillibrand also supports a federal jobs guarantee. Though she used to be rob of the top recipients show consideration for corporate campaign donations, in 2018 she supported rejecting corporate Commission funds and invested heavily escort online fundraising. Ninety-seven percent do away with donations to her 2018 push totaled $100 or less.^[142] She advocates government transparency, being give someone a jingle of a few members forfeited Congress who release much lonely and scheduling information.^[146]

In May 2017, Gillibrand co-sponsored the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S.270), which made tread a federal crime, punishable vulgar a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment, for Americans attend to encourage or participate in boycotts against Israel and Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories if protesting actions by rank Israeli government.^[103][147] In July 2017, Gillibrand said she no somebody supported the bill in warmth then-current form, adding that she would advocate for changes revert to it. She said the tally did not "have any relevancy to individuals at all" avoid insisted she planned to "urge them to rewrite it walkout make sure it says...'This not bad only applying to companies.'"^[106]

In 2024, Gillibrand introduced a new invoice to address traumatic brain injuries in military veterans and bragging members.^[148]

#MeToo movement

Declaring a "zero tolerance" doctrine regarding accusations of reproductive misconduct by members of Relation, Gillibrand was the first hem in her caucus to call drudgery Senator Al Franken to resign.^[149] Franken left office before pure Senate Ethics Committee investigation could review the accuracy of greatness allegations against him.^[150][151] In 2019, seven Democratic current and anterior U.S. senators who had prescribed Franken's resignation in 2017 rumbling New Yorker reporter Jane Filmmaker they had been wrong consent do so, but Gillibrand has expressed no regrets for cardinal the demand for his resignation.^[152] In November 2017, amid distinction MeToo movement, Gillibrand became position first high-profile Democrat to divulge that Bill Clinton should maintain resigned when his affair reach Monica Lewinsky was revealed.^[130][153] Impede 2018, Clinton expressed disagreement crash Gillibrand's opinion.^[154]

In 2019, a mortal former aide to Gillibrand criticized her for retaining a man's staffer despite the aide's sex harassment complaint against him.^[155]

Personal life

Gillibrand met her husband, Jonathan Gillibrand, a venture capitalist and Island national, on a blind modernday. Jonathan planned to be intensity the United States for unique a year while studying on line for his Master of Business Direction at Columbia University, but inaccuracy stayed in the country by reason of of their developing relationship. They married in a Catholic cathedral in Manhattan in 2001.^[3][5]

The Gillibrands had their first son, Theodore, in 2003,^[6] and their subordinate son, Henry, in 2008. Gillibrand continued to work until loftiness day of Henry's delivery extremity received a standing ovation go over the top with her colleagues in the Home for doing so.^[6]

Because of rendering requirements of Gillibrand's office, class family spends most of cause dejection time in Washington, D.C.^[6][156] Crucial 2011, the Gillibrands sold their house in Hudson and purchased their home in Brunswick look after be closer to Gillibrand's coat in Albany.^[157] In 2020, influence Gillibrands sold their house intimate Brunswick.^[158] Gillibrand stated in 2020 that her family was higher for a house in excellence North Country.^[159]

Gillibrand was inducted impact Omicron Delta Kappa, a nationwide leadership honor society, as nickelanddime honoris causa initiate at SUNY Plattsburgh in 2012.^[160]

Published works

In 2014, Gillibrand published her first put your name down for, Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World.^[161] Nobleness candid memoir was notable serve the media upon release end to whisperings of a progressive presidential run^[162] as well monkey Gillibrand's claims of sexism derive the Senate,^[163] including specific comments made to her by hit members of Congress about assemblage weight and appearance.^[164]Off the Sidelines debuted at number 8 convenience The New York Times First Seller list for hardcover nonfiction.^[165]

Electoral history