Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand is an American politician. Born December 9, 1966, in Albany. Positions held include United States representative (2007–2009) and United States senator (2009–). Educated at Dartmouth College and UCLA School of Law.
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Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (née Rutnik; KEER-stən JIL-ib-rand; born December 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009.
Born and raised in upstate New York, Gillibrand graduated from Dartmouth College and from the UCLA School of Law. After holding positions in government and private practice and working on Hillary Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign, Gillibrand was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2006. She represented New York's 20th congressional district and was reelected in 2008. During her House tenure, Gillibrand was a Blue Dog Democrat noted for voting against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
After Clinton was appointed U.S. Secretary of State in 2009, Governor David Paterson selected Gillibrand to fill the Senate seat Clinton had vacated, making her New York's second female senator. She won a special election in 2010 to keep the seat, and was reelected to full terms in 2012, 2018, and 2024. During her Senate tenure, Gillibrand has promoted legislation relating to sexual assault in the military, gun trafficking, 9/11 health care, toxic burn pit exposure, stock trading by members of Congress, and the repeal of Don't ask, don't tell. She also supports paid family leave. Gillibrand serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Armed Services Committee, and the Select Committee on Intelligence, and is the ranking member on the Special Committee on Aging.
Gillibrand ran for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in 2020, officially announcing her candidacy on March 17, 2019. After failing to qualify for the third debate, she withdrew from the race on August 28, 2019.
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What Wikidata says · copied November 14, 2026 · revision 2569060329
- Described as
- American politician (born 1966)
- Other names
- Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik Gillibrand, Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik, Kirsten Rutnik, Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand
- Born
- December 9, 1966
- Born in
- Albany · 1 reference
- Name at birth
- Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- politician · 1 reference; lawyer · 1 reference; writer
- Positions held
- United States representative (2007–2009) · 2 references; United States senator (2009–) · 1 reference
- Political party
- Democratic Party
- Worked for
- Davis Polk & Wardwell (1991–2000) · 1 reference; Boies Schiller Flexner (2001–2005) · 1 reference
- Education
- Dartmouth College (–1988); UCLA School of Law (–1991) · 1 reference; Academy of the Holy Names
- Religion
- Catholicism · 1 reference
- Website
- https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/; https://kirstengillibrand.com/
- Wikipedias with a page
- 48
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