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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D)

Capitol Office

United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Phone:202-224-4451
Fax:202-228-4977
Email Me
My Website

District Office

Leo W. O'Brien Federal Office Building
Albany, NY 12207
Phone:518-431-0120
Fax:518-431-0128
Degree Institution Date
B.A. Dartmouth College 1988
J.D.University of California, Los Angeles School of Law1991
GILLIBRAND, Kirsten, a 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, and again in 2018 for the term ending January 3, 2025; was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.