Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnick Gillibrand (Born. December 9, 1966, in Albany, NY) is a Democratic member of the United States Senate from New York. Gillibrand was first appointed to the Senate in 2009 and is currently serving her first full term, having won re-election on November 6, 2012.

Gillibrand is set to run for re-election in New York in November 2018.

Gillibrand served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009. In 2009, she was appointed to fill the Senate seat vacated through Hillary Clinton's appointment to Secretary of State. In 2010, she then won the required special election to the seat with 63 percent of the vote.

Based on analysis of multiple outside rankings, Gillibrand is one of the most reliable Democratic votes, meaning she can be considered a safe vote for the Democratic Party in Congress.

Biography

Gillibrand grew up in Albany. She went on to Dartmouth College and then attended UCLA Law School and graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1991. In 1991, Gillibrand practiced law privately in Manhattan. In 1992 she took leave from private practice to serve as a law clerk to Judge Roger Miner on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Albany. Gillibrand later served as Special Counsel to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. In 1999, Gillibrand began working on Hillary Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign. In 2001, Gillibrand became a partner at the Manhattan office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner. She left Boies in 2005 to begin her 2006 campaign for congress.

Career
Below is an abbreviated outline of Gillibrand's academic, professional and political career:
2009-Present: U.S. Senator from New York
2007-2009: U.S. House of Representatives
1991: Graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a J.D.
1988: Graduated from Dartmouth College with an A.B.

EDUCATION : -

UCLA School of Law (1989–1991), Dartmouth College (1985–1988), Emma Willard School

PERSONAL : -

9 Dec 1966, Albany, New York, Married to Jonathan Gillibrand (m. 2001) and two childrens.

Kirsten Gillibrand SENATE CAREER:

U.S. Senate
2015-2016
Gillibrand serves on the following committees:
United States Senate Committee on Aging (Special)
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management and Trade
Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops and Agricultural Research
Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture Security, Ranking Member
Armed Services Committee
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Subcommittee on Airland
Environment and Public Works Committee
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife

2013-2014
Gillibrand served on the following Senate committees:
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture Security Chairman
Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research
Subcommittee on Commodities, Markets, Trade and Risk Management
Armed Services Committee
Subcommittee on Personnel Chairman
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Environment and Public Works Committee
Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health
Special Committee on Aging

2011-2012
Gillibrand served on the following committees:
Environment and Public Works Committee
Subcommittee on Children’s Health and Environmental Responsibility
Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health
Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
Armed Services Committee
Subcommittee on Airland
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
Subcommittee on Commodities, Markets, Trade and Risk Management
Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture Security
Special Committee on Aging

OFFICIAL CONTACT INFORMATION:

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GOVERNMENT SITE : -

gillibrand.senate.gov

OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN SITE : -

http://www.kirstengillibrand.com/

OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE : -

https://www.facebook.com/KirstenGillibrand

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