Kirsten Gillibrand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kirsten Gillibrand

United States Senator from New York

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1966

Place of Birth: Albany, New York, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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About Kirsten Gillibrand

  • Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (née Rutnik; (listen) KEER-st?n JIL-i-brand; born December 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician and a member of the Democratic Party.
  • She has served as the junior United States Senator from New York since 2009, and was 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, a conservative district in upstate New York, and was re-elected in 2008.
  • During her House tenure, Gillibrand was a Blue Dog Democrat noted for voting against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (commonly known as the bank bailout) and for supporting Medicare-for-all. Following Senator Clinton's appointment as Secretary of State in 2009, Governor David Paterson selected Gillibrand to fill the Senate seat that had been vacated by Clinton.
  • Gillibrand won a special election in 2010 to keep the seat, and was re-elected to full terms in 2012 and 2018.
  • During her Senate tenure, Gillibrand has shifted to the left.
  • She has been outspoken on sexual assault in the military and sexual harassment, having criticized President Bill Clinton and Senator Al Franken, both fellow Democrats, for sexual misconduct.
  • She supports paid family leave, a federal jobs guarantee, and the abolition and replacement of the U.S.
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Gillibrand was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2020, following an official campaign announcement 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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