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Official Biography

Verified July 31, 2026

KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, Democrat, of Brunswick, NY; born in Albany, NY, December 9, 1966; education: B.A., Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 1988; J.D., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1991; professional history: attorney; special counsel, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Andrew Cuomo; private legal practice; election history: appointed to the U.S. Senate on January 23, 2009, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 2, 2010; reelected to each succeeding Senate term.

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