The file

Kirsten Gillibrand

Democratic · U.S. Senator, New York · New York · Spectrum score -42

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Kirsten Gillibrand is U.S. Senator, New York in New York. Political positions and ideology score -42 (Left). Gillibrand is the conversion.

College: Dartmouth College, B.A. 1988 · UCLA School of Law, J.D. 1991
Spouse: Jonathan Gillibrand (m. 2001)
Children: Two
Résumé: U.S. Senator · New York · 2009–
U.S. Representative · New York-20 · 2007–2009
Attorney · Davis Polk / HUD · 1991–2005

Net worth: $3.6M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $800K
2026 raised: $5.9M
Years in office: 19

Where Kirsten stands on the spectrum

Kirsten Gillibrand scores -42 on Spectrum’s left–right line (left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -42 · Left · economic -52 · social -48 · authoritarian -20

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Gillibrand is the conversion. The file is a NRA-friendly House member who became a #MeToo senator, a 2019 that collapsed, and a New York that already had Schumer. The votes moved. The ambition did not.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$3.6M

+350% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$800K

Now$3.6M

Upstate House as a Blue Dog, then a Senate conversion. Husband’s finance-adjacent work is in the household.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $5.9M
Cash on hand: $2.4M

Top industries

Lawyers
Finance
Unions
Women’s PACs

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Upstate conversion. Funds plus spouse finance-adjacent.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$250K–$1.0M
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$75K–$300K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$250K–$1.0M
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$75K–$300K

Sum of ranges $325K–$1.3M · midpoint $813K

X sentiment

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Odds

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Conflicts

A-to-F gun grades that moved with the chamber.
2019 presidential as a donor-list experiment that failed in public.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -52
Social: -48
Authoritarian: -20
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending-50
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-60
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-56
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-48
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-46
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-40
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-72
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-66
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-24
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-48
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-14
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-36
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.36

Compass

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Sources

DW-NOMINATE over time
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.