Kirsten Gillibrand

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Kirsten Gillibrand is a Democratic U.S. Senator from New York known for her advocacy on issues such as sexual assault in the military, government transparency, and family leave, and for her 2020 presidential campaign.

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instanceOf United States senator
human
politician
announcedPresidentialCampaign 2019-01
appointedBy David Paterson
birthName Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik
committeeMembership Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
surface form: "Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry"

United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
surface form: "Senate Committee on Armed Services"

Senate Committee on Public Works
surface form: "Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works"

Senate Special Committee on Aging
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1966-12-09
educatedAt Dartmouth College NERFINISHED
UCLA School of Law
electedIn 2010 United States Senate election in New York
2012 United States Senate election in New York
2018 United States Senate election in New York
endedPresidentialCampaign 2019-08
familyName Kirsten Gillibrand
surface form: "Gillibrand"
gender female
givenName Kirsten
introducedLegislationOn campaign finance transparency
military justice reform
paid family and medical leave
sexual assault prevention
knownFor 2020 presidential campaign
advocacy against sexual assault in the military
advocacy for government transparency
advocacy for paid family leave
memberOf United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
name Kirsten Gillibrand
numberOfChildren 2
occupation lawyer
politician
participatedIn 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
placeOfBirth Albany
surface form: "Albany, New York, United States"
politicalParty Democratic Party
positionHeld Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
United States Senator from New York
precededBy Hillary Clinton
previouslyRepresented New York's 20th congressional district
ranForOffice President of the United States
religion Roman Catholicism
represents New York
residence Brunswick, New York, United States
spouse Jonathan Gillibrand
startTime 2009-01-26
termEndAsRepresentative 2009-01-26
termStartAsRepresentative 2007-01-03

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this entity surface form: "Gillibrand"
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