KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND

CURRENT POLITICAL OFFICE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Dartmouth College and UCLA school of law
• Worked on Hillary Clinton’s senate campaign
• Elected to the House of Representatives and eventually the Senate

Gillibrand was originally a blue dog democrat during her early years in Congress, but has since moved far left. Her platform for senate elections and the upcoming 2020 presidential election illustrates this shift.

PRESIDENTIAL PLATFORM

• “Brave Wins” - campaign motto
• Raising the minimum wage and close the gender wage gap
• Supports gun control and advocacy against the NRA
• Condemns the immigration policy of Obama and Trump
• Endorses Trump’s foreign diplomacy efforts and policies
• Backed the Green New Deal by AOC with improvements to infrastructure
• Condemns the bans on abortions

Gillibrand is currently polling less than 1% at primary polls in Des Moines, Iowa due to other larger candidates like Biden and Buttigieg.

Gillibrand has raised a total of $9,515,258 and this total continues to grow as her biggest contributors are from law firms.

Gillibrand has hired a campaign staff to run her campaign, led by her former chief of staff Jeff Fassler. Her campaign has state directors in Iowa (Lara Henderson) and in New Hampshire (Pat Devney).