A magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College in 1988, SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND went on to receive her law degree from the UCLA School of Law in 1991 and served as a law clerk on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. After working as an attorney in New York City for more than a decade, Gillibrand served as Special Counsel to United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Andrew Cuomo during the Clinton Administration, then as an attorney in Upstate New York before serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York's 20th Congressional District, which spanned 10 counties in upstate New York. Gillibrand was first sworn in as United States Senator from New York in January 2009, filling Hillary Rodham Clinton's seat. In November 2012, she was elected to her first six-year Senate term with 72 percent of the vote, winning 60 of New York's 62 counties. She lives in Troy, NY, with her husband, Jonathan, and two young sons.
