U.S. House · New York, District 4

Rep. Laura Gillen

Democrat Serving since Jan. 3, 2025Term ends Jan. 3, 2027

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
Gillen
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Laura Gillen's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress48thpercentile
More liberal than 51% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
256th most liberal of 531
Democrats in Congress99thpercentile
More conservative than 98% of Democrats in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
4th most conservative of 259
The House48thpercentile
More liberal than 51% of House members.
Most liberalMost conservative
209th most liberal of 431

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

How this is measured →
Votes with own party
84%
Q1 2025: 74% → Q3 2026: 88%

Lower than 205 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual84%
Expected93%
Difference−9 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 55%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Laura Gillen. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

On 460 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 72%See the 460 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
35%all votes
Q1 2025: 39% → Q3 2026: 25%

Higher than 205 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual35%
Expected19%
Difference+16 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Laura Gillen. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

Based on 140 votes35% on legislation onlySee the 140 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Laura Gillen went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how Laura Gillen voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

How this district voted for president in 2024

Harris 50.0%Trump 48.8%

New York's district lines are not changing for the next Congress.

Contact

Phone
202-225-5516
Office
428 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3204

Issue by issue

How often Laura Gillen votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

Laura Gillen sides with their party least often on Education (33%) and Crime and Law Enforcement (43%).

Laura GillenAverage for House Democrats
  1. Education 33%Average 89% · 12 votes on Education
  2. Crime and Law Enforcement 43%Average 89% · 28 votes on Crime and Law Enforcement
  3. Immigration 43%Average 91% · 14 votes on Immigration
  4. Commerce 50%Average 94% · 8 votes on Commerce
  5. Government Operations and Politics 67%Average 92% · 18 votes on Government Operations and Politics
  6. Finance and Financial Sector 70%Average 88% · 10 votes on Finance and Financial Sector
  7. International Affairs 81%Average 96% · 16 votes on International Affairs
  8. Energy 83%Average 96% · 36 votes on Energy
  9. Armed Forces and National Security 85%Average 97% · 41 votes on Armed Forces and National Security
  10. Agriculture and Food 88%Average 94% · 8 votes on Agriculture and Food
  11. Environmental Protection 88%Average 96% · 25 votes on Environmental Protection
  12. Labor and Employment 91%Average 97% · 11 votes on Labor and Employment
  13. Public Lands and Natural Resources 95%Average 98% · 19 votes on Public Lands and Natural Resources
  14. Economics and Public Finance 97%Average 99% · 63 votes on Economics and Public Finance
  15. Congress 98%Average 100% · 111 votes on Congress
  16. Law 100%Average 99% · 6 votes on Law
  17. Health 100%Average 100% · 7 votes on Health

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Animals (3 votes), Taxation (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Emergency Management (1 vote), Sports and Recreation (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

1 passed their chamber · 0 became law

How this is measured →
How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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