Candidate · U.S. House, District 26
Timothy M. Kennedy
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, New York's 26th District (since 2024)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative; licensed occupational therapist
- Lives in
- Buffalo
Background
- Bachelor's and master's degrees in occupational therapy, D'Youville College (1999); graduate of St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute. source: kennedy.house.gov
- Worked for 11 years as a licensed occupational therapist with geriatric and pediatric patients. source: kennedy.house.gov
- Member of the Erie County Legislature, 2004-2010. source: ballotpedia.org
- New York State Senator, 2011-2024 (District 58, then District 63); chaired the Senate Transportation Committee. source: ballotpedia.org
- Won the April 30, 2024 special election for New York's 26th District and was re-elected in November 2024. source: ballotpedia.org
- Serves on the House Homeland Security and Veterans' Affairs committees; co-chair of the Northern Border Caucus. source: kennedy.house.gov
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