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2026 Election Cycle Winners

48 Cornellians won their elections in the 2026 cycle
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Cornellians in Office

Year first elected in parentheses · Legislation they sponsor in Congress
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State
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  • Jerry Liu ’99
    Board of Education, Cupertino, CA (2018)
  • Stacy Wright ’90
    Board of Education, Grandview, MO (2021)
  • Lauren Kohn Dayton ’00
    Borough Council, Tenafly, NJ (2017)
  • Michael Siegel, JD ’09
    City Council, Austin, TX (2025)
  • Nate Baker ’11
    City Council, Durham, NC (2023)
  • Mark Claus ’89
    City Council, Huron, OH (2019)
  • Kevin Nichols ’04, MEng ’05
    City Council, Issaquah, WA (2026)
  • Clyde Lederman ’26
    City Council, Ithaca, NY (2024)
  • Hannah Shvets ’27
    City Council, Ithaca, NY (2026)
  • Jorge DeFendini ’22
    City Council, Ithaca, NY (2026)
  • Lara Tomescu, MPA ’27
    City Council, Ithaca, NY (2026)
  • Patrick Kuehl ’24
    City Council, Ithaca, NY (2024)
  • Pierre Saint-Perez, JD ’24
    City Council, Ithaca, NY (2024)
  • Tiffany Kumar ’25
    City Council, Ithaca, NY (2024)
  • Becky Grossman ’02
    City Council, Newton, MA (2017)
  • David Cohen ’90
    City Council, San Jose, CA (2021)
  • Brooke Pinto ’14
    City Council, Washington, DC (2020)
  • Dana Barrett ’88
    County Commission, Fulton County, GA (2023)
  • Lisa Rodvien ’96
    County Council, Anne Arundel County, MD (2018)
  • Gregory Mezey ’09
    County Legislature 13, Tompkins County, NY (2026)
  • Veronica Pillar, PhD ’19
    County Legislature 2, Tompkins County, NY (2022)
  • Iris Packman ’06
    County Legislature 3, Tompkins County, NY (2026)
  • Adam Vinson ’25
    County Legislature 4, Tompkins County, NY (2026)
  • Rachel Barnhart ’98
    County Legislature, Monroe County, NY (2019)
  • Steve Mulroy ’86
    District Attorney, Shelby County, TN (2022)
  • John Nichols ’63, PhD ’69
    Mayor, College Station, TX (2013)
  • Robert Cantelmo, MA ’24
    Mayor, Ithaca, NY (2024)
  • Quinton Lucas, JD ’09
    Mayor, Kansas City, MO (2019)
  • Eileen Higgins, MBA ’89
    Mayor, Miami, FL (2026)
  • Marc Laredo ’81
    Mayor, Newton, MA (2026)
  • Rick Hauser ’96
    Mayor, Perry, NY (2013)
  • Josh Nathan, JD ’91
    Mayor, Rye, NY (2026)
  • Dan Saltzman ’74
    Portland Community College Board, Portland, OR (2005)
  • Karen Bierman Hirsh ’94
    School Board, Greenwich, CT (2020)
  • Rob Sturm ’89
    School Board, Lafayette, CA (2017)
  • Alec Macaulay ’06
    School Board, Lansing, NY (2026)
  • Anne Pogue Donohue, JD ’05
    School Board, Loudon County, VA (2024)
  • Tim Merrick ’91 Non-Degree
    School Board, New Hanover, NC (2024)
  • Michael Cook ’02, MBA ’07
    School Board, Plano, TX (2023)
  • Andy George, MBA ’84
    School Board, Stamford, CT (2015)
  • Jill Hai ’85
    Select Board Chair, Lexington, MA (2018)
  • Sam Nestor ’92
    Select Board, Weston, CT (2021)
  • Eileen Rosen Miller ’89
    Town Clerk, Pelham, NY (2026)
  • Matt Scott, MS ’07
    Town Commitee, Cranbury, NJ (2017)
  • Patricia Boye-Williams ’98
    Town Council, Farmington, CT (2024)
  • Courtney Henderson ’04
    Town Council, Truckee, CA (2020)
  • Bryan Rivard ’03
    Town Council, Wallingford, CT (2026)
  • Rod Howe, MRP ’80
    Town Supervisor, Ithaca, NY (2019)

Historic Cornellians in Office

Cornellians who have served in federal office
U.S. House
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John De Witt Warner 18721891–1895
NY
Joseph Clifford Hendrix 18731893–1895
NY
George Shiras III 18811903–1905
PA
James H. Southard 18741895–1907
OH
Abraham Lincoln Brick 18801899–1909
IN
Charles T. Dunwell 1873 Transfer1903–1909
NY
George Ernest Waldo 18721905–1909
NY
William Edgar Tuttle 1889 Dropout1911–1915
NJ
Maurice Connolly 18971913–1915
IA
Reuben L. Haskell, LLB 18981915–1921
NY
Norman Judd Gould, ME 18991915–1923
NY
Lewis Henry 19091921–1923
NY
James Parker 18871913–1935
NY
Elmer E. Studley 18941933–1935
NY
Thomas C. Hennings Jr. 19241935–1940
MO
John Grant Alexander, JD 19161939–1941
MN
Frederick Van Ness Bradley 19211939–1947
MI
James A. Roe 19171945–1947
NY
Frank Sundstrom 19241943–1949
NJ
Andrew John Biemiller 19261945–1951
WI
Edwin Arthur Hall 19311939–1953
NY
Daniel A. Reed 18981919–1961
NY
Clement Woodnutt Miller 19461959–1963
CA
Clarence Evans Kilburn 19161939–1965
NY
John Raymond Pillion, LLB 19271953–1965
NY
Paul Harold Todd 19421965–1967
MI
Charles Samuel Joelson 1937, LLB 19391961–1971
NJ
John S. Wold, MS 19391969–1971
WY
Alexander Pirnie 1924, JD 19261959–1973
NY
Howard Winfield Robison 1937, LLB 19391957–1975
NY
Henry P. Smith III, JD 19361965–1975
NY
Gilbert Gude 19481967–1977
MD
Sam Steiger '50 Transfer1967–1977
AZ
Edward Worthington Pattison '53, LLB '571975–1979
NY
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss 19331955–1983
WI
Gary Alcide Lee, MS '631979–1983
NY
Barber Conable 19421965–1985
NY
Richard Ottinger '501965–1985
NY
Frank Horton 19471963–1993
NY
Norman F. Lent '571971–1993
NY
Thomas Joseph Downey '701975–1993
NY
James R. Olin 19431983–1993
VA
Robert J. Mrazek '671983–1993
NY
Mark Kirk ’812001–2010
IL
Bob Filner '63, PhD '731993–2012
CA
Gabby Giffords, MRP '962007–2012
AZ
Hansen Clarke '842011–2013
MI
Nan Hayworth, MD ’852011–2013
NY
Rob Andrews, JD ’821990–2014
NJ
Chris Gibson, MPA '95, MA '96, PhD '982011–2017
NY
Jim Bridenstine, MBA '092013–2018
OK
Kurt Schrader '732009–2023
OR
Elissa Slotkin '982019–2025
MI
Katherine Clark, JD '892013–2027
MA
Dan Meuser '882019–2027
PA
Sharice Davids, JD '102019–2027
KS
Beth Van Duyne '952021–2027
TX
Melanie Stansbury, MS '072021–2027
NM
Wesley Hunt, MPA '15, MBA '15, MILR '162023–2027
TX
U.S. Senate
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Joseph B. Foraker 18691897–1909
OH
Thomas C. Hennings Jr. 19241951–1960
MO
Edmund Muskie, LLB 19391959–1981
ME
Chuck Robb '58 Transfer1989–2001
VA
Mark Kirk ’812010–2017
IL
Elissa Slotkin '982025–2031
MI
Governor
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James Benton Grant 18741883–1885
CO
Joseph B. Foraker 18691886–1890
OH
John T. Morrison 18901903–1905
ID
Herbert James Hagerman 18901906–1907
NM
Horace White 18871910–1910
NY
John Alden Dix 18821911–1912
NY
Goodwin Knight, MS 19201953–1959
CA
Edmund Muskie, LLB 19391955–1959
ME
Philip H. Hoff '511963–1969
VT
Chuck Robb '58 Transfer1982–1986
VA