2025 Election Winners
18 Cornellians won their elections in 2025
- Victoria Hunt '07WA Senate - 5 (incumbent)
- Elizabeth Bennett-Parker '07VA House - 5 (incumbent)
- Kevin Nichols '04, MEng '05City Council, Issaquah, WA
- Hannah Shvets '27City Council, Ithaca, NY
- Jorge DeFendini '22City Council, Ithaca, NY
- Dan Murphy, MBA '15City Council, Snoqualmie, WA
- Veronica Pillar, PhD '19County Legislature 2, Tompkins County, NY (incumbent)
- Iris Packman '06County Legislature 3, Tompkins County, NY
- Adam Vinson '25County Legislature 4, Tompkins County, NY
- Gregory Mezey '09County Legislature 11, Tompkins County, NY (incumbent)
- Jeffrey Grayzel '85Deputy Mayor, Morris Township, NJ (incumbent)
- Eileen Higgins, MBA '89Mayor, Miami, FL
- Marc Laredo '81Mayor, Newton, MA
- Josh Nathan, JD '91Mayor, Rye, NY
- Eileen Rosen Miller '89Town Clerk, Pelham, NY
- Patricia Boye-Williams '98Town Council, Farmington, CT (incumbent)
- Bryan Rivard '03Town Council, Wallingford, CT
- Tammy Brown '85Village Board, Mt Kisco, NY
Cornellians Running for Office
Primary date in parentheses
Federal
- Sharice Davids, JD ’10US House - KS 3 (2026-08-04, incumbent)
- Katherine Clark, JD ’89US House - MA 5 (2026-09-01, incumbent)
- Melanie Ann Stansbury, MS ’07US House - NM 1 (2026-06-02, incumbent)
- Dan Meuser ’88US House - PA 9 (2026-05-19, incumbent)
- Beth Van Duyne ’95US House - TX 24 (2026-03-03, incumbent)
- Ryan Duckett ’03US House - CA 37 (2026-06-02)
- Brooke Pinto ’14US House - DC (2026-06-16)
- Elizabeth Pandich ’06US House - FL 21 (2026-08-18)
- Barry Wolfert ’88US House - GA 11 (2026-05-19)
- George Hornedo ’13US House - IN 7 (2026-05-05)
- Shavonne Hedgepeth, MPA ’25US House - MD 4 (2026-06-23)
- Adam Hollier ’07US House - MI 13 (2026-08-04)
- Jeffrey Grayzel ’85US House - NJ 11 (2026-02-05)
- Megan O’Rourke, PhD ’10US House - NJ 7 (2026-06-02)
- Rebecca Bennett ’09US House - NJ 7 (2026-06-02)
- Alex Bores ’13US House - NY 12 (2026-06-23)
- Don Leonard, PhD ’14US House - OH 15 (2026-05-05)
- Kristin Hook, PhD ’16US House - TX 21 (2026-03-03)
- Marvalette Hunter, MRP ’91US House - TX 38 (2026-03-03)
- Wesley Hunt, MBA ’15, MPA ’15, MILR ’16US Senate - TX (2026-03-03)
State
- Gallop Franklin, MBA ’24FL House - 8 (2026-08-18, incumbent)
- Gallop Franklin, MBA ’24FL House - 8 (2026-08-18, incumbent)
- Larry Kraft ’87, MBA ’88MN House - 46A (2026-08-11, incumbent)
- Scott Rosenzweig, MBA ’91MT House - 57 (2026-06-02, incumbent)
- David Hackney ’87WA House - 11 (2026-08-04, incumbent)
- Chris Stearns, JD ’89WA House - 47 (2026-08-04, incumbent)
- David Cohen ’90CA Senate - 10 (2026-06-02)
- Dana Barrett ’88GA Secretary of State (2026-05-19)
- Scott Rosenzweig, MBA ’91MT Senate - 29 (2026-06-02)
- Zach Conine ’03NV Attorney General (2026-06-09)
- Eli Northrup ’07NY Assembly - 69 (2026-06-23)
- Drew Warshaw ’03NY Comptroller (2026-06-23)
- John Tansey ’85VT House - Windsor 1 (2026-08-11)
- Irene Wrenner ’86VT Senate - Chittenden North (2026-08-11)
Local
- Dana Barrett ’88County Commission Chair, Fulton County, GA (2026-05-19)
- Prabu Selvam ’07County Council, Montgomery County, MD (2026-06-23)
Cornellians in Office
Year first elected in parentheses
Federal
- Sharice Davids, JD ’10US House - KS 3 (2019)
- Katherine Clark, JD ’89US House - MA 5 (2013)
- Melanie Ann Stansbury, MS ’07US House - NM 1 (2021)
- Dan Meuser ’88US House - PA 9 (2019)
- Beth Van Duyne ’95US House - TX 24 (2021)
- Wesley Hunt, MBA ’15, MPA ’15, MILR ’16US House - TX 38 (2023)
- Elissa Slotkin ’98US Senate - MI (2025)
State
- Josh Lowenthal ’92CA Assembly - 69 (2022)
- Robert Marshall, JD ’00CO House - 43 (2023)
- Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox ’01CT Senate - 22 (2025)
- Tony Hwang ’87CT Senate - 28 (2015)
- Gallop Franklin, MBA ’24FL House - 8 (2022)
- Kellie Warren ’91KS Senate - 11 (2021)
- Karen Spilka ’74MA Senate - 7 (2023)
- Katie Hester ’97MD Senate - 9 (2019)
- Laurie Osher ’82ME House - 25 (2022)
- Larry Kraft ’87, MBA ’88MN House - 46A (2023)
- Scott Rosenzweig, MBA ’91MT House - 57 (2025)
- Renee Price, MRP ’78NC House - 50 (2023)
- Travis Corcoran ’93NH House - 28 (2024)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka, JD ’10NH Senate - 21 (2020)
- Steve Yeager, JD ’04NV Assembly - 9 (2016)
- Steven Raga, MBA ’22, MS ’22NY Assembly - 30 (2023)
- Alex Bores ’13NY Assembly - 73 (2023)
- Zellnor Myrie, JD ’16NY Senate - 20 (2019)
- Michelle Hinchey ’09NY Senate - 41 (2023)
- Elizabeth Bennett-Parker ’07VA House - 5 (2024)
- Scott Campbell ’74VT House - Caledonia 3 (2023)
- Carol Ode, JD ’82VT House - Chittenden 18 (2023)
- David Hackney ’87WA House - 11 (2021)
- Chris Stearns, JD ’89WA House - 47 (2023)
- Victoria Hunt ’07WA Senate - 5 (2025)
Local
- Jerry Liu ’91, MEng ’92Board of Education, Cupertino, CA (2018)
- Stacy Wright ’90Board of Education, Grandview, MO (2021)
- Philip Berns ’80City Council 16, Stamford, CT (2021)
- Michael Siegel, JD ’09City Council, Austin, TX (2025)
- Nate Baker ’11City Council, Durham, NC (2023)
- Mark Claus ’89City Council, Huron, OH (2019)
- Kevin Nichols ’04, MEng ’05City Council, Issaquah, WA (2026)
- Clyde Lederman ’26City Council, Ithaca, NY (2024)
- Hannah Shvets ’27City Council, Ithaca, NY (2026)
- Jorge DeFendini ’22City Council, Ithaca, NY (2026)
- Patrick Kuehl ’24City Council, Ithaca, NY (2024)
- Pierre Saint-Perez, JD ’24City Council, Ithaca, NY (2024)
- Tiffany Kumar ’25City Council, Ithaca, NY (2024)
- Becky Grossman ’02City Council, Newton, MA (2017)
- David Cohen ’90City Council, San Jose, CA (2021)
- Brooke Pinto ’14City Council, Washington, DC (2020)
- Dana Barrett ’88County Commission, Fulton County, GA (2023)
- Lisa Rodvien ’96County Council, Anne Arundel County, MD (2018)
- Gregory Mezey ’09County Legislature 13, Tompkins County, NY (2026)
- Veronica Pillar, PhD ’19County Legislature 2, Tompkins County, NY (2022)
- Iris Packman ’06County Legislature 3, Tompkins County, NY (2026)
- Adam Vinson ’25County Legislature 4, Tompkins County, NY (2026)
- Steve Mulroy ’86District Attorney, Shelby County, TN (2022)
- John Nichols ’63, PhD ’69Mayor, College Station, TX (2013)
- Robert Cantelmo, MA ’24Mayor, Ithaca, NY (2024)
- Quinton Lucas, JD ’09Mayor, Kansas City, MO (2019)
- Eileen Higgins, MBA ’89Mayor, Miami, FL (2026)
- Marc Laredo ’81Mayor, Newton, MA (2026)
- Rick Hauser ’96Mayor, Perry, NY (2013)
- Josh Nathan, JD ’91Mayor, Rye, NY (2026)
- Dan Saltzman ’74Portland Community College Board, Portland, OR (2005)
- Karen Bierman Hirsh ’94School Board, Greenwich, CT (2020)
- Anne Pogue Donohue, JD ’05School Board, Loudon County, VA (2024)
- Michael Cook ’02, MBA ’07School Board, Plano, TX (2023)
- Andy George, MBA ’84School Board, Stamford, CT (2015)
- Jill Hai ’85Select Board Chair, Lexington, MA (2018)
- Eileen Rosen Miller ’89Town Clerk, Pelham, NY (2026)
- Matt Scott, MS ’07Town Commitee, Cranbury, NJ (2017)
- Patricia Boye-Williams ’98Town Council, Farmington, CT (2024)
- Courtney Henderson ’04Town Council, Truckee, CA (2020)
- Bryan Rivard ’03Town Council, Wallingford, CT (2026)
- Rod Howe, MRP ’80Town Supervisor, Ithaca, NY (2019)