Big Red Politics
Cornellians run for office, and Cornellians win elections.
2025 Election Winners
18 Cornellians won their elections in 2025
- Adam Vinson ’25County Legislature 4, Tompkins County, NY
- Bryan Rivard ’03Town Council, Wallingford, CT
- Dan Murphy, MBA ’15City Council, Snoqualmie, WA
- Eileen Higgins, MBA ’89Mayor, Miami, FL
- Eileen Rosen Miller ’89Town Clerk, Pelham, NY
- Elizabeth Bennett-Parker ’07VA House - 5
- Gregory Mezey ’09County Legislature 11, Tompkins County, NY
- Hannah Shvets ’27City Council, Ithaca, NY
- Iris Packman ’06County Legislature 3, Tompkins County, NY
- Jeffrey Grayzel ’85Deputy Mayor, Morris Township, NJ
- Jorge DeFendini ’22City Council, Ithaca, NY
- Josh Nathan, JD ’91Mayor, Rye, NY
- Kevin Nichols ’04, MEng ’05City Council, Issaquah, WA
- Marc Laredo ’81Mayor, Newton, MA
- Patricia Boye-Williams ’98Town Council, Farmington, CT
- Tammy Brown ’85Village Board, Mt Kisco, NY
- Veronica Pillar, PhD ’19County Legislature 2, Tompkins County, NY
- Victoria Hunt ’07WA Senate - 5
Cornellians Running for Office
Primary date in parentheses
Federal
- Sharice Davids, JD ’10US House - KS 3
- Katherine Clark, JD ’89US House - MA 5
- Melanie Ann Stansbury, MS ’07US House - NM 1
- Dan Meuser ’88US House - PA 9
- Beth Van Duyne ’95US House - TX 24
- Ryan Duckett ’03US House - CA 37
- Cristian Morales, MILR ’08US House - CA 43
- Brooke Pinto ’14US House - DC
- John Fay, MBA ’04US House - FL 13
- Elizabeth Pandich ’06US House - FL 21
- Barry Wolfert ’88US House - GA 11
- Clayton Fuller, MPA ’06US House - GA 14
- George Hornedo ’13US House - IN 7
- Shavonne Hedgepeth, MPA ’25US House - MD 4
- Adam Hollier ’07US House - MI 13
- Michael Stefanko ’20US House - MN 2
- Jeff Grayzel ’85US House - NJ 11
- Megan O’Rourke, PhD ’10US House - NJ 7
- Rebecca Bennett ’09US House - NJ 7
- Alex Bores ’13US House - NY 12
- Don Leonard, PhD ’14US House - OH 15
- Kristin Hook, PhD ’16US House - TX 21
- Marvalette Hunter, MRP ’91US House - TX 38
- Wesley Hunt, MBA ’15, MPA ’15, MILR ’16US Senate - TX
State
- Gallop Franklin, MBA ’24FL House - 8
- Larry Kraft ’87, MBA ’88MN House - 46A
- Scott Rosenzweig, MBA ’91MT House - 57
- David Hackney ’87WA House - 11
- Chris Stearns, JD ’89WA House - 47
- David Cohen ’90CA Senate - 10
- Dana Barrett ’88GA Secretary of State
- Kristen Fauson '91MI House - 80
- Scott Rosenzweig, MBA ’91MT Senate - 29
- Zach Conine ’03NV Attorney General
- Eli Northrup ’07NY Assembly - 69
- Drew Warshaw ’03NY Comptroller
- John Tansey ’85VT House - Windsor 1
- Irene Wrenner ’86VT Senate - Chittenden North
Local
- Dana Barrett ’88County Commission Chair, Fulton County, GA
- Prabu Selvam ’07County Council, Montgomery County, MD
Cornellians in Office
Year first elected in parentheses
Federal
- Clayton Fuller, MPA ’06US House - GA 14
- Sharice Davids, JD ’10US House - KS 3
- Katherine Clark, JD ’89US House - MA 5
- Melanie Ann Stansbury, MS ’07US House - NM 1
- Dan Meuser ’88US House - PA 9
- Beth Van Duyne ’95US House - TX 24
- Wesley Hunt, MBA ’15, MPA ’15, MILR ’16US House - TX 38
- Elissa Slotkin ’98US Senate - MI
State
- Josh Lowenthal ’92CA Assembly - 69
- Robert Marshall, JD ’00CO House - 43
- Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox ’01CT Senate - 22
- Tony Hwang ’87CT Senate - 28
- Gallop Franklin, MBA ’24FL House - 8
- Kellie Warren ’91KS Senate - 11
- Karen Spilka ’74MA Senate - 7
- Katie Hester ’97MD Senate - 9
- Laurie Osher ’82ME House - 25
- Larry Kraft ’87, MBA ’88MN House - 46A
- Scott Rosenzweig, MBA ’91MT House - 57
- Renee Price, MRP ’78NC House - 50
- Travis Corcoran ’93NH House - 28
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka, JD ’10NH Senate - 21
- Steve Yeager, JD ’04NV Assembly - 9
- Steven Raga, MBA ’22, MS ’22NY Assembly - 30
- Alex Bores ’13NY Assembly - 73
- Zellnor Myrie, JD ’16NY Senate - 20
- Michelle Hinchey ’09NY Senate - 41
- Elizabeth Bennett-Parker ’07VA House - 5
- Scott Campbell ’74VT House - Caledonia 3
- Carol Ode, JD ’82VT House - Chittenden 18
- David Hackney ’87WA House - 11
- Chris Stearns, JD ’89WA House - 47
- Victoria Hunt ’07WA Senate - 5
Local
- Jerry Liu ’91, MEng ’92Board of Education, Cupertino, CA
- Stacy Wright ’90Board of Education, Grandview, MO
- Philip Berns ’80City Council 16, Stamford, CT
- Michael Siegel, JD ’09City Council, Austin, TX
- Nate Baker ’11City Council, Durham, NC
- Mark Claus ’89City Council, Huron, OH
- Kevin Nichols ’04, MEng ’05City Council, Issaquah, WA
- Clyde Lederman ’26City Council, Ithaca, NY
- Hannah Shvets ’27City Council, Ithaca, NY
- Jorge DeFendini ’22City Council, Ithaca, NY
- Patrick Kuehl ’24City Council, Ithaca, NY
- Pierre Saint-Perez, JD ’24City Council, Ithaca, NY
- Tiffany Kumar ’25City Council, Ithaca, NY
- Becky Grossman ’02City Council, Newton, MA
- David Cohen ’90City Council, San Jose, CA
- Brooke Pinto ’14City Council, Washington, DC
- Dana Barrett ’88County Commission, Fulton County, GA
- Lisa Rodvien ’96County Council, Anne Arundel County, MD
- Gregory Mezey ’09County Legislature 13, Tompkins County, NY
- Veronica Pillar, PhD ’19County Legislature 2, Tompkins County, NY
- Iris Packman ’06County Legislature 3, Tompkins County, NY
- Adam Vinson ’25County Legislature 4, Tompkins County, NY
- Steve Mulroy ’86District Attorney, Shelby County, TN
- John Nichols ’63, PhD ’69Mayor, College Station, TX
- Robert Cantelmo, MA ’24Mayor, Ithaca, NY
- Quinton Lucas, JD ’09Mayor, Kansas City, MO
- Eileen Higgins, MBA ’89Mayor, Miami, FL
- Marc Laredo ’81Mayor, Newton, MA
- Rick Hauser ’96Mayor, Perry, NY
- Josh Nathan, JD ’91Mayor, Rye, NY
- Dan Saltzman ’74Portland Community College Board, Portland, OR
- Karen Bierman Hirsh ’94School Board, Greenwich, CT
- Anne Pogue Donohue, JD ’05School Board, Loudon County, VA
- Michael Cook ’02, MBA ’07School Board, Plano, TX
- Andy George, MBA ’84School Board, Stamford, CT
- Jill Hai ’85Select Board Chair, Lexington, MA
- Eileen Rosen Miller ’89Town Clerk, Pelham, NY
- Matt Scott, MS ’07Town Commitee, Cranbury, NJ
- Patricia Boye-Williams ’98Town Council, Farmington, CT
- Courtney Henderson ’04Town Council, Truckee, CA
- Bryan Rivard ’03Town Council, Wallingford, CT
- Rod Howe, MRP ’80Town Supervisor, Ithaca, NY
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
George Ernest Waldo 18721905–1909
NY
William Edgar Tuttle 1889 Dropout1911–1915
NJ
Maurice Connolly 18971913–1915
IA
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
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