Tim Kennedy
Liberal
Democrat
House Representative
New York - District 26
Current Position: US House Representative NY-26
Running For: House Representative - District 26
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For protecting and strengthening Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid; opposes Republican cuts to these programs
- Against tariffs; opposes tariffs that would increase costs for working families and cost Western New York jobs
Business & Labor
- For labor protections; supports legislation to stop union-busting efforts and opposes rollback of labor protections
- For striking workers receiving unemployment benefits; passed legislation reducing waiting period from seven weeks to two weeks for striking workers to collect unemployment insurance
- For increasing minimum wage; co-sponsored legislation in 2013 to increase state minimum wage to $9/hour with automatic cost-of-living adjustments
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights; initially ran as pro-life in 2010, but position evolved by 2014 to support a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions; voted for New York's Reproductive Health Act in 2019; currently supports a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions
- For same-sex marriage; supported it during 2010 campaign, voted in favor of New York's Marriage Equality Act in 2011
Voting Rights & Democracy
- Against tabling articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; voted to table impeachment articles introduced by Rep. Al Green on June 24, 2025
Public Safety
- For gun control measures; supported landmark NY gun law package after 2022 Buffalo shooting, sponsored federal legislation to ban assault weapons and military-grade body armor