U.S. Representative, NY-26 · Democratic · in office since Jan. 3, 2025
Timothy M. Kennedy
U.S. Representative · New York-26 · Democratic · since Jan. 2025
Overall grade · among representatives
No. 250 of 358
−0.18σ · 35% of the grade measured
How this grade is built
35%Bills they move (LES)−0.18
30%New York: how it moved on their watchreserved
25%Alignment (promises vs. votes)reserved
10%Attendancereserved
| Their own record | Value |
|---|
| Legislative effectiveness LES · chamber avg = 1.0 | |
| Missed votes | 0.1% |
| Ideology 0 = left · 1 = right (GovTrack) | 0.32 |
| Promises kept | In human review |
New York context — not this member’s grade
House members represent a district, not the whole state, so state numbers aren’t their grade. District-level scoring is in development. The state’s governor, Kathy Hochul, holds the scored executive record.
Federal spending during Kennedy’s current term
Total U.S. federal outlays for each fiscal year of Kennedy’s current term. This is the whole federal budget — mostly Social Security, Medicare, defense, interest on the debt, and prior commitments — not money Kennedy personally directed. A president proposes and Congress appropriates; no single official controls it.
FY25$7.01T−$1.77T deficit A representative serves a district, not a state, and no honest district-level outcome trend exists yet — redistricting redrew the lines and leaves too few data points. So Kennedy is graded on what they control: how effectively they move legislation and how they vote. The state’s numbers are shown as context on the card, never folded into the grade, until district-level scoring ships.
Legislative Effectiveness Scores come from the Center for Effective Lawmaking, which benchmarks each chamber’s average to 1.0. Voting statistics come from GovTrack. The Honesty ledger — promises matched against this member’s votes — publishes only with an evidence trail and two agreeing human reviews.