James Sanders

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431 roll-call votes on record. state roll calls
3 personal financial disclosures on file (Form 6) covering 2015–2017 - the originals are one click away. state disclosure filings
Serves as State Senator, District 10 (New York) since Jan 2013. legislation.nysenate.gov ↗

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The record

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431

Roll-call votes on record.

431 votes · 399 yes · 32 excused. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Jun 4, 2026

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

Local Government53 votes · yes on 52, no on 0, 1 other

Environment39 votes · yes on 31, no on 0, 8 other

Transportation35 votes · yes on 35, no on 0

State Government22 votes · yes on 21, no on 0, 1 other

Tourism21 votes · yes on 21, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

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Personal finances

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Annual financial disclosures · official filings

3 filings on record

Form 6 · 2015–2017

Form 6 is Florida’s full financial disclosure - officials report their net worth, assets, and income sources each year.

Form 62017 ↗2016 ↗2015 ↗

Filed as James L Sanders - Elected Constitutional Officer - matched to James Sanders by name; the original names the filer.

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal

More liberal than 95% of New York Senate members

Details

Score−1.88 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.51 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−1.37)

Compared with200 members of New York Senate members (1994–2022)

Covers2013–2022

● This person Democrats (110) Republicans (90)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsLiberal

More conservative than 52% of 2022 New York Senate candidates

Details

Score−0.51 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.21 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.72)

Compared with132 members of 2022 New York Senate candidates

Covers2002–2022

● This person Democrats (81) Republicans (45) Independents (6)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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