Kevin Parker

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Senator · District 21 · Democratic

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635 roll-call votes on record - 326 yes, 2 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Weekend spotlight: Tori and Willy and Ella and Billy” (St Pete Catalyst, Jul 9, 2026) - one of 5 stories across the spectrum (Left 4 · Center 1 · Right 0). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Senator, District 21 (New York) since Jan 2003. legislation.nysenate.gov ↗

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The record

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635

Roll-call votes on record.

635 votes · 326 yes · 271 absent · 36 excused · 2 no. 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 Government69 votes · yes on 28, no on 0, 41 other

Environment52 votes · yes on 35, no on 0, 17 other

Transportation47 votes · yes on 8, no on 0, 39 other

Public Safety27 votes · yes on 10, no on 0, 17 other

Energy26 votes · yes on 18, no on 1, 7 other

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: ABSENTRelates to child care assistance under the child care block grantS 2001 · Jun 4, 2026

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal

More liberal than 94% 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)

Covers2003–2022

● 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 · donorsCenter-Left

More conservative than 58% of 2022 New York Senate candidates

Details

Score−0.47 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.25 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.72)

Compared with132 members of 2022 New York Senate candidates

Covers1994–2022

● 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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These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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