Shelley Mayer

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Senator · District 37 · Democratic; Working Families

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5,418 roll-call votes on record - 5,340 yes, 20 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Senator, District 37 (New York) since Apr 2018. legislation.nysenate.gov ↗

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The record

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5,418

Roll-call votes on record.

5,418 votes · 5,340 yes · 58 excused · 20 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 Government65 votes · yes on 65, no on 0

Environment47 votes · yes on 47, no on 0

Transportation45 votes · yes on 45, no on 0

State Government28 votes · yes on 26, no on 1, 1 other

Taxes24 votes · yes on 24, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESEnacts the "prevention of damage to critical infrastructure act of 2026"A 8675 · 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 74% of New York Senate members

Details

Score−1.40 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.03 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−1.37)

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

Covers2012–2022

● 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 liberal than 73% of 2022 New York Senate candidates

Details

Score−0.76 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.04 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.72)

Compared with132 members of 2022 New York Senate candidates

Covers2004–2022

● 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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