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Brian Kavanagh is a Democrat State Senate representative for New York district 27 and holds an OppScore of -3.19. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.
Brian Kavanagh is a Democratic state senator representing New York’s 27th Senate District in Lower Manhattan. A former Assembly member elected in 2006 and state senator since a 2017 special election, he has chaired the Senate Housing Committee and focused on affordable housing, gun violence prevention, and environmental policy over two decades in the legislature. He announced in February 2026 that he would not seek reelection after 20 years in office.
We hold little public record for Brian Kavanagh so far, so most of this score is inferred from their stated party and general positions rather than from documented votes. It will change as a record appears, or when they complete the OppScore self assessment.
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