# Mark Walczyk

Mark Walczyk is a Republican member of the New York Senate for district 49.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New York Senate, district 49
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/615c8d33-9652-4163-87b9-0fc82fc09b8c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/615c8d33-9652-4163-87b9-0fc82fc09b8c (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Walczyk sits at +0.58 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 81% of State Senate Republicans.

## What Walczyk says (NY 2025–26 session)

162 classified statements: 162 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Walczyk | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.2% | 2.3% | 42 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 19.8% | 9.5% | 58 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 30.9% | 37.3% | 223 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 0.6% | 15.4% | 326 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 2.5% | 1.3% | 59 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Energy 39% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Economics and Public Finance 18% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Crime and Law Enforcement 16% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Environmental Protection 8.2% (State Senate Republicans 1.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.58 (standard error 0.02), from 1,031 donors and 1,058 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

3,522 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (New York Senate 94.5%). Party unity 95.5% (93.2%). 639 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote · R 2355 Establishes a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for the 2026-27 state fiscal year for additional grants in… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/R2355/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote · A 11538 Extends the expansion of eligibility for World Trade Center death and disability benefits for members of New York's organized militia · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11538/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: B · S 1004 Relates to determining the capacity of a defendant to stand trial · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S1004/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: C · A 329 Relates to setting integrated behavioral health services · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A329/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: A · S 10223 Authorizes the South End Children's Cafe to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption with the city of Albany assessor · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10223/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote · A 11006 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to refunding bonds · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11006/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: A · S 8454 Relates to the residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health director and community services director · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8454/
- 2026-06-04 · voted nay · Floor Vote · A 10922 Extends certain provisions relating to the sale, issuance and refund of bonds and notes of New York city · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10922/
- 2026-06-04 · voted nay · Floor Vote - Version: B · S 8616 Establishes the "protecting consumers and jobs from discriminatory pricing act" · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8616/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: A · A 4195 Relates to the dissemination of information pertaining to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia through the NY Connects: Choices for Long… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A4195/

## Legislation (NY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 124 bills: 124 reached committee, 47 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 388. 41.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York Senate 44.5%; rank 33 of 62).

Recent sponsored bills:

- J 2368: Commending Kristen Cummins upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an individual by the New York… (in committee, 2026-08-31) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2368/
- S 10160: Permits the town of Redfield, Oswego county, to designate certain roads as minimum maintenance roads (in committee, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10160/
- S 10028: Exempts the East Herkimer Volunteer Fire Department No.1, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed… (became law, 2026-10-23) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10028/
- S 10026: Authorizing the county of Herkimer to impose hotel and motel taxes; and provides for the repeal of such provision upon the expiration thereof (in committee, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10026/
- S 10027: Relates to the deposit of additional sales and compensating use taxes by the county of Herkimer (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10027/
- S 9917: Authorizes municipalities to require a permit for certain energy projects (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9917/
- S 9519: Dissolves the Clifton-Fine health care corporation; repealer (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9519/
- S 9333: Establishes a municipal exemption from commercial driver's license requirements (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9333/
- J 1640: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2026, as TAR Syndrome Awareness Month in the State of New York (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J1640/
- J 1595: Commending Scouting America upon the occasion of celebrating its 116th Anniversary on February 8, 2026 (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J1595/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $91.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/markwalczyk/status/2107120231785041936
- 2026-09-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/markwalczyk/status/2099550265141555494
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/markwalczyk/status/2097673077945413989
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/markwalczyk/status/2095506009858957661
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/markwalczyk/status/2095525620893536558
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/markwalczyk/status/2095526238374756442
- 2026-08-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/markwalczyk/status/2092667227442937861
- 2026-08-25 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/markwalczyk/status/2092070117152608662
- 2026-08-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/markwalczyk/status/2089907812335837592
- 2026-08-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/markwalczyk/status/2090173611378188336

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/mark-walczyk
- Campaign site: https://www.mark4senate.com/
- X: https://x.com/markwalczyk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.walczyk.77
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/walczykmark/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXOwsdO0CNIFBdCmddkMNeQ/videos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-walczyk-937990a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/615c8d33-9652-4163-87b9-0fc82fc09b8c