# Jake Ashby

Jake Ashby is a Republican member of the New York Senate for district 43.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New York Senate, district 43
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b03d69c0-0ea1-4524-86e6-c6b20797a2eb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b03d69c0-0ea1-4524-86e6-c6b20797a2eb (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

Ashby voted against the majority of New York Senate Republicans 249 times; party unity 68%, in the bottom tenth of the New York Senate (average 93.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.01), from 845 donors and 1,164 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

3,522 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (New York Senate 94.5%). Party unity 68% (93.2%). 249 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 yea · 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 yea · 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, 19 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 540. 21.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York Senate 44.5%; rank 56 of 62).

Recent sponsored bills:

- J 2362: Commending Aimal Zafari upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of a Liberty Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an individual by the New York… (in committee, 2026-07-08) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2362/
- S 10393: Enacts the New York mosquito surveillance act (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10393/
- S 10206: Authorizes Ryan J. St. Gelais and Aaron M. St. Gelais, police officers in the village of Menands, county of Albany, to receive certain credit under section… (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10206/
- S 10177: Relates to capital upgrades to certain residential health care facilities (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10177/
- S 10162: Removes residency requirements for Washington county deputy county attorneys (in committee, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10162/
- J 2035: Commending United States Army Air Corps 2nd Lieutenant Joseph L. Burke posthumously upon the occasion of his designation as a recipient of the Liberty Medal (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2035/
- J 1999: Commending Fatemeh Sima Amiri upon the occasion of winning the inaugural New York State of Poetry prize (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J1999/
- S 10037: Directs the department of transportation to construct and install safety gates at a certain railroad crossing in the village of Castleton-on-Hudson, county of… (in committee, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10037/
- J 1963: Honoring Christian Jerome upon the occasion of his designation as Athlete of the Year (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J1963/
- S 9978: Prohibits safety and emission inspections for new motor vehicles that are sold or transferred (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9978/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $119.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/jacob-ashby
- Campaign site: https://www.jake-ashby.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jakeashbyfornyssenate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakeashbyny/?locale=kk-KZ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-ashby-84647337/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b03d69c0-0ea1-4524-86e6-c6b20797a2eb