# James Skoufis

James Skoufis is a Democratic member of the New York Senate for district 42.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York Senate, district 42
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c1f048f2-6e1d-4e1b-b161-d97e2f16c1f8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1f048f2-6e1d-4e1b-b161-d97e2f16c1f8 (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

18% of Skoufis’s statements contain a personal attack, 7.4 times the State Senate Democrat average of 2.4%.

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

701 classified statements: 701 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Skoufis | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 17.5% | 2.4% | 6 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 17.1% | 10.3% | 76 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 31.9% | 42.9% | 235 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.4% | 3.4% | 163 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 10.7% | 16.1% | 196 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 2.1% | 0.8% | 45 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 27% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Health 16% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Commerce 12% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%); Education 8.9% (State Senate Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.29 (standard error 0.01), from 1,805 donors and 1,200 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

3,522 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New York Senate 94.5%). Party unity 92.6% (93.2%). 355 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 nay · 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 441 bills: 441 reached committee, 105 passed one chamber, 41 passed both, 24 became law. Cosponsored 618. 39.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York Senate 44.5%; rank 39 of 62).

Recent sponsored bills:

- J 2272: Congratulating Daniel Casper of Briarcliff, New York, upon the occasion of representing the United States as an Olympic curler in the Milano Cortina 2026… (passed one chamber, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2272/
- J 2273: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2026 as Building Safety Month in the State of New York (passed one chamber, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2273/
- S 10593: Relates to certain powers of the attorney general (passed one chamber, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10593/
- S 10563: Provides notice regarding the timeliness of the receipt by the board of elections of ballots capable of return by mail (passed one chamber, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10563/
- S 10531: Extends the effectiveness of chapter 435 of the laws of 2014 relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and… (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10531/
- S 10360: Recognizes suicide as a line of duty death for the purposes of certain death benefits (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10360/
- S 10363: Enacts the "ICE contract transparency act" (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10363/
- S 10453: Relates to the recall of class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS; repealer (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10453/
- S 10454: Relates to the continuation of the empire state stem cell board (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10454/
- S 10328: Requires the use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10328/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $756.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 90% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/jamesskoufis/status/2114732655384096830
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/jamesskoufis/status/2114737021466116237
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jamesskoufis/status/2114737412102635719
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/jamesskoufis/status/2114858683113128212
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jamesskoufis/status/2114178002665738332
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jamesskoufis/status/2114187640383684914
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/jamesskoufis/status/2114192087973327139
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/jamesskoufis/status/2114344722105774416
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/jamesskoufis/status/2114138595212640648
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/jamesskoufis/status/2114142896483885226

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/james-skoufis
- Campaign site: https://skoufisforny.com/
- X: https://x.com/jamesskoufis
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JamesSkoufis/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesskoufis/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEcV7Ef9Qg1uolS1_-Ce29A
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesskoufis/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1f048f2-6e1d-4e1b-b161-d97e2f16c1f8