# James Sanders

James Sanders is a Democratic member of the New York Senate for district 10.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York Senate, district 10
- Serving since: 2013-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e00ee209-a6a5-4ca1-8ac6-f403e1cbcca2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e00ee209-a6a5-4ca1-8ac6-f403e1cbcca2 (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

55% of Sanders’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New York, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats.

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

331 classified statements: 331 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 | Sanders | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.3% | 2.4% | 155 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 4.2% | 10.3% | 216 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 42.0% | 42.9% | 175 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.9% | 3.4% | 237 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 9.7% | 16.1% | 208 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Housing and Community Development 14% (State Senate Democrats 6.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 12% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Commerce 10% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%); Emergency Management 10% (State Senate Democrats 3.7%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9.3% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.69 (standard error 0.03), from 173 donors and 1,097 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

3,522 roll calls. Attendance 90.4% (New York Senate 94.5%). Party unity 100% (93.2%). 1 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 255 bills: 255 reached committee, 36 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 471. 30.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York Senate 44.5%; rank 48 of 62).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 10625: Relates to construction and mentoring programs (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10625/
- S 10579: Extends the effectiveness of the state charter advisory board (in committee, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10579/
- S 10574: Relation to the regulation of the use of artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology in criminal investigations (in committee, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10574/
- J 2141: Commemorating the Conference on Slavery, the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and Reparatory Justice, the first extra-territorial Juneteenth celebration outside the… (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2141/
- S 10388: Defines satisfaction of judgment and authorizing satisfactions to be filed on affirmation (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10388/
- S 10389: Requires mental health evaluations for participants in substance use disorder treatment programs (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10389/
- S 10390: Requires covered lenders to report to the department of financial services certain information on covered loans (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10390/
- S 10329: Authorizes Tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system for P'nina Gluck (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10329/
- J 2075: Commemorating the 192nd Anniversary of the Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2075/
- J 2068: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the National Caucus of Black State Legislators (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2068/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $84.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 55% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JSandersNYC/status/2112950635209302401
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/JSandersNYC/status/2113003522400956914
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/JSandersNYC/status/2112174845232296152
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JSandersNYC/status/2112252323971912137
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/JSandersNYC/status/2105007929174683917
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/JSandersNYC/status/2102788105333768371
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JSandersNYC/status/2102424090879619273
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JSandersNYC/status/2102424338209370501
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/JSandersNYC/status/2100237087467245812
- 2026-09-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JSandersNYC/status/2099928236843049081

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/james-sanders-jr
- X: https://x.com/JSandersNYC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StateSenatorJamesSandersJr/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senator.james.sanders/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUOw1kcVt7J8f1QrWVi47AA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-sanders-jr-58724623/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e00ee209-a6a5-4ca1-8ac6-f403e1cbcca2