# Ken Blankenbush

Ken Blankenbush is a Republican member of the New York House for district 117.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New York House, district 117
- Serving since: 2013-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f9d3d599-6a28-4110-9347-8a5e35d2274a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f9d3d599-6a28-4110-9347-8a5e35d2274a (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

100% of Blankenbush’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New York, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.50 (standard error 0.02), from 105 donors and 1,177 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 95.1% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 90.3% (92.9%). 55 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10586 Extends provisions relating to public hearings on proposed rules · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10586/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10001 Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10001/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10655 Relates to the compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; repealer · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10655/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9862 Authorizes the town of Minisink to impose a hotel and motel tax · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9862/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9027 Authorizes the village of Ellicottville to impose a hotel and motel tax · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9027/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 7607 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Lt. Gary A. Scott · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S7607/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10550 Authorizes the Church of Pentecost, USA, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10550/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 8453 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to William Cornell · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8453/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9969 Authorizes the town justice of the town of Dix to be a nonresident of such town · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9969/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9983 Authorizes Joseph Fredrick to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be eligible for employment as a… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9983/

## Legislation (NY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 44 bills: 44 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 295. 15.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 82 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- K 1249: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 4, 2026, as 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum Day in the State of New York (passed one chamber, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1249/
- A 10946: Directs court to establish a period of commitment for persons found not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10946/
- A 10666: Dissolves the Clifton-Fine health care corporation; repealer (passed one chamber, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10666/
- K 1045: Honoring the Grand Marshal, King, and Queen of the 23rd Annual Irish Parade of Camden, New York (passed one chamber, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1045/
- A 10185: Establishes a municipal exemption from commercial driver's license requirements (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10185/
- K 943: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 15-21, 2026, as Grain Bin Safety Week in the State of New York (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K943/
- A 8909: Increases the reimbursement amount authorized to be paid to localities maintaining incarcerated individuals convicted of felonies (in committee, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A8909/
- K 299: Honoring Trooper Nicole M. Duvall upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of the Superintendent's Commendation Award on May 7, 2025 (passed one chamber, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K299/
- A 6860: Establishes the joint insurance fund (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A6860/
- A 6801: Requires insurers to send notices of renewal of certain policies to the insured no later than thirty days prior to the expiration of the policy (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A6801/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Ken-Blankenbush
- X: https://x.com/blankenbush
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Blankenbush/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-blankenbush-881145166/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f9d3d599-6a28-4110-9347-8a5e35d2274a