Democrat candidate for U.S. House in New York. Every point on this page links to its source. We don't grade candidates or tell you how to vote. As of 2026-09-29.
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Economy and cost of living
Gillen says lowering costs for Long Island families is a top priority, pointing to rising prices for groceries, gas and health care. She backs a bipartisan bill for a commuting-cost tax deduction and bills to lower car insurance costs, and says she has brought federal funding back to Nassau County.
“lowering costs and cutting taxes for hardworking Long Islanders is a top priority of mine in Congress.”
Gillen says she is working in Congress to eliminate the SALT cap, which she says leads to double taxation of Long Islanders. She also backs a bipartisan bill creating a personal tax deduction of more than $4,000 a year for commuting costs, and says she lowered town taxes as Hempstead Supervisor.
Gillen says she opposes Medicaid cuts, wants to restore the ACA premium tax credits, and supports reforms on insurance middlemen that raise prescription costs. She also backs medical research funding and has pressed for World Trade Center Health Program coverage.
The passages do not state a position on Social Security or Medicare. Gillen says she opposes Medicaid cuts, which she says affect seniors, and held a roundtable on health care costs for seniors.
Gillen says she has led efforts in Congress to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for law-abiding Haitians in Nassau County and across the country.
Gillen says she supports Israel's right to defend itself and opposed cutting U.S. aid to Israel. She led a bipartisan effort calling for the complete dismantling of Iran's uranium-enrichment infrastructure and cosponsored Iran sanctions and U.S.-Israel defense partnership bills.
Gillen says she is fighting to protect democracy and pushing back against attempts to suppress access to the ballot box. She also says she took aim at waste and corruption as Hempstead Supervisor.
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
Laura Gillen (DEM)
Raised
$5.1M through 2026-06-30individuals $3.0M · PACs $1.0M · party $5,022 · from the candidate's other committees $1.0M · cash on hand $3.8M
NO GOING BACK PAC INC.— $63K opposing GillenPLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES— $2,910 supporting GillenLargest donors:
Deborah Simon $3.0M (38%), Retired; Mary Quinn Delaney $1.5M (19%), Retired; Denise Sobel $1.2M (16%), Retired; PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND, INC. $500K (6%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Eileen Laspa $400K (5%), RetiredGIVEGREEN UNITED ACTION— $71 supporting GillenLargest donors:
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, INC. $946K (40%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); NRDC ACTION FUND INC. $922K (39%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); LCV VICTORY FUND $500K (21%)
312 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
10000 LAKES PAC $3,000
A PLEASANT PENINSULA PAC $1,000
AAJ PAC $10K
AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC) $1,000
AHORA PAC $1,000
AICPA PAC $2,500
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $10K
AIRBUS AMERICAS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
AIRLINES FOR AMERICA (A4A) PAC $500
AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL NORTH AMERICA PAC $1,000
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS POLITICAL ACTION FUND $2,000
ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $15K
ALTRIA GROUP, INC. PAC $2,000
AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY PAC $1,000
AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE $10K
AMAZON PAC $3,000
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. $2,000
AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC $1,000
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. PAC $1,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. PAC $1,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CROP INSURERS PAC $2,000
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) $1,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) $5,000
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC $5,000
AMERICAN DEFENSE AND MILITARY PAC $4,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PAC $3,500
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $10K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $8,000
AMERICAN INNOVATION PAC (AMI PAC) $2,000
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $5,000
AMERICAN MOSAIC PAC $1,000
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COPA $7,500
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) $10K
AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC. PAC $3,000
AMERICAN WATERWAYS OPERATORS PAC $2,000
AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA $10K
AOA-PAC $2,500
ARCHIPAC - THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS $1,000
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (APFA PAC) POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
AT THE TABLE! $3,000
AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC $2,000
ATHENA PAC $1,000
BACK PAC $2,500
BAMA PAC $2,500
BARRAGAN FOR CONGRESS $2,500
BEAT THE ODDS PAC $2,000
BECCA BALINT FOR VERMONT $100
BEEPAC (BUILDING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PAC) $4,000
BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS PAC $1,000
BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BA PAC) $500
BLOCKPAC $1,000
BLUE HEN FEDERAL PAC $5,000
BLUE MAJORITY PAC $2,000
BLUE MOMENTUM PAC $6,000
BLUE NEVADA PAC $1,000
BLUE ORIGIN LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
BLUE WAVE AMERICA $1,000
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY RAILPAC $1,000
BNY FEDPAC $2,000
BRIDGE THE GAP PAC $5,000
BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER THROUGH ADVOCACY $2,000
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND TRAINMEN PAC FUND $3,500
BUILD AMERICA PAC $3,000
BUILD PAC $2,500
BUSPAC $1,500
CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC) $10K
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUND $1,000
CAROLINA VICTORY FUND $2,000
CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $10K
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PAC $1,000
CHRISSY HOULAHAN FOR CONGRESS $1,000
CITIGROUP INC. PAC - FEDERAL $4,000
CLARKE FOR CONGRESS $1,000
CLEAN PAC $1,000
COINBASE, INC. INNOVATION PAC (COINBASE INNOVATION PAC) $500
COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURE $5,000
COMMONWEALTH PAC $1,000
COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS PAC $1,000
COYOTE PAC $500
COZEN O'CONNOR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC $7,000
CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,000
CVS HEALTH PAC $2,000
CWA COPE PCC $5,000
D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) $3,000
DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS $3,000
DEFEND THE VOTE $5,000
DELTA AIR LINES PAC $2,000
DEMOCRACY ACTION NOW PAC $4,500
DEMOCRATIC ACTION NETWORK $1,000
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FUND $10K
DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT PROJECT PAC $1,000
DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC) $2,000
DEMOCRATS WIN FUND $2,000
DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC) $3,500
DENTONS US LLP PAC $1,000
DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
DMFI PAC $1,000
DOING RIGHT - RESULTS ACTION UNITY LEADERSHIP PAC $6,000
EDPAC $1,000
EDWARD JONES PAC $2,000
ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $10K
ELECT DEMS NOW PAC $5,000
ELECT EVERY DEMOCRAT PAC $1,000
ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC $6,000
EMILYS LIST $10K
EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC $2,500
EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION PAC $2,000
END CITIZENS UNITED $3,000
ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $10K
ENPAC $1,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND $1,000
ERNST & YOUNG PAC $5,000
FAA MANAGERS ASSOCIATION INC. PAC $5,000
FAIR SHOT PAC $10K
FGS GLOBAL (US) LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $500
FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PAC $1,000
FINSECA PAC $1,000
FIX THE BENCH $2,000
FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $1,000
FMR LLC PAC - FEDERAL (FIDELITY PAC) $1,000
FREEDOM DEMOCRATS $1,000
FRIENDS OF DON BEYER $4,000
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION PAC $2,000
GETTING RESULTS BY ENGAGING THE GRASSROOTS PAC $1,000
GIFFORDS PAC $1,000
GM PAC $5,000
GOOD FRIENDS PAC $2,000
GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A. PAC $500
GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION PAC $1,000
HCA HEALTHCARE, INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $2,500
HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION EMPLOYEES PAC $1,000
HMP $5,000
HMS SCRAP PAC $7,500
HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $2,500
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL PAC $6,500
HOPE PAC $5,000
HOULAPAC $4,000
HOUSE CALL PAC $1,000
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PAC $2,500
IBEW PAC VOLUNTARY FUND $4,750
IMPACT $10K
IN THIS TOGETHER PAC $5,000
INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS LLC PAC $1,000
INDEPENDENT PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
INNOVATION FOR GOOD PAC $10K
INSURPAC $2,000
INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) $8,500
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $5,000
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $5,000
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICSC PAC) $2,500
IUPAT POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE $5,000
JAKE AUCHINCLOSS FOR CONGRESS $1,000
JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS $4,000
JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP CREWMEMBER GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $5,000
JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PAC $10K
JOE MORELLE FOR CONGRESS $1,000
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,500
JUDY CHU FOR CONGRESS $3,000
JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESS $1,000
KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESS $4,000
KIDSPAC $2,500
KPMG PARTNERS/PRINCIPALS AND EMPLOYEES PAC $5,000
KUSTER FOR CONGRESS, INC $1,000
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC. PAC $5,000
LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA PAC $5,000
LEADERS IN LIFE ACTING COOPERATIVELY (LILAC) PAC $4,000
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND (LCVAF) $4,937
LEIDOS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
LIFTOFF PAC $2,000
LOBO PAC $1,000
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' PAC $5,000
LOFGREN FOR CONGRESS $1,000
LORI TRAHAN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE $1,000
LUZ RIVAS FOR CONGRESS $2,000
MAC PAC $1,000
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS $5,000
MADISON PAC; THE $3,000
MAKING A DIFFERENCE PAC $3,000
MAKING A REAL CHANGE PAC $1,000
MARC VEASEY CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $2,000
MARK KELLY FOR SENATE $2,000
MARYLAND ASSOCIATION FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS PAC $2,000
MASTERS, MATES AND PILOTS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION FUND $2,500
MAXINE FOR CONGRESS $1,000
MAXWELL ALEJANDRO FROST FOR CONGRESS $2,000
MCCLELLAN FOR CONGRESS $1,000
MCKENZIE RIVER PAC $1,000
METLIFE INC. EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL PARTICIPATION FUND A - FEDERAL ONLY $2,000
MICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC $1,000
MILK RIVER PAC $1,000
MINN-DAK COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC $1,000
MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. PAC $2,000
MOMS FED UP $10K
MORGAN MCGARVEY FOR CONGRESS $2,000
MORPAC $1,000
NABPAC $1,000
NABTU POLITICAL EDUCATIONAL FUND $1,000
NADAPAC $5,000
NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESS $4,000
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES (NARFE) $2,500
NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $8,000
NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,500
NATIONAL ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION PAC $2,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS (NALC) $5,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC $5,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS INC. POLITICAL ACTION FOR CANDIDATE ELECTION (PACE) $1,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC) $5,000
NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION PAC/HORSE PAC $1,000
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION PAC $3,000
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION PAC $1,000
NCTAPAC $1,000
NECA PAC $6,000
NEMPAC $2,000
NETJETS ASSOCIATION OF SHARED AIRCRAFT PILOTS PAC $6,000
NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND $7,500
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE PAC $10K
NIKKI FOR CONGRESS $1,000
NMHC PAC $2,500
NO LABELS PAC $10K
NRDC ACTION FUND INC PAC $5,000
NSSGA ROCKPAC $2,500
NTCA RURAL BROADBAND PAC $1,000
O PAC $1,000
OFF THE SIDELINES PAC $10K
PAC FOR GOOD $1,000
PAC IN THE SADDLE $2,000
PAC OF APPLES $2,000
PAC OF THE AAOS $2,000
PAC TO THE FUTURE $10K
PATRIOT PAC $2,500
PATRIOT PAC, INC. $2,500
PEGPAC $1,500
PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS $4,000
PFIZER INC. PAC $3,500
PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PTPAC) $2,000
PIRATE PAC $5,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC $2,000
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES $5,000
POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE AMERICAN TRAIN DISPATCHERS ASSOCIATION $4,000
POPULAR HOPE AND RENEWAL PAC $250
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC $3,000
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT $5,000
PUGET PAC $6,500
READY TO FIGHT PAC $1,000
REBUILD AMERICA PAC $5,000
RESIST RECLAIM REBUILD PAC $2,000
ROBERT GARCIA FOR CONGRESS $1,000
SALUD CARBAJAL FOR CONGRESS $1,000
SANTANDER HOLDINGS USA INC. PAC $1,000
SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS $2,000
SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
SCIENCE TRUTH AND EXPERTISE MATTER PAC $2,000
SEIU COPE $5,000
SERVING OUR COUNTRY (SOC) PAC $2,000
SHARICE FOR CONGRESS $2,000
SHORE PAC $5,500
SILICORN VALLEY PAC $4,000
SMART TD PAC $5,000
SOUTHERN GLAZER'S WINE AND SPIRITS PAC $5,000
SPIKE PAC $4,000
SQUARE DEAL PAC $2,000
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS PAC $1,000
STANTON FOR CONGRESS $2,500
STOP GUN VIOLENCE PAC $2,500
STOP PROJECT 2025 $10K
STRICKLAND FOR WASHINGTON $3,000
SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA PAC $500
SUMMITT PAC $6,000
SUNFLOWER SEEDS PAC $2,000
SUNSHINE ORGANIZATION FOR TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES PAC $1,000
SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PAC $7,000
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COALITION PAC $10K
SWAPA PAC $12K
T-MOBILE US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC) $1,000
TERESA FOR ALL $1,000
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. PAC $2,000
THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
THE HOME DEPOT INC. PAC $2,500
THE NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN & PUBLIC EDUCATION $2,000
THE WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE CORP. PAC $1,000
THEATRICAL PROTECTIVE UNION LOCAL NO ONE IATSE NEW YORK CITY STAGEHANDS PAC INC $1,500
TIAPAC $1,000
TIMBER PAC $5,000
TOMORROW PAC $2,000
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC PAC $3,000
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA PAC $6,000
TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO PAC $2,500
TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMEN $10K
TRIED-AND-TRUE PAC $5,000
TRUCKING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC. $1,000
U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC $5,000
UBER PAC $5,000
UNITED AIRLINES, INC. PAC $1,000
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB $2,500
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC $3,000
UPLIFT PAC $2,000
UPMA PAC $1,500
VERIZON PAC $1,500
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY PAC $2,500
WAKEPAC $2,000
WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $3,500
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