Kevin Thomas | |
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Member of the New York State Senate from the 6th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Kemp Hannon |
Personal details | |
Born | Dubai,United Arab Emirates |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence(s) | Garden City,New York,U.S. |
Profession | Attorney |
Website | Official website |
Kevin Thomas is an American attorney and politician from the state of New York. A Democrat,Thomas has represented the 6th district in the New York State Senate since 2019. In July 2023,he announced his candidacy in the 2024 election for New York's 4th congressional district. [1]
Thomas is an Indian-American [2] of Malayalee descent. [3] He was born in Satwa,Dubai,United Arab Emirates,to a family originating from Kerala. He has an older sister. [4] Thomas attended St. Mary's School in Dubai before he immigrated to the United States as a ten-year-old boy. [5] He earned his bachelor's degree from St. John's University and his Juris Doctor from Western Michigan University's Cooley Law School. [6]
Thomas worked for the New York Legal Assistance Group as an attorney and was an appointee of the US Commission on Civil Rights to the New York State Advisory Committee,a federal agency tasked with civil rights oversight. [7]
In an upset victory,Thomas defeated incumbent Senator Kemp Hannon 50.8%–49.1% in the 6th Senate District in the 2018 New York State Senate elections. [8] [9]
Thomas was sworn in for his first term on January 1,2019,and is serving as Chair of the Consumer Protection committee. [10] He is the first South Asian American [11] and the first Indian-American [2] to serve in the New York State Senate.
In 2020,Thomas worked on a data bill entitled the New York Privacy Act,which would require companies to allow consumers to obtain the names of all entities with whom their information is shared and give those consumers the power to stop the company from sharing that data if they do not want it distributed. [12]
In October 2020,Thomas secured a second term after defeating Republican challenger Dennis Dunne. [13]
Thomas and his wife,Rincy,have a daughter. [7]
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