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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">New York State Senate</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_6th_State_Senate_district" title="New York's 6th State Senate district">6th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 1, 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kemp_Hannon" title="Kemp Hannon">Kemp Hannon</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Garden_City,_New_York" title="Garden City, New York">Garden City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_State" class="mw-redirect" title="New York State">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Attorney</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/kevin-thomas">Official website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kevin Thomas</b> is an American attorney and politician from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>, Thomas has represented the <a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_6th_State_Senate_district" title="New York's 6th State Senate district">6th district</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">New York State Senate</a> since 2019. In July 2023, he announced his candidacy in the 2024 election for <a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="New York's 4th congressional district">New York's 4th congressional district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Thomas_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas is an <a href="/wiki/Indian-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian-American">Indian-American</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Malayalee" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalee">Malayalee</a> descent.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was born in <a href="/wiki/Satwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Satwa">Satwa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, to a family originating from <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>. He has an older sister.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas attended <a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Catholic_High_School,_Dubai,_UAE" title="St. Mary's Catholic High School, Dubai, UAE">St. Mary's School</a> in Dubai before he immigrated to the United States as a ten-year-old boy.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He earned his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> from <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_University_(New_York_City)" title="St. John's University (New York City)">St. John's University</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> from <a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_University" title="Western Michigan University">Western Michigan University</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_University_Cooley_Law_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Michigan University Cooley Law School">Cooley Law School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thomas worked for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Legal_Assistance_Group" title="New York Legal Assistance Group">New York Legal Assistance Group</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-kahani_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kahani-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_York_Senate">New York Senate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Thomas_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: New York Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In an upset victory, Thomas defeated incumbent Senator <a href="/wiki/Kemp_Hannon" title="Kemp Hannon">Kemp Hannon</a> 50.8%–49.1% in the 6th Senate District in the <a href="/wiki/2018_New_York_State_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 New York State Senate elections">2018 New York State Senate elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thomas was sworn in for his first term on January 1, 2019, and is serving as Chair of the Consumer Protection committee.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the first South Asian American<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the first Indian-American<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to serve in the New York State Senate. </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2020, Thomas secured a second term after defeating Republican challenger Dennis Dunne.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Thomas_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas and his wife, Rincy, have a daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-kahani_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kahani-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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of the Senate</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Delgado" title="Antonio Delgado">Antonio Delgado</a> (D)</dd> <dt>President <i>pro tempore</i> and <a href="/wiki/Majority_Leader_of_the_New_York_State_Senate" title="Majority Leader of the New York State Senate">Majority Leader</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Stewart-Cousins" title="Andrea Stewart-Cousins">Andrea Stewart-Cousins</a> (D)</dd> <dt>Minority Leader</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rob_Ortt" title="Rob Ortt">Rob Ortt</a> (R)</dd></dl></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col numbered nowrap" style="column-width: 16em;"> <ol><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Palumbo" title="Anthony Palumbo">Anthony Palumbo</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mario_Mattera" title="Mario Mattera">Mario Mattera</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a 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