Caroline Shinkle graduated from MIT, where she majored in economics and became deeply interested in central banking and global financial regulation. She completed stints at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, and the Bank of Israel in Jerusalem, Israel, before beginning her career at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. Caroline Shinkle also spent a semester studying in Paris at l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) where she took all her classes in French.

Meet Caroline

She went on to earn her J.D. from Harvard Law School. Upon graduation, Caroline Shinkle put her law degree to work at a leading international law firm in New York City, where she advised businesses and financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and financial regulatory matters.

Caroline Shinkle lives in Midtown Manhattan and has always valued education, hard work, and pushing the limits of what’s possible. This foundation helped shape Caroline’s path from academic achievement, to working at the center of the U.S. financial system and legal industry, to her civic and community involvement.

Caroline Shinkle graduated from MIT, where she majored in economics, and earned a law degree from Harvard Law School. She also spent a semester studying at l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), where she took her classes in French. She lives in Midtown Manhattan.

Caroline Shinkle graduated from MIT, where she majored in economics, and earned a law degree from Harvard Law School. She lives in Midtown Manhattan.

For the past five years, Shinkle has done mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and financial regulatory work at the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Previously, she had internships at financial institutions, including the Bank of Israel, the Federal Reserve Board, and the European Central Bank.

Meet Caroline Shinkle, a Republican Candidate Running to Represent the UWS in Congress

Caroline Shinkle works on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and financial regulatory matters at the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore. She previously completed stints at the European Central Bank and the Bank of Israel before beginning her career at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Caroline works on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and financial regulatory matters at the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore. She previously completed stints at the European Central Bank and the Bank of Israel before beginning her career at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Year Office District Stage Candidates
  2012 Party State Committee Woman 1st Suffolk and Middlesex Republican Primary

Joyce M. Kelly won (61%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »

## Victories

Won 0 out of 0 general elections

Won 0 out of 1 primaries

Won 0 out of 1 total contests

PD43+ » Candidate Profile (Caroline Beauregard Shinkle)

Caroline previously ran for Party State Committee Woman in the 1st Suffolk and Middlesex Republican primary in 2012 but did not win.

2026 New York General Election

Balance the federal budget ‍through balanced budget amendments and zero-based budgeting to keep Washington spending in check, help cure inflation, and drive down the cost of capital

Caroline Shinkle Priorities

Shinkle: Day one, no tax on work. I want to eliminate the federal income tax on W2 wages. Why? Because work is good. Productivity is good. Any student of economics will tell you that we tax things that are bad. We tax things to discourage that behavior. And so, again, I think work is good, and we want to empower people to build their careers and build prosperity for themselves and their families. So we want to get the government out of the way [and] protect people’s paychecks.

[ I] also want to couple that with a dramatic reduction in the size of government. I’m in favor of balanced budget amendments. I’m in favor of zero-based budgeting, and I’m also in favor of creating the conditions for people to make it easier for people to start their own businesses and meet that increased demand with supply of goods and services in the economy.

Protect the Paycheck
Protect the Paycheck – allow people to keep more of what they earn by reducing the federal income tax on W-2 wages. Work is good—let’s reward it, not penalize it through a burdensome tax code

Build Baby Build – supply-side solutions, not communist price controls. ‍Reduce housing costs and increase opportunity for ownership by increasing the supply of high-quality, affordable housing. Leverage advanced technology to build more housing more quickly and more cost-efficiently. Repurpose unused office space, streamline permitting, and advocate for upzoning near transit corridors.

Build Baby Build – supply-side solutions, not communist price controls. ‍Reduce housing costs and increase opportunity for ownership by increasing the supply of high-quality, affordable housing. Leverage advanced technology to build more housing more quickly and more cost-efficiently.

Repurpose unused office space, streamline permitting, and advocate for upzoning near transit corridors. Encourage private ownership (not collectivism) and investment to increase supply and incentivize moratorium on property taxes and development fees‍

Support strategic, common-sense deregulation ‍to allow industry and innovation to flourish and combat the mass exodus of jobs, opportunity, investment, and capital out of New York City

Supports a balanced-budget amendment and zero-based budgeting to limit federal spending.

Proposes eliminating federal income tax on W-2 wages.

Advocates repurposing unused office space, streamlining permits, and changing zoning near transit corridors to expand housing supply.

Supports reducing regulations to encourage industry and innovation in New York City.

- Supports a balanced-budget amendment and zero-based budgeting to limit federal spending.
- Proposes eliminating federal income tax on W-2 wages.
- Advocates repurposing unused office space, streamlining permits, and changing zoning near transit corridors to expand housing supply.
- Supports reducing regulations to encourage industry and innovation in New York City.

Economy

Champion, support, and empower our law enforcement officers and first responders
End the revolving-door policies that return violent offenders to our streets

PATCH: List two ways you plan to make New York safer.
SHINKLE: 1) Support our men and women in blue while developing a rapid removal process for failed prosecutors who have a record of politicizing their job as prosecutors; 2) Support federal law enforcement and their mission of enforcing our federal immigration laws to remove the worst of the worst criminals from our streets and communities.

Election Q&A: Meet NY-12 Candidate Caroline Shinkle | Upper East Side, NY Patch

PATCH: What are your thoughts on the buffer zone bills sparked by protests in the borough?

SHINKLE: These measures are important, especially if the target is not a public entity. Many of today’s protests appear to not be organic and appear to be underwritten by people and organizations that should be held accountable for any crimes or property damage that occur at the protest sites. The Delaney Park ICE protests come to mind. Perhaps a sufficiently large damage insurance policy should be required from the so-called activists in advance of all planned non-organic protests.

Many of today’s protests appear to not be organic and appear to be underwritten by people and organizations that should be held accountable for any crimes or property damage that occur at the protest sites. The Delaney Park ICE protests come to mind. Perhaps a sufficiently large damage insurance policy should be required from the so-called activists in advance of all planned non-organic protests.
The hardworking American taxpayer should not have to pay for the damage created by these activists.

Restore Safety and Security
Prioritize the safety and security of New Yorkers and their livelihoods through a pro-safety, pro-community law enforcement agenda ‍
Champion, support, and empower our law enforcement officers and first responders

Ensure federal prosecutors have the resources to tackle crime including retail theft, drug trafficking, and subway assaults‍‍

Address homelessness with federal incentives for cities to offer voluntary gig economy work to individuals able to reenter the work force

Calls for ending policies that return violent offenders to the streets.

Proposes a rapid removal process for prosecutors she says have politicized their jobs.

Supports buffer-zone measures for protests when the target is not a public entity.

Proposes requiring damage-insurance policies before planned protests that she characterizes as non-organic.

Supports law-enforcement officers and first responders.

Supports providing federal prosecutors with resources to address retail theft, drug trafficking, and subway assaults.

Supports expanding mental-health programs.

Proposes federal incentives for cities to offer voluntary gig-economy work to people experiencing homelessness who can reenter the workforce.

- Calls for ending policies that return violent offenders to the streets.
- Proposes a rapid removal process for prosecutors she says have politicized their jobs.
- Supports buffer-zone measures for protests when the target is not a public entity.
- Proposes requiring damage-insurance policies before planned protests that she characterizes as non-organic.
- Supports law-enforcement officers and first responders.
- Supports providing federal prosecutors with resources to address retail theft, drug trafficking, and subway assaults.
- Supports expanding mental-health programs.
- Proposes federal incentives for cities to offer voluntary gig-economy work to people experiencing homelessness who can reenter the workforce.

Public Safety

Enhance Healthcare
Reintroduce competition into the healthcare marketplace and enhance price transparency to ensure the system works for patients and providers, not just the insurance companies

Enhance Healthcare
Reintroduce competition into the healthcare marketplace and enhance price transparency to ensure the system works for patients and providers, not just the insurance companies
Pass the Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act

Root out the fraud and corruption riddled throughout our healthcare insurance industry to ensure our safety net is available to those who truly need it and to ensure the hardworking American taxpayer is not being forced to finance fraud

Supports competition in the health care market and price transparency.

Supports passing the Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act.

Calls for action to address fraud and corruption in the health-insurance industry.

- Supports competition in the health care market and price transparency.
- Supports passing the Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act.
- Calls for action to address fraud and corruption in the health-insurance industry.

Healthcare

Lower the cost of living through increasing energy production and promoting an all-energy-options-on-the-table approach and common-sense, strategic deregulation

SHINKLE: I will improve the affordability of New York City by addressing the root cause of the problem: by offering legislation tuned to reducing tax on work, driving down the cost of money, incentivizing productivity, curing inflation, and balancing the federal budget. Each of these policies is essential to not further debasing the value of the U.S. dollar, which in itself is a key driver of affordability.
I will also strategically cut the overburdensome regulatory framework that is driving up the cost of energy and adversely impacting the supply of housing. The cost of electricity in New York should be well below the national average.

Supports increasing energy production and reducing regulations affecting energy costs and housing supply.

- Supports increasing energy production and reducing regulations affecting energy costs and housing supply.

Energy & the Environment

WSR: Let’s talk about immigration. What’s your approach to this issue in general, and what do you think the role of ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] should be in New York City?
Shinkle: I think what we’re dealing with right now is trying to address the problem that we had from open borders over the last presidential administration, and so ICE is dealing with that issue. I think, unfortunately, ICE has been politicized. ICE is enforcing federal law. And so I think on the issue of immigration, we need to focus on getting those individuals who are most dangerous in our society, who are here illegally, out of the country.
Then in terms of other individuals who are here, who are working hard, who are wanting to contribute to our economy, I think we can have a conversation about how to address those people, but we can’t reward failure, and we can’t reward people who broke the law to come here illegally, but we can have a conversation about how to address that in the most productive manner.

WSR: Recently the headlines have been dominated by the war in Iran – do you support what’s happened so far, and would you support troops being deployed on the ground?
Shinkle: For 47 years, they have been destabilizing the region, and they are the number one state sponsor of terrorism worldwide. So Iran cannot ever develop nuclear capabilities. And what we’re doing right now is trying to address that issue at the root source.

Fight Antisemitism
Track down and prosecute the sources of funds supporting antisemitic violence

Unapologetically stand with the Jewish community of New York City and our ally Israel

Diplomacy via strategic economic policy t‍o exert pressure on our adversaries

Supports removing undocumented immigrants she describes as most dangerous from the country.

Said Iran cannot be allowed to develop nuclear capabilities.

Calls for prosecuting sources of funding for antisemitic violence.

Supports Israel and the Jewish community of New York City.

Supports using strategic economic policy to pressure U.S. adversaries.

- Supports removing undocumented immigrants she describes as most dangerous from the country.
- Said Iran cannot be allowed to develop nuclear capabilities.
- Calls for prosecuting sources of funding for antisemitic violence.
- Supports Israel and the Jewish community of New York City.
- Supports using strategic economic policy to pressure U.S. adversaries.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

As of September 9, 2026, Caroline Shinkle’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

Prioritize our Students
Revamp and revitalize the quality and affordability of our education system. Treat education expenses like business expenses and reward students who invest in themselves by making the interest on student loan payments fully tax deductible, with no income caps

Foster excellence by treating every student like an honors student and leveraging best practices to improve student outcomes. Integrate technology and innovation to enhance the classroom experience and provide tailored resources to students

Empower parents with school choice and greater curriculum transparency

Invest in trades and vocational training to create pathways to high-paying careers for all students

‍Invest in STEM education and marketable skills for the 21st century to prepare our students for success

Supports making student-loan interest fully tax deductible without income caps.

Supports using technology, innovation, and tailored resources to improve student outcomes.

Supports school choice and greater curriculum transparency for parents.

Supports investment in vocational training, education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and marketable skills.

- Supports making student-loan interest fully tax deductible without income caps.
- Supports using technology, innovation, and tailored resources to improve student outcomes.
- Supports school choice and greater curriculum transparency for parents.
- Supports investment in vocational training, education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and marketable skills.

Education

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

YouTube

Caroline Shinkle

- Proposes eliminating federal income tax on W-2 wages.
- Advocates repurposing unused office space, streamlining permits, and changing zoning near transit corridors to expand housing supply.
- Supports reducing regulations to encourage industry and innovation in New York City.

- Supports law-enforcement officers and first responders.
- Supports providing federal prosecutors with resources to address retail theft, drug trafficking, and subway assaults.
- Supports expanding mental-health programs.
- Proposes federal incentives for cities to offer voluntary gig-economy work to people experiencing homelessness who can reenter the workforce.

- Calls for prosecuting sources of funding for antisemitic violence.
- Supports Israel and the Jewish community of New York City.
- Supports using strategic economic policy to pressure U.S. adversaries.

Mauricio Mendez

Buket Urgen

Karen Ortiz

Micah C. Lasher

Wilneida Negron

- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. New York currently has 26 US Representatives.
- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a US Citizen for at least seven years before their election and a New York resident. US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.

Your representative and federal lawmaker in the US House of Representatives.