# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-tonko
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:13:23.260Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-tonko"
name: "Paul Tonko"
slug: "paul-tonko"
description: "Paul David Tonko is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 20th congressional district since 2013. He represented the 21st congressional district from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Tonko has been called a staunch progressive. After the 2020 redistricting cycle and effective for the 118th Congress, the 20th district will include all of Albany, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties as well as part of Rensselaer County."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Tonko%2C_official_photo_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-06-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           61.96
  momentum:             2.617172853393326
  historical:           11.25447333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1280
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RepPaulTonko"
    handle:    "RepPaulTonko"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/reppaultonko/"
    handle:    "reppaultonko"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/paul.tonko"
    handle:    "paul.tonko"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://tonko.house.gov"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3P2SGFmmuCYRsjeso0hOQQ"
    handle:    "@reppaultonko"
    followers: 1280
sources:
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    title: "保羅·D·東科"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "پول تونكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "پال تونکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tonko"
    title: "Paul Tonko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tonko"
    title: "Paul Tonko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "پال تونکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tonko"
    title: "Paul Tonko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%95"
    title: "פול טונקו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tonko"
    title: "Paul Tonko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tonko"
    title: "Paul Tonko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tonko"
    title: "Paul Tonko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tonko"
    title: "Paul Tonko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tonko"
    title: "Paul Tonko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373548"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump