Caroline Shinkle

Caroline Shinkle is an attorney and the Republican and Conservative Party nominee in New York's 12th Congressional District. She studied economics at MIT and law at Harvard, worked at several central banks, and practiced corporate law at an international firm in New York City. According to her campaign website, she is running on cost of living, housing affordability and economic growth.[1][2][3]

Shinkle lives in Midtown Manhattan, according to her campaign website, and Ballotpedia lists her high school as Cranbrook Kingswood High School.[2][3] She earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2015, per Ballotpedia) and a J.D. from Harvard Law School (2020, per Ballotpedia), and she also spent a semester at Sciences Po in Paris.[2][3] She worked at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt and the Bank of Israel in Jerusalem, then began her career at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C.; during law school she spent time at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland.[2][3]

After law school, Shinkle practiced at an international law firm in New York City, advising businesses and financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and financial regulatory matters; as of March 2026 she had spent five years at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.[2][3][4][5] According to her campaign website, she is admitted to the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, New York, Washington, D.C., Ohio and Massachusetts.[2] She says she has held leadership roles with legal, educational and community organizations, founded a nonprofit encouraging civic engagement among younger people, and is a long-time member of SAG-AFTRA.[2]

The 2026 NY-12 race is her first run for public office, according to a West Side Rag profile.[5] The Republican and Conservative Party primaries on June 23, 2026 were canceled, making her the nominee of both lines.[3]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.