Robert Gary Ortt II (born May 23, 1979) is an American military veteran, treasurer, and politician who is a member of the New York State Senate.

[1] He attended St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute in Buffalo and graduated from Canisius College,[2] with a degree in international relations and political science.

[3] On April 3, 2007, Ortt was appointed to the post of City Treasurer by the Common Council of North Tonawanda, New York.

[10] Ortt was elected to the New York State Senate, defeating Johnny G. Destino, a Democratic attorney from Niagara Falls.

[4] In May 2015, Ortt, along with John J. Bonacic and Rich Funke,[12] called for Dean Skelos, who was serving as Republican majority leader of the State Senate, to step down.

[30][31] Lynch did not rule that then-New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman had prosecuted Ortt in bad faith or presented inaccurate evidence to the court.

[32] Ortt was named Minority Leader of the New York Senate on June 19, 2020 after incumbent John J. Flanagan announced his resignation.

[33][34] On August 17, 2019, Ortt announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for the United States House of Representatives in New York's 27th congressional district.

[35] The incumbent representative in the district, Republican Chris Collins, was arrested on federal insider trading charges in 2018.