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Kirsten Gillibrand stories: 27 news summaries

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Giuliani Plans Run for US Senate

He's also got his eye
on a 2012 presidential bid, say insiders

Nov 19, 09 2:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani will run for US Senate next year as a possible steppingstone to a presidential bid in 2012, sources tell the New York Daily News. Giuliani plans to challenge Kirsten Gillibrand for the remaining two years of Hillary Clinton’s term. He had been expected to run for governor... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Andrew Cuomo • governor • David Paterson • 2010 election • Kirsten Gillibrand

Wall Street Doing Its Best to Buy Schumer

Hands NY Dem $1.65M as vote looms on new financial regulations

Sep 28, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - With a vote looming on Barack Obama’s plan to revamp financial regulations, Wall Street has shoveled $10.6 million into Senate campaign chests this year. Most of that money, $7.7 million, has gone to Democrats, and more than 15% has gone to one man: Chuck Schumer. Schumer’s... More »

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Wall Street • Charles Schumer • Richard Shelby • bank regulation • Kirsten Gillibrand • financial reform

NY Dems Asked White House to Intervene on Paterson

House members held multiple closed-door meetings with Emanuel

Sep 24, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama urged New York Gov. David Paterson not to run in next year's election only after members of Congress, nervous about the party's prospects with Paterson at the top of the ticket, lobbied Rahm Emanuel for help. The 2010 election features not only a race for governor but also... More »

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Barack Obama • New York • Rahm Emanuel • governor • House Democrats • David Paterson • Kirsten Gillibrand • George Pataki

 Spitzer Eying Return 
 to Politics: Insiders 

Others close to ex-guv dispute claim

Sep 1, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer is tossing around the possibility of a comeback bid, mulling a run for New York state office next year, insiders tell the New York Post. The ex-governor is said to be eying the state comptroller's job or Kirsten Gillibrand’s Senate seat. But it’s all informal at... More »

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politics • Senate • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • governor • comeback • political scandal • prostitution scandal • New York State Comptroller • Kirsten Gillibrand

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's resignation has fueled talk of a presidential bid, but the first female occupant of the Oval Office may yet be a Democrat, the Washington Post surmises. Here are some of the leading possibilities.
  • Kirsten Gillibrand: the New York senator has impressive fundraising chops and a killer
... More »

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Michelle Obama • women • president • Amy Klobuchar • Janet Napolitano • women in office • Sarah Palin • Kirsten Gillibrand

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Will
Get Senate Hearing

Senate committee to examine consequences of military's gay policy

Jul 27, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate Armed Services Committee will convene a fall hearing to examine the US military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy governing gay service members, the Albany Times Union reports. Chairman Carl Levin agreed to hold the hearings at the encouragement of New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand,... More »

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gay rights • Senate • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • US military • civil rights • Carl Levin • Senate Armed Services Committee • Kirsten Gillibrand

Pa., NY Dems Ignore Obama, Ready Senate Primary Bids

Renegades take aim
at Specter, Gillibrand

Jun 15, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two House Democrats look ready to stage Senate primary challenges in 2010—even if the White House doesn’t like it, Politico reports. Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania says a presidential intervention wouldn’t change his mind about a run against Arlen Specter; New York’s Carolyn Maloney is “way... More »

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Congress • Senate Democrats • primary • Arlen Specter • incumbents • 2010 election • President Obama • Carolyn Maloney • Kirsten Gillibrand • Joe Sestak

Obama Already Throwing Weight for Midterms

Takes steps for Reid, Specter, Gillibrand
4 months into term

May 26, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - He’s been in office just a few months—but President Obama’s already working to get Democrats elected in 2010, the Wall Street Journal reports. So far this month, Obama has urged a potential candidate to run in North Carolina, battled a primary threat to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, pledged... More »

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Congress • Harry Reid • Arlen Specter • Democratic Party • David Axelrod • President Obama • Election 2010 • Kirsten Gillibrand

(Newser) - The fight for Kirsten Gillibrand’s House seat is over, the Albany Times Union reports. Republican candidate Jim Tedisco conceded the race to Democrat Scott Murphy this afternoon, more than 3 weeks after the election. “Ultimately, it became clear that the numbers were not going our way,”... More »

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Congress • New York • House of Representatives • Election 2008 • concession • Kirsten Gillibrand • Scott Murphy • Jim Tedisco

Behind in Votes, Tedisco Asks
to Be Declared Winner

Challenges could drag out NY House race

Apr 17, 09 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - James Tedisco has officially asked a New York court to declare him the winner of the 20th Congressional District race even though he’s behind in the vote count, the Register-Star of Hudson, NY, reports. With every vote tallied except challenged ballots, Scott Murphy leads Tedisco by 178 votes.... More »

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New York • House of Representatives • Norm Coleman • disputed election • Kirsten Gillibrand • Scott Murphy • Jim Tedisco

Analysis

Coleman-Like Tactics Won't Swing NY Race

Tedisco challenges Gillibrand's own ballot, and he's still doomed

Apr 15, 09 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Tedisco is doing everything in the book to try to drag out the race to replace Kirsten Gillibrand in Congress—including challenging the new US senator's own ballot—but he's doomed to failure, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. Democrat Scott Murphy has received 53% of the absentee ballots... More »

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New York • House of Representatives • Norm Coleman • recount • Nate Silver • Kirsten Gillibrand • Scott Murphy • Jim Tedisco

Dem Creeps Ahead in NY Congress Race

Murphy up by 56 in bid to replace Gillibrand; many yet uncounted

Apr 14, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrat Scott Murphy has widened his lead to 56 in New York’s special race for what was Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s House seat, the Hill reports. Murphy’s lead over Republican Jim Tedisco stood at 25 before some 100 absentee votes were tallied today. But several counties have yet... More »

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Congress • election • Kirsten Gillibrand • absentee ballots • Scott Murphy • Jim Tedisco

(Newser) - Republicans are rallying donors behind Jim Tedisco in preparation for a possible legal battle over the results of yesterday’s US House election in upstate New York, the Hill reports. In an email to donors today, GOP leaders say Democrats are preparing to “steal” the seat. Democratic candidate Jim... More »

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Congress • Republican • New York • GOP • House of Representatives • Democrat • Norm Coleman • Al Franken • disputed election • Kirsten Gillibrand • Scott Murphy • Jim Tedisco

House Race
in NY Still Too Close to Call

Candidates pitched
it as referendum on Obama's stimulus

Mar 31, 09 10:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - A closely watched congressional race to fill the seat of Hillary Clinton's replacement remained too close to call tonight and will likely be decided by absentee ballots, the AP reports. With all precincts reporting, Democrat Scott Murphy led Republican Jim Tedisco by 65 votes out of 154,000 cast. The... More »

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House of Representatives • special election • New York state • Kirsten Gillibrand

ANALYSIS

NY Election Seen as Early Referendum

Vote to fill Gillibrand's seat as much over stimulus, bonuses

Mar 31, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Today’s special congressional election in upstate New York is seen as a key early test of President Obama’s agenda, reports CQ Politics. The race, a tight one between Republican Jim Tedisco and Democrat Scott Murphy, has become a battle over Obama’s stimulus bill, bonuses for AIG, and... More »

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New York • economic stimulus package • special election • President Obama • Michael Steele • Kirsten Gillibrand • Scott Murphy • Jim Tedisco

Gillibrand Spent Years Defending Big Tobacco

As a young lawyer,
NY senator worked
for Phillip Morris

Mar 27, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kirsten Gillibrand, Hillary Clinton’s Senate successor, spent years as a Phillip Morris lawyer involved in some of its most sensitive cases in the 1990s, the New York Times reports. As a junior lawyer, Gillibrand helped fend off a federal perjury investigation against the tobacco giant, fighting off prosecution... More »

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New York • tobacco • Phillip Morris • Kirsten Gillibrand

NY Dem Is First Candidate to Get Push From Obama

Email urges area activists to support Scott Murphy for Congress

Mar 25, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the first time since his swearing-in, President Obama is getting involved in a campaign. The Huffington Post reports that Obama has sent out an email to about 50,000 people in and around New York’s 20th congressional district, urging them to elect Democrat Scott Murphy. “To restore... More »

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New York • political organizing • special election • congressional district • President Obama • Kirsten Gillibrand • Scott Murphy • Jim Tedisco • political capital

Gillibrand Moves Twin Rifles From Under Her Bed

'Security' prompts senator to relocate guns after reports

Feb 17, 09 7:30 AM CST
(Newser) - After admitting in an interview that she and her husband kept a pair of rifles under her bed—to protect their upstate home—New York's new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, has moved the weapons, Newsday reports. “Given that the location of the guns has been disclosed, they have been moved... More »

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gun control • New York • senator • guns • gun rights • Kirsten Gillibrand • Bill Maher Grid

Gillibrand Mired in Ruckus Over Immigration

Caught in Upstate-NYC crossfire, senator may revisit hardline

Jan 28, 09 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Name a policy that rural Upstate New York and New York City agree on, and you've got, well, try finding one first. For everything else, there's a rock and a hard place for newly appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. First it was gun control, which the former upstate representative opposes. Now,... More »

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immigration • immigration reform • Senate • New York • Kirsten Gillibrand

analysis

When It Comes to Politics, Gillibrand's a Natural

Friends think new NY senator could someday be prez

Jan 24, 09 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Her name isn't well-known outside Albany, but associates of New York's newest senator say Kirsten Gillibrand will change that soon enough. Gillibrand is such a natural and skilled politician that her friends matter-of-factly expect the 42-year-old mother of two to run for president someday, the New York Times reports in... More »

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Senate • New York • David Paterson • Kirsten Gillibrand

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