Bill Thompson To Challenge Kirsten Gillibrand For Senate Seat?
Bill Thompson is a man in demand. After his closer-than-expected loss to Mayor Bloomberg, Thompson's name is being floated as a potential candidate...
Bill Thompson is a man in demand. After his closer-than-expected loss to Mayor Bloomberg, Thompson's name is being floated as a potential candidate...
AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson keeps sinking in the public's opinion, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is stuck in the vortex: She has t...
Posted 09.07.2009 | New York
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand just released the following statement regarding the news that Rep. Carolyn Maloney will not be challenging her for the Demo...
New York Times | Raymond Hernandez | Posted 09.07.2009 | New York
Representative Carolyn B. Maloney is expected to announce today that she has changed her mind and will not enter the primary race against Kirsten E. G...
Politico | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics
President Obama has cleared the Democratic primary field for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in New York, two Democrats said, asking Rep. Steve Israel not...
The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics
UPDATE: In an effort to clear the field for Kirsten Gillibrand's 2010 Senate race, the City Hall is reporting that President Obama used Rahm Emanuel a...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
Republican Jim Tedisco has challenged the absentee ballot of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in the special election for her old NY-20 House seat. G...
Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.11.2009 | Media
What the NY Times discovered was that Ms. Gillibrand represented, zealously, a tobacco company. Their case is overwhelming. The Senator is not qualified to hold public office.
USA Today | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics
Newly minted New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is off to a rough start, politically. The junior senator -- who was elevated from the House when Hillary...
New York Post | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
US SEN. Kirsten Gilli brand is nervously telling friends that Gov. Paterson's sharp drop in popularity may lead to her defeat in next year's all-but-c...
AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics
ALBANY, N.Y. — The head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee has approached former New York Gov. George Pataki about running for the ...
Mark Green | Posted 03.17.2009 | Politics
Kirsten Gillibrand's friends call her brilliant -- her critics expedient. 7 Days found a person thoroughly substantive and adaptable.
AP | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York's new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, who has drawn fire from Hispanics over her views on immigration and gun control, says she...
Joanne Bamberger | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics
Was Caroline nothing more than cover for New York Governor David Paterson's efforts to court and vet the candidate who would most benefit him?
The Hill | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics
New York lawmakers are so far unwilling to throw their support behind newly crowned Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D), and several say they could support a ...
CNN | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
The perceived chaos surrounding the appointment to fill Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Senate seat has taken a toll on New York's governor, acco...
The Hill | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
A new poll suggests Republicans in New York are happier than Democrats with the selection of Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) as the state's next senator -...
Sherman Yellen | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics
The old New Yorker in me believes Gillibrand would best serve the people by shooting Canadian geese over airports rather than repairing our Bush-broken nation.
Craig Newmark | Posted 02.24.2009 | Politics
Gillibrand has a lot more going for her than I thought, she's a genuine practitioner of openness and transparency.
Lawrence O'Donnell | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
The Gillibrand simple-minded devotion to balancing the federal budget above all else means that she must oppose everything on the Obama agenda.
Brian Keeler | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
I applaud the Governor's choice, and I think as you get to know Senator Gillibrand, you will come to admire and support her as I have.
Etan Bednarsh | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
Both Palin and Kennedy were obviously unprepared for the offices each sought. Had a ceiling not stopped them, we would have more serious social issues to deal with.
Claudia Ricci | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
Less than three years ago, on a winter Sunday afternoon, Kirsten Gillibrand sat in the den of my 1850s farmhouse in upstate New York, contemplating her very first run for office.
David Kirby | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics
The presumptive Senator is sure to join the growing chorus of voices in the US Senate -- and well beyond -- in calling for more Federal funding for scientific studies into vaccines and autism.
Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics
UPDATE: 12:20pm: Gov. David Paterson appointed Democratic U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand on Friday to fill New York's vacant Senate seat, finally set...
nydailynews.com | Elizabeth Benjamin | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York