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Michael McAuliff

Job Search CEO Weighing N.Y. Senate Bid Was Sued By Own Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.27.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The jobs-search CEO and raunchy blogger who is getting set to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) was once sued for back pay and ...

Republican Economist David Malpass To Challenge Gillibrand

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — Economist David Malpass, who has never held public office, announced Wednesday he would seek the Republican nomination to challenge D...

Kirsten Gillibrand Gets Two GOP Challengers: Bruce Blakeman & David Malpass

AP | MICHAEL HILL | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — New York Republicans on Thursday picked a former Long Island lawmaker and an economist to run in a primary for the chance to take on ...

Al Sharpton: Kirsten Gillibrand Must Have 'Mystical Powers'

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Luck or magic? The Rev. Al Sharpton recently said that New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) must have one or the other on her side as a handful o...

Joe DioGuardi Launches Senate Bid Against Kirsten Gillibrand

The New York Observer | Azi Paybarah | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

At Grand Central Terminal right now, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi is announcing that he is going to challenge Kirsten Gillibrand. ...

Bloomberg: Gillibrand Could Have Been Defeated By Ford Or Zuckerman

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he thinks Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (KUR'-stehn JIHL'-uh-brand) could have been defeated by eithe...

Mort Zuckerman Out: Mortimer Zuckerman Not Running For NY Senate

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — Real estate tycoon and newspaper publisher Mortimer Zuckerman won't run for the U.S. Senate in New York, his newspaper reported Tuesd...

Ford: I Coulda Been A Contender

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — Former Congressman Harold Ford Jr. returned to his job as an MSNBC pundit on Tuesday, one day after announcing he wouldn't run for U....

Mortimer Zuckerman And Harold Ford Jr. Still Debating Senate Bids

nytimes.com | MICHAEL BARBARO | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

As they weigh whether to make a bid for the Senate seat held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the publisher of The Daily News, is quie...

Ford On Gay Activists' Radar

The New York Observer | Reid Pillifant | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Last month, just after gay activist Jon Winkleman interrupted a lunch meeting between prospective Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. and scores of the b...

Paterson Fires Back At Harold Ford, Andrew Cuomo

The Daily Beast | Lloyd Grove | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

New York's governor, hit with rumors of a career-ending New York Times story in the works, battles back in an exclusive interview with Lloyd Grove - d...

Gillibrand Wins Key Backing From New York County Democratic Party

nydailynews.com | By David Saltonstall | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand boxed out Harold Ford on his own turf Thursday night, reeling in the coveted endorsement of the New York County Democratic Par...

Harold Ford Jr.'s Wife: Emily Ford

nytimes.com | LAURA M. HOLSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Since early January, when Harold E. Ford Jr. announced he was considering a bid for a Senate seat from New York, his wife, Emily Ford, has been hounde...

Harold Ford Jr. Accuses Kirsten Gillibrand Of "Underhanded Tactics"

nytimes.com | MICHAEL BARBARO | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Former Representative Harold E. Ford Jr. accused Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand on Sunday of using "underhanded tactics" to try to keep him off the bal...

Wall Street Democrats vs. the People

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Jonathan Tasini

We don't have to wait to undo the Supreme Court decision with legislation. We, Democrats, can say now, we won't accept corporate PAC money, we won't accept the corrupting money that hurts the American people.

Harold Ford Jr. Teaches Class At NYU Wagner School Of Public Service

nydailynews.com | By Victor Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Harold Ford Jr., who is considering a primary bid against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, taught his first class of the new semester the other night at New Y...

Jonathan Tasini Takes Second Shot At U.S. Senate In New York

nytimes.com | N. R. KLEINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Last time around, pitted against Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jonathan Tasini was the 17 percent man, gathering that percentage of the vote in the 2006 Dem...

Jason Linkins

Harold Ford Backs Pointless Deficit Commission

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

I don't have to labor too hard today to illustrate the utter preposterousness of Harold Ford's run for the New York Senate seat currently held by the ...

Jason Linkins

Post's Peyser Perplexingly Paints Pol As Punk

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

I don't think that I have to labor too hard today to point out the overall preposterousness of Harold Ford's run for the New York Senate seat currentl...

Gillibrand Says Ford Is "Wrong" For New York And Has An "Anti-Obama" Agenda

The New York Observer | Azi Paybarah | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said Harold Ford Jr. Is an "extremist" and "wrong" for New York....

Jason Linkins

Harold Ford Says NY Senate Race Is About Issues That He Won't Discuss On The Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

I don't think that I have to labor too hard today to point out the overall preposterousness of Harold Ford's run for the New York Senate seat currentl...

Giuliani Could Beat Gillibrand For U.S. Senate: Poll

Albany Watch | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

A new Marist College poll that coincides with news today that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided not to run for governor found that ...

Scott Stringer Endorses Gillibrand

cityhallnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Move Scott Stringer from would-have-been prospective primary challenger for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to strong supporter. On Monday, the Manhattan boro...

New Yorkers Don't Know Harold Ford, Kirsten Gillibrand

nydailynews.com | By Mark Morales and David Saltonstall | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Little-known Harold Ford may be eying a primary challenge against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, but both Democrats could use some help in the name-recognit...

Harold Ford Jr. Gets Invited By Sharpton To Haiti

nytimes.com | MICHAEL BARBARO | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Harold Ford Jr.'s spokesman confirmed that he is scheduled to travel to the earthquake-battered island on Friday, at the invitation of the Rev. Al Sha...