Kirsten Gillibrand

Marc Mukasey, the son of Bush administration Attorney General Michael Mukasey, is mulling mounting a challenge to Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, sources tell The Post. But the younger Mukasey, a partner at Rudy Giuliani’s law firm, Bracewell & G...  

Suffolk County Legis. Jon Cooper is expected to announce today if he will challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a Democratic primary. Cooper, D-Lloyd Harbor, is the majority leader of the Suffolk County Legislature. In April, he announced he was forming an exploratory committee to consider a primary challenge against Gillibrand, who was appointed to the seat [...]  

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand believes if school children received better food in their school lunches, they will perform better in the classroom. As Congress begins debate over new school lunch legislation, the senator is unveiling her agenda to improve the quality of school lunches and expand the access to more students.  

Suffolk County Legis. Jon Cooper is not going to challenge Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand in a Democratic primary next year. Instead, Cooper, the majority leader in the Legislature, endorsed the appointed freshman senator, who took over for Hillary Clinton, when the former first lady was named Secretary of State by President Obama. In April, Cooper, D-Lloyd Harbor, announced [...]  

When asked about a NY Post report that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer is mulling a 2010 run for statewide office (challenging either Comptroller Tom DiNapoli or U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand), Gov. David Paterson paused, then replied, “Did he mention that he was running for governor?” to laughter in the audience. Someone at the podium said, “I [...]  

We wanted to sign Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's birthday card, especially when Ross Offinger sent us that nice note saying that Gillibrand "spends each and every day thinking about how she can figh...  

The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "Stopping Stupak in the Senate," Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), The Hill's "Congress Blog": "I'm extremely disappointed that one of my fellow Democratic colleagues is introducing a measure similar to the House's Stupak-Pitts amendment" in its health reform bill (HR 3962), Gillibrand writes. "I was proud that the bill brought to the Senate did not have this provision in...  

Better late than never, Gov. Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg have woken up to a pending disaster aimed at New York, otherwise known as the health-care overhaul. A letter they wrote to Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand is so damning about the cost to the city and state that two questions arise. First, why are Schumer and Gillibrand, along with local House Democrats, supporting legislation that would slam the home team? Second, why did...  

ALBANY -- In her continuing roll-out of endorsement announcements leading up to the 2010 election, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced Monday she has secured an official announcement from N.Y. Congressman Paul Tonko. "In the Mohawk Valley,...  

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long believes Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is vulnerable, and, as such, is intent on finding a challenger both he and the Republicans can agree on sooner rather than later. "Certainly it should be done early," Long told me this afternoon. "If we crystallize around a candidate, that candidate can raise money sooner and be more effective in the general election." "I would say it should be done as...  

On this early morning of the Thanksgiving holiday, let us give thanks for the political rumor mill. The rumor mill this week has been deliciously bountiful, having churned out a beaut from the Empire State. Consider this bit of 2010 speculation an early feast for political junkies: a Democratic Senator in a blue state. Getting primaried. From the right. By a former Congressman and statewide candidate. From the South. Kirsten Gillibrand, meet...  

Freshman New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand tells the Daily Beast why the notorious anti-abortion Stupak amendment will be defeated-and how she's helping bring it down. In an interview with the Daily Beast on November 19, Democratic Senator Kirsten...  

Well what do you know? Via Patrick Ruffini comes a post by Glenn Trush musing about rumors that Harold Ford Jr may be testing the waters for a possible run against Kirsten Gillibrand. Not that I am against primarying Gillibrand --as I have said before, I want both Gillibrand and Schumer to sweat their asses for the Senate seats they're not entitled to have. But ... I mean ... HAROLD FORD JR?!?!? Sure, the post is based on a single forum...  

Filed under: Senate, Rudy Giuliani, Polls, Poll Watch, 2010 ElectionsWhen Kirsten Gillibrand was named earlier this year to fill the seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, the conventional wisdom was that if she hoped to win a full term next year in her own right, she would have to make herself better known across New York. The latest poll numbers show she still has her work cut out for her. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments  

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has put LGBT issues on the top of her "to-do" list as she works to shore up her liberal credentials, has placed personal phone calls to on-the-fence Democratic state senators in hopes of getting them to vote "yes" on gay marriage. Gillibrand's office confirmed calls had been made, but refused to say who the recipients had been or if anyone had specifically asked the junior senator to weigh in. "She made calls...