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Although Caroline Kennedy's rather disorderly withdrawal from consideration to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate may have overshadowed New York Governor David Paterson's actual choice, Representative Kirsten Gillibrand is not someone who stays in the background. The ambitious mother of two fulfills two criteria Paterson reportedly had in mind: she's a woman, and she's an Upstater with deep family ties to the Albany area...
...years old, married to venture-capital consultant Jonathan Gillibrand. They have two sons, ages 5 years and 6 months. According to the New York Times, Gillibrand's colleagues in the House gave her a standing ovation for working until the day she gave birth to her younger son. She reportedly took the Washington Metro to work every day with her elder son, dropping him off at the congressional day-care center on her way to work...
...Zenia Mucha. Rutnik also has ties to many influential Republicans and Democrats in New York State and has drawn press attention for a real estate investment with New York senate leader Joe Bruno, who was indicted on Jan. 23 on charges that he defrauded the public while in office. Gillibrand's maternal grandmother Polly Noonan founded the Albany Democratic Women's Club and was a close confidante of longtime Albany mayor Erastus Corning...
...Court of Appeals judge who had been appointed by Ronald Reagan, according to the New York Daily News. She was later employed by a private law firm, where she spent time working on behalf of client Philip Morris. Altria, as Philip Morris is now called, donated $17,000 to Gillibrand's 2008 campaign. During the Clinton Administration, Gillibrand worked as a lawyer for the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Andrew Cuomo. She later returned to private practice, working for the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner...
...four-term incumbent Republican 53% to 47% for a seat in Congress representing an area from the Upper Hudson Valley north into the Adirondacks. The 2006 race got personal and nasty: a domestic-violence-related police report about her opponent was leaked late in the race, accusations flew that Gillibrand actually lived in a New York City apartment, and both sides ran numerous negative TV commercials. Gillibrand was re-elected in 2008 with 62% of the vote - more than $10 million having been raised for that contest. Her district, the 20th, is heavily Republican...