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On 07 Dec 2021, hamilton <
[email protected]> posted some news:soonpi$kus$
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Rudy Canoza wrote
She's a fucking idiot and so are all the voters who put this bitch in
office.
For months, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand faced nagging questions about whether
she�d be primaried from her left when she was up for reelection next year.
The chatter grew so loud that party insiders wondered if she�d run at all.
But since the New York Democrat formally announced her reelection bid in January, she appears to be clearing the field.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), one of Gillibrand�s strongest
possible challengers, is all but closing the door on a possible run.
�She is not planning to run for Senate in 2024. She is not planning to
primary Gillibrand,� Lauren Hitt, Ocasio-Cortez�s spokesperson, told
POLITICO.
Other possible challengers have already opted out of the race. Former New
York Rep. Mondaire Jones, a progressive, has decided he won�t run for Gillibrand�s seat next year after privately considering a bid, according
to a person familiar with his plans who was granted anonymity to speak
frankly about internal deliberations. Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and
Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) also told POLITICO they are not interested in the
race.
�Sen. Gillibrand has represented our state incredibly well,� said Isaac Goldberg, a Democratic consultant based in New York. �There�s no energy
right now to go after someone who spends her time protecting the right to choose, fighting for paid leave, family leave, workers� rights and a green economy and everything else Democrats in this state value.�
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