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McCarthy Not Challenging Gillibrand In 2010 Senate Primary
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) has announced that she is not running for Senate, which would have involved a Democratic primary challenge against the appointed incumbent Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
It was reported earlier today that Vice President Biden called up Rep. Carolyn Maloney and asked her not to run. President Obama previously made a phone call three weeks ago to Rep. Steve Israel, who had also been gearing up to challenge Gillibrand, and talked him out of the race.
Maloney denied that Biden has pushed her out. "You don't make a decision of that magnitude," she said, "in a telephone conversation."
Late Update: An earlier version of this post confused Carolyn Maloney and Carolyn McCarthy.
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boooo. So now we have no primaries for senate or mayor. Can we AT LEAST please have a gov primary? Let us participate in our democracy, please!
June 4, 2009 5:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
So the machine is dictating candidates in both NY and PA? Is that what they meant by postpartisan? We have one party run by lunatics and the other by bosses.
June 4, 2009 8:01 PM | Reply | Permalink