WASHINGTON – Following a comedy of errors involving the Kennedy family, NY Gov. David Paterson today second-term U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to the Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Gillibrand, who represents a district in the Albany area, received $1,000 during each of her two congressional campaigns from CUNA's political action committee and $1,000 from NAFCU's PAC during her 2006 campaign.
She is a former corporate lawyer and worked as a special counsel for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs in 2000. She is not on any committees with jurisdiction over credit union issues.
Recommended For You
Gillibrand will have little time to settle in to her new job before she has to run again. There will be special election to fill the remainder of Clinton's term in November 2010 and she must stand for reelection to a full term in 2012.
She was a political unknown when she knocked off embattled U.S. Rep. John Sweeney in 2006. She was recruited to make that race by Rahm Emanuel, who was the chair of the Democrats' campaign committee and is now President Obama's chief of staff.
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
