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.

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