Menendez, Gillibrand and Kennedy Introduce Bills to Stop Immigrant Detainee Abuse

Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on Thursday responded to a growing number of reports about the poor conditions of immigration detention centers that violate the Department of Homeland Security’s own rules. On Thursday they introduced the the “Protect Citizens from Unlawful Detention Act” More…

NY-20: Senator Gillibrand Goes on the Air as Tedisco Gasps for It

Congresswoman-turned-Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) is on the air in New York’s 20th Congressional District with a soft-focus endorsement of the Democrat who wants her old House seat, Scott Murphy. Gillibrand is, by miles, the most popular politician in the district — this week’s Siena Poll gave her a 78 More…

NY-20: Democrat Cuts Republican Lead to Four Points

Democrat Scott Murphy is galloping to catch up with Republican Jim Tedisco in the race for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s vacated seat in New York’s 20th Congressional District, according to the new Siena Research Institute Poll. The trend lines are from the last poll released on February 26.

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It’s Tedisco!

Josh Kraushaar has the news: James Tedisco, the minority leader in the New York Assembly, will be the GOP candidate for Senator-designate Kristen Gillibrand’s House seat. Tedisco brushed past John Faso, whom local politicos told me was well-respected, but not seen to have as strong a political machine More…

Republicans Eye Comeback in Gillibrand House Seat

Before Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) was appointed to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate, the rumor among Democrats was that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wanted the 42-year-old congresswoman to stay put. On Sunday, Speaker Pelosi confirmed that rumor.

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Democrats Might Tap Independent Candidate for Gillibrand Seat

I’m hearing that New York Assemblyman Tim Gordon, who represents a chunk of Senator-designate Kirsten Gillibrand’s open House seat in New York’s 20th Congressional District, is being courted by Democrats to run in the March special election. The sticking point: Gordon is a member of the Independence Party, not More…