Sentences with phrase «upstate congresswoman»

Circumstance does not transform an upstate congresswoman, who once boasted of keeping guns under her bed and pushed English as the official language of the United States, into an avatar of progressivism in 2017.

Fact is, her record as a moderate, gun - toting upstate congresswoman has been hidden away deep in the political attic.

(That might have something to do with the fact that Brown was also considered for the post and lost out to the former upstate congresswoman).

The former upstate congresswoman has long been a prodigious fundraiser, which has left her open to the usual «beholden to special interests» criticism from a variety of opponents.

Recently a little - known upstate congresswoman, her star has been rising steadily since she was tapped in January 2009 by Paterson to serve out the remainder of Clinton's U.S. Senate term.

The former upstate congresswoman was subsequently tapped by former Gov. David Paterson to serve out the remainder of Hillary Clinton's US Senate term after she became President Obama's secretarty of state.

Not exact matches

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- A Republican congresswoman from upstate New York said Wednesday that «many» people who commit mass murder turn out to be Democrats.

On changing from a moderate - to - conservative upstate Democratic congresswoman to a liberal senator:

GOP sources told The Post that Marc Cenedella, 41, a Yale and Harvard business - school graduate and native of upstate Fredonia who is believed to be worth about $ 150 million, is «seriously considering» running against Gillibrand — a flip - flopping congresswoman from the Albany area who was initially appointed to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2009 before winning election to a remaining two - year term in 2010.

But that's not what reporters who chased the freshman congresswoman after a recent debate in upstate New York wanted to talk about.

ALBANY — An upstate GOP congresswoman was criticized Wednesday for suggesting mass murderers tend to be Democrats.

Gillibrand, who was a congresswoman from upstate New York, was appointed to the Senate last year by New York Gov. David Paterson to replace Hillary Clinton, who stepped down to become secretary of State.

An aide to Rep. Louise Slaughter says the 88 - year old Democratic congresswoman from upstate New York has died.

Many Democrats have expressed strong doubts that Ms. Gillibrand, a former congresswoman from a conservative district in upstate New York, could win the nomination of a party dominated by liberals.

Gillibrand, a former congresswoman from upstate New York, was named by Gov. David Paterson in January to succeed Hillary Clinton.

Cuomo says he chose former Congresswoman Hochul as his running mate for her «can - do spirit» and commitment to upstate.

Gillibrand, a former congresswoman from upstate New York, was named by Gov. David Paterson in January to succeed Hillary Clinton, who stepped down to become secretary of state.

One reason was that he played such an instrumental role in anointing Ms. Clinton's successor, an unknown congresswoman from a rural upstate district named Kirsten Gillibrand.

On a billboard truck that has been driving around freshman Rep. Kathy Hochul's upstate New York district, there's a huge cartoon image of the Democratic Congresswoman and President Barack Obama side by side, and next to the word «Obamacare.»

In her turn at the microphone Sunday, Gillibrand made no reference to Kennedy, trying instead to fend off criticism of her selection as a little - known congresswoman from a mostly rural district in upstate New York.

JIMMY: The subtext of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's visit to an upstate gun show yesterday with former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly was that Schneiderman is positioning himself as a relative moderate on Second Amendment issues, at least in New York.

Some of the donors who have urged Mr. Ford to consider a run expressed alarm as Ms. Gillibrand, who as a congresswoman represented a conservative upstate district, has abandoned some of her previous positions on issues like gun control and immigration as she prepares to run statewide.

Senator - designate Kirsten Gillibrand started her statewide «listening tour» Saturday in the urban heart of Harlem — far from the upstate farmlands she represented as a congresswoman.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- An aide to Rep. Louise Slaughter says the 88 - year old Democratic congresswoman from upstate New York has died.