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.
Not exact matches
He's from
upstate, which is much less populated than New York City and its surrounding suburbs, and he's a Republican in a blue state with little
name recognition outside his
district.
She called out Republican lawmakers who she said have been «hiding from the women in their
districts,»
naming Long Island Congressmen Lee Zeldin and Peter King,
upstate Congressman John Faso and Western New York Congressman Chris Collins.