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House Representative Carolyn Maloney has decided to run against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary for the junior Senator’s seat in 2010.  The back story here is that when then-Senator Hillary Clinton was appointed by President Obama to become Secretary of State, Governor Paterson filled the vacancy with then-Representative Kirsten Gillibrand over others such as Caroline Kennedy and Rep Maloney. (Remember Scott Murphy? He filled Gillibrand’s empty House seat.) But Gillibrand will have to run for re-election come 2010, and Maloney’s decision means she won’t sail through the primaries.  In recent months, Senator Gillibrand has been racking up a huge number of endorsements, and seems to have the political weight of the White House behind her. But Maloney is … More >>