ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. David Paterson has
picked Democratic U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to fill New York's
vacant U.S. Senate seat, an aide to the governor said early Friday, a
day after Caroline Kennedy abruptly withdrew from consideration.
picked Democratic U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to fill New York's
vacant U.S. Senate seat, an aide to the governor said early Friday, a
day after Caroline Kennedy abruptly withdrew from consideration.
Gillibrand,
a second-term lawmaker from upstate New York, will be named to fill the
seat vacated when Hillary Rodham Clinton resigned to become secretary
of state in the Obama administration, the aide said, speaking on
condition of anonymity because an announcement hadn't been made. An
announcement was scheduled for later Friday.