PEFgivesGillibrandearlyboostforU.S.Senaterace
N By SHERRY HALBROOK inthesprawling22ndCongressional
AlthoughherU.S.Senateseatisn’tup District,historicallyaRepublican
forelectionuntilNovember2010,New stronghold.
York’sjuniorsenator,DemocratKirsten Gillibrandhadjustbegunhersecond
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AlbanyinJune. wasconfirmedasU.S.secretaryofstate.
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“PEFhashadalong-standing PEFVicePresidentsJoeFoxandPat
relationshipwithSen.Gillibrand,”said Baker,wholeadtheunion’spolitical
PEFPresidentKenBrynien.“Shehas actioncommittee,stronglyurgedtheearly
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familiesandhasremainedsupportiveof FoxcitedGillibrand’seffortstosteer
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THANKS—U.S.Sen.KirstenGillibrand
morethan$1.3millioninstimulus
“ThePEFleadershipbaseditsdecision
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fundingtomedicalresearchfacilities,
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ComanzoandPACChairHerbHennings
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especiallyduringtheeconomicdownturn.
inFebruaryfortheunion’sstrong
westernNewYork.
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supportinher2008re-electionto
Currently,Gillibrandisworkingwith
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Congress.Shewaslaterappointedtofill
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workersandtheirfamilies. ManyPEFmembersinRegions7,8 BakerpraisedGillibrand–amother
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said.“Yourendorsementwillmakeahuge campaignersforGillibrandin2006and andadvocacyforfamilies,andfortroops
differenceintakingaSenateseatfrom againin2008whensheransuccessfully andveterans.
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representthe77thand85thAssembly
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Districts,respectively.
PresidentKenBrynien
The77thADwaspreviously
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representedbyDemocratRubenDiaz
LaborHildaL.Solisto
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—SherryHalbrook
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