Breaking: Caroline Kennedy Will Seek HRC's Senate Seat
The New York Times is reporting that Caroline Kennedy will seek Hillary Clinton's NY Senate seat, despite grumbling from other Democratic officials that she has name recognition but no government experience. Kennedy has been calling state political officials to let them know of her intentions, the paper reports.
Gov. David Paterson will make the appointment. He was traveling today, however, and was not available for comment.
Others in the mix include: NY AG Andrew Cuomo (who was until recently married to Kennedy's cousin Kerry), Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, "a rising star in the Democratic party who represents an upstate district" and Tom Suozzi, Nassau County chief executive and a former candidate for governor.
Kennedy, a lawyer and Manhattan resident, has lived a largely private life. A graduate of Harvard University and Columbia Law School, she is an author and mother of three who has largely worked in the private sphere, as president of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and a member of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Committee. She is a director of the Commission on Presidential Debates, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and serves as Honorary Chairman of the American Ballet Theatre.
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