Maloney, Israel Stump Upstate
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- January
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Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-Manhattan, finished up her upstate swing today in Rochester as she seeks support to succeed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
And another candidate, Rep. Steve Israel, D-Long Island, was stopping in Syracuse and Utica today, meeting with the mayors of those cities. Yesterday, Israel met with the mayor of Hornell, his aides said.
Unlike Caroline Kennedy’s criticized trip upstate, which lasted one day and didn’t include talks with everyday voters, Maloney (left) and Israel have spent days upstate to meet with leaders and voters.
In a phone interview as she was leaving the Rochester airport and heading back to D.C., Maloney said she held public forums in Buffalo and Syracuse and this morning met with religious and community leaders in Rochester, including Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy, Brighton Supervisor Sandra Frankel and countyDemocratic chairman Joseph Morelle.
She has stayed clear of criticizing Kennedy, but said “any of us that are honored enough to be considered by the governor have a responsibility to go and meet the people, know the issues so that you can hit the ground running” if selected by Paterson.
Kennedy told Gannett News Service last month that she refrained from spending more time upstate because Paterson has indicated he didn’t want a “campaign” for the seat.
Maloney, in particular, is gaining support, especially from women’s groups. Gloria Steinem said Friday that Paterson should pick Maloney and ask Kennedy to run for Maloney’s House seat.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
