CSEA goes with Gillibrand
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- July
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The nearly 300,000-member Civil Service Employees Association announced today that is is supporting U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for re-election next year. Gillibrand had a strong working relationship with the union when she was in the House of Representatives, CSEA President Danny Donohue said.
“Senator Gillibrand is an important ally for CSEA members and other working people. She understands the pressures that our members experience on and off the job and she has consistently worked with us. At a time when our state and nation face extraordinary challenges, we need extraordinary individuals representing New Yorkers in the U.S. Senate,” Donohue said in a statement.
Gillibrand, a Democrat, said she would work with the union on President Obama’s agenda to improve the economy, create jobs and fix the health-care system.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney has been talked about as an opponent for Gillibrand next year, but she has not declared she is a candidate. She is expected to make an announcement soon.
Gov. David Paterson appointed Gillibrand as senator early this year to replace former Sen. Hillary Clinton, also a Democrat. Clinton is Obama’s secretary of state.
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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. 
