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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNY-17: Westchester Dems are pitching Chelsea Clinton on running for Rep. Nita Lowey's seat
Suburban New York Democrats want the Clinton machine back in Congress.
Top officials in the Westchester County Democratic Party were pitching Chelsea Clinton Wednesday on launching a 2020 bid for Nita Loweys seat in light of the longtime congresswomans retirement announcement, according to a party source familiar with the matter.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss closed-door deliberations, cautioned that Clinton hasnt personally expressed interest, but said local party leaders were reaching out to her within hours of Lowey, 82, announcing she wont run for reelection next year.
If youre a Clinton and you need a hook, this is a good one, the source told the Daily News, noting that Loweys 17th congressional district includes Chappaqua, the ritzy Westchester suburb where Chelsea Clintons prominent parents live.
Reginald Lafayette, the county partys chairman, did not return a request for comment and neither did a spokesman for the Clinton family.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-nita-lowey-reelection-2020-20191010-cpu4x77l2vbgdb2oxpihxrpd3i-story.html
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)If we DON'T have dynasty families.
LoveMyCali
(2,015 posts)If she runs and wins she's there on her own merit, not because it's a dynansty.
Stallion
(6,476 posts)oh wait
dem4decades
(11,300 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)She loves her life now, and her privacy.
sheshe2
(83,843 posts)Why should any woman stay at home 'because of the children'?
Women have been doing two jobs for eons with little credit. They are one of the brightest lights this country has ever had. An untapped source of wisdom and strength because society, (some) men, want them home barefoot and pregnant.
Chelsea:
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In 2007 and 2008, Clinton campaigned extensively on American college campuses for her mother's Democratic presidential nomination bid and introduced her at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. She assumed a similar role in her mother's 2016 presidential campaign, making over 200 public appearances as her surrogate and again introducing her at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
Clinton has authored five children's books and co-authored a scholarly book for adults on global health policy, as well as articles and opinion pieces published in major media outlets. She has received numerous awards and honors.
Clinton has worked for McKinsey & Company, Avenue Capital Group, and New York University and serves on several boards, including those of the School of American Ballet, Clinton Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative, Common Sense Media, Weill Cornell Medical College and IAC/InterActiveCorp.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Clinton
Fact is, it is her choice.
George II
(67,782 posts)She sure as shit doesn't have to stay home and knit like some people would like her to do!
sheshe2
(83,843 posts)Love love love it.
Bazinga!!!!
George II
(67,782 posts)A woman has the right to chose the road she wishes to travel on.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)TidalWave46
(2,061 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)leftstreet
(36,110 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....Lowey won with 88% of the vote, the republicans didn't even put up a candidate, the other 12% went to a Reform Party candidate.
TidalWave46
(2,061 posts)Not my state so I would be watching from afar.