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RandySF

(59,079 posts)
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 09:26 PM Oct 2019

NY-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 Lowey’s seat in light of the longtime congresswoman’s 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 hasn’t personally expressed interest, but said local party leaders were reaching out to her within hours of Lowey, 82, announcing she won’t run for reelection next year.

“If you’re a Clinton and you need a hook, this is a good one,” the source told the Daily News, noting that Lowey’s 17th congressional district includes Chappaqua, the ritzy Westchester suburb where Chelsea Clinton’s prominent parents live.

Reginald Lafayette, the county party’s 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

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NY-17: Westchester Dems are pitching Chelsea Clinton on running for Rep. Nita Lowey's seat (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2019 OP
I am actually OK kwolf68 Oct 2019 #1
Can we stop with the dynasty family crap? LoveMyCali Oct 2019 #7
We Don't Need Any More FDRs, JFKs, Bobby, Teddyor Hilliarys Stallion Oct 2019 #12
Why would she want to become a lightening rod for the Idiot Horde? dem4decades Oct 2019 #2
Well said. secondwind Oct 2019 #4
I think she should stay home with her two kids. secondwind Oct 2019 #3
She has three. sheshe2 Oct 2019 #5
Maybe Chelsea can take a page out of her mother's book!!! How about this: George II Oct 2019 #10
Holy shit!!! sheshe2 Oct 2019 #11
I think she should do whatever the F she wants to do! George II Oct 2019 #6
THIS sheshe2 Oct 2019 #13
What century is this? nt Skidmore Oct 2019 #15
She appreciates you relegating her with to motherhood. NT TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #17
That would be great! I hope she does it. George II Oct 2019 #8
FOX and the GOP would love that n/t leftstreet Oct 2019 #9
No they wouldn't. She would be a shoo-in for that seat, and torment the Fox'ers! In 2018.... George II Oct 2019 #14
I would have an open ear if she ran. TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #16

LoveMyCali

(2,015 posts)
7. Can we stop with the dynasty family crap?
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 10:34 PM
Oct 2019

If she runs and wins she's there on her own merit, not because it's a dynansty.

sheshe2

(83,843 posts)
5. She has three.
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 10:29 PM
Oct 2019

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:

Chelsea Victoria Clinton (born February 27, 1980) is an American author and global health advocate. She is the only child of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. She was a special correspondent for NBC News from 2011 to 2014 and now works with the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative, including taking a prominent role at the foundation with a seat on its board.

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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)
10. Maybe Chelsea can take a page out of her mother's book!!! How about this:
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 10:37 PM
Oct 2019

She sure as shit doesn't have to stay home and knit like some people would like her to do!

George II

(67,782 posts)
14. No they wouldn't. She would be a shoo-in for that seat, and torment the Fox'ers! In 2018....
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11:13 PM
Oct 2019

....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.

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