Gillibrand may face primary challenge

The New York Times is reporting former Tennessee Congressman, Harold Ford, Jr., may challenge Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in a Democratic primary this fall.

The article says Gillibrand still hasn’t made gains with New York City Democrats, who were skeptical of her to begin with:

Some of the donors who have urged Mr. Ford to consider a run expressed alarm as Ms. Gillibrand, who as a congresswoman represented a conservative upstate district, has abandoned some of her previous positions on issues like gun control and immigration as she prepares to run statewide. Several executives interested in a Ford candidacy said that Ms. Gillibrand’s positions echoed Mr. Schumer’s and that the state needed a second independent voice in the Senate.

Gillibrand has amassed a lot of money for her 2010 election bid. Between that and Senator Chuck Schumer’s support for her, Ford would face an uphill battle.

Gillibrand is one of the few powerful Upstate voices at the top of New York State politics.

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