{"id":759,"date":"2009-05-16T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/05\/16\/rep-israel-steps-back-from-intended-challenge-of-gillibrand\/"},"modified":"2009-05-16T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-16T12:47:00","slug":"rep-israel-steps-back-from-intended-challenge-of-gillibrand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/05\/16\/rep-israel-steps-back-from-intended-challenge-of-gillibrand\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Israel Steps Back from Intended Challenge of Gillibrand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Associated Press:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rep. Steve Israel says he will not challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in New York&#8217;s Democratic primary next year. The Long Island congressman says he made the decision after speaking with President Barack Obama, who asked him not to run. Israel says he wants New York to have a united front for change. He also thanked New York Sen. Chuck Schumer for his guidance. Israel had been considered a possible contender for an appointment to the Senate seat when former Sen. Hillary Clinton became secretary of state. Instead, Gov. David Paterson appointed Gillibrand from upstate New York.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s announcement elicited this statement from Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Steve Israel is  a terrific Congressman, and the people of Long Island are lucky to have him as  their fierce advocate in Washington. New Yorkers have one of the strongest  Congressional delegations in the country and clearly Senator Gillibrand is  making them proud as their new Senator. She\u2019s working around the clock,  traveling the state, delivering for New York, and given her strong track record  thus far, looks to be well-positioned for 2010. The DSCC looks forward to  continuing working with her to make sure she is well-prepared for her  race.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Associated Press: Rep. Steve Israel says he will not challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}