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Line 32: − − She is a Catholic, and is married with two children. Her husband, Jonathan Gillibrand, is a British citizen who works in finance. − Gillibrand is one of the most aggressive fund-raisers in the country, and prospective opponents have dropped out of the 2010 primary. Harold Ford, a former Congressman from Tennessee who lost a Senate bid there after voters reacted against his notoriously corrupt Memphis family was a notable challenger of her in the race until he dropped his bid to challenge her.+
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[[File:Gillibrand and Weinstein, April 2014.jpeg|350px|left|thumb|Kirsten Gillibrand with Democrat mega-donor and accused serial sexual predator [[Harvey Weinstein]], April 2014.]]
[[File:Gillibrand and Weinstein, April 2014.jpeg|350px|left|thumb|Kirsten Gillibrand with Democrat mega-donor and accused serial sexual predator [[Harvey Weinstein]], April 2014.]]
From an upstate New York family long involved in politics, she graduated from Dartmouth College (1988) and UCLA Law School. At Dartmouth learned Chinese, spent a semester in China, and wrote a senior project on the topic, "The History of Tibetan Resistance to the Chinese Occupation of Tibet 1950-1988."
From an upstate New York family long involved in politics, she graduated from Dartmouth College (1988) and UCLA Law School. At Dartmouth learned Chinese, spent a semester in China, and wrote a senior project on the topic, "The History of Tibetan Resistance to the Chinese Occupation of Tibet 1950-1988."
Gillibrand worked for both Republicans and Democrats, and clerked for a senior federal judge—a Reagan appointee—before working for a major law firm in New York City. Gillibrand is a former [[corporatist]] defense lawyer for Big Tobacco who argued smoking does not cause [[cancer]].<ref>https://www.prwatch.org/news/2009/03/8298/secret-affair-senator-kirsten-gillibrand-and-philip-morris</ref>
Gillibrand worked for both Republicans and Democrats, and clerked for a senior federal judge—a Reagan appointee—before working for a major law firm in New York City. Gillibrand is a former [[corporatist]] defense lawyer for Big Tobacco who argued smoking does not cause [[cancer]].<ref>https://www.prwatch.org/news/2009/03/8298/secret-affair-senator-kirsten-gillibrand-and-philip-morris</ref>
She is a Catholic, and is married with two children. Her husband, Jonathan Gillibrand, is a British citizen who works in finance.
==U.S. House==
==U.S. House==