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[[Image:Gillibrand.jpg|Right|thumb| Senate-nominee Kirsten Gillibrand]]

[[Image:Gillibrand.jpg|Right|thumb| Senate-nominee Kirsten Gillibrand]]

'''Kirsten Gillibrand''' (born December 9, 1966) (pronounced JILL-uh-brand) is a second-term Democratic House Congresswoman representing NY district 20, a traditionally Republican district stretching along the Hudson River in upstate New York. She was nominated on Jan. 23, 2009, by Governor David Paterson to replace [[Hillary Clinton]] in the U.S. Senate. With her seating expected any day, at forty-two years old she will be the youngest member of the Senate.  

'''Kirsten Gillibrand''' (born December 9, 1966) (pronounced JILL-uh-brand) is a first-term United States senator from [[New York]]. She had previously been in the United States House of Representatives.  She was nominated on Jan. 23, 2009, by Governor David Paterson to replace [[Hillary Clinton]] in the U.S. Senate. At forty-two years old she is the youngest member of the Senate.  

==Career==

==Career==

Scion of 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 a conservative topic, "The History of Tibetan Resistance to the Chinese Occupation of Tibet 1950-1988."  

Scion of 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 a conservative 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 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.

==Election==

==Election==

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