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Gillibrand may see female challenger

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand delivers her victory speech at

Photo credit: AP File | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand delivers her victory speech at a Democratic election night candidates party. (Nov. 2, 2010)

Dan Janison

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New York Republicans may have a female candidate to consider fielding against the only woman in statewide elected office.

Wendy Long, a conservative-oriented attorney whose involvements over the years included high-profile opposition to the 2009 confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, emerged last week among the names in the still-fluid GOP selection of an opponent for Democratic...

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