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Gillibrand draws opponents from both parties

January 25, 2009 By REID J. EPSTEIN AND PATRICK WHITTLE reid.epstein@newsday.com; patrick.whittle@newsday.com; Daniel Edward Rosen and staff writer Dan Janison contributed to this story, which was supplemented with Associated Press reports.

While U.S. Senate designee Kirsten Gillibrand met yesterday with the state's top political power brokers in Manhattan, forces opposed to her began plotting against the upstate congresswoman.

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola), who is leading the Democratic opposition to Gillibrand, will today begin building the structure of a 2010 primary challenge, a McCarthy aide said.

Rep. Peter King...

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