Carolyn Maloney, Possible Senate Candidate, Gets a Statewide Finance Director

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By Azi Paybarah
April 21, 2009 | 7:39 p.m
Representative Carolyn Maloney, who has been considering a Democratic primary challenge against U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, has hired a statewide finance director. Lewis Cohen, a former reporter who went to Wall Street to make money, started with Maloney on April 1 and has gotten right to work, lining up a number of theater fund-raising events. The first is this Friday at the Marriott Marquis, right before a performance of "9 to 5," a play based on the Dolly Parton movie. Next Friday, Maloney is hosting a fund-raising reception after a performance of "West Side Story." The statewide title is new for Maloney’s campaign team, but, in a brief phone interview, Cohen said, repeatedly, that she's not officially running for Senate.

http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/carolyn-maloney-possible-senate-candidate-gets-statewide-finance-director

[AtomicKitten]

1. She's been spearheading pushback against credit card co. abuses.

I've heard her name out there quite a bit.

I'm thinking she's a contender in a primary challenge against Gillibrand.