Democrat Maloney In, GOP's King Probably Out of New York Senate Race (CQPolitics.com)

By Rachel Kapochunas and Bob Benenson, CQ Staff Rachel Kapochunas And Bob Benenson, Cq Staff – 28 mins ago The first day of July brought a trio of developments in the New York's 2010 special election for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democratic appointee Kirsten Gillibrand. Nine-term Republican Rep. Peter T. King gave his strongest public signal yet that he will not enter the Senate race, citing the huge amounts of campaign money he would need to raise and his desire to focus on a high-profile new assignment that his House seniority has recently brought him. A Senate race opt-out by King, the most prominent Republican who has been publicly mulling the race, could leave the GOP scrambling for a challenger in a state where recent setbacks have left the party with a very short list of strong statewide candidate prospects. But... [read full story]                    

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