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Harold E. Ford Jr. has given up his quest for a U.S. Senate seat from New York, likely leaving Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, the incumbent, without a big-money challenger in her race for the Democratic nomination.
"I've examined this race in every possible way, and I keep returning to the same fundamental conclusion: If I run, the likely result would be a brutal and highly negative Democratic primary -- a primary where the winner emerges weakened and the Republican strengthened," Ford said in a New York Times essay to be published today.See the full content of this document
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Ford Drops Bid to Unseat Gillibrand
"I refuse to do anything that would help Republicans win a Senate seat in New York and give the Senate majority to the Republicans," wrote Ford, a former Tennessee congressman.
Ford,...See the full content of this document
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