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Paterson could avoid stepping between the two powerful families [Kennedy and Cuomo] by appointing someone else. Reps. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) are said to be on Paterson's short list, as is Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown (D).
[....]Former Rep. Geraldine Ferraro (D-N.Y.) wrote Paterson urging him not to appoint Kennedy to the seat.
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Those following the race have taken Cuomo’s unusual silence about the contest as evidence of his interest in the seat. Cuomo, son of former Gov. Mario Cuomo and President Clinton’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development, would bring a wealth of experience in both New York and Washington, backers say. The one-term attorney general has also expressed interest in running for the governor’s mansion, and an appointment by Paterson would eliminate a potential rival in 2010.
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