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Israel Won’t Challenge Gillibrand, Per Obama’s Request

By Lauren W. Whittington
Roll Call Staff
May 15, 2009, 5:32 p.m.

Rep. Steve Israel announced Friday afternoon that he will not challenge appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) in the Democratic primary next year after President Barack Obama called him personally in an effort to stave off the intraparty fight.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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