First Lady Thinking Over Senate Bid
- Share via
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that she will give “careful thought” to running for a U.S. Senate seat from New York. Three confidants said she was talking with supporters about what it would take to run a serious campaign.
The first lady promised to make her decision later this year. President Clinton said on Monday she would be “terrific in the Senate.”
Hillary Clinton said she is deeply gratified by “the large number of people who have encouraged me to consider running” for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan in 2000.
Just four days after the end of her husband’s impeachment ordeal, she said she had not been able to give much thought to a potential candidacy but will be able to focus on it now.
“In the meantime,” she said in a three-sentence statement, “I intend to continue to focus my attention on the issues central to the president’s agenda and on which we have worked together for so many years.”
Marsha Berry, her press secretary, said she could not elaborate.
Get the L.A. Times Politics newsletter
Deeply reported insights into legislation, politics and policy from Sacramento, Washington and beyond. In your inbox twice per week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
