NEW YORK — New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has said she will run next year for her third full term, pledging to stage a sturdy campaign capable of boosting the state’s Democrats in down-ballot races.
Gillibrand, a Democrat who was appointed to her Senate seat in 2009, declared her candidacy as her party assesses its underwhelming performance in New York’s congressional races in the fall.
Republicans flipped four New York House seats in the midterm elections, and emerged with a thin five-seat majority in the chamber.
