2010 United States Senate special election in New York
Governor David Paterson had appointed Kirsten Gillibrand to serve as United States Senator from New York until the 2010 special election , replacing former Senator Hillary Clinton , who resigned to serve as Secretary of State in the Barack Obama administration . 
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