Brown left out in Senate search
Other candidates got questionnaires
ALBANY — Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown’s name had been floated in various political circles as a possible candidate to succeed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
But Brown has not received a questionnaire that Gov. David A. Paterson sent out last week to several candidates for the post.
The 28-page questionnaire — seeking information ranging from finances and criminal records to job history and credit reports — went out to at least six people interested in replacing Clinton, who is likely to be confirmed as secretary of state in the Obama administration.
Brown, at the State Capitol on Wednesday for Paterson’s State of the State address, said he had not received any questionnaires from the governor. Asked if there had been any contacts from the Paterson administration about a possible interview for the job, Brown said, “No, there hasn’t been any outreach.”
“I have taken the position very publicly that it’s the governor’s decision, that I trust his decision-making process, that I am not in any way, shape or form campaigning for the position, and if the governor was at some point to express an interest in me serving in this capacity I would be very interested in the consideration,” Brown said.
News reports earlier this week noted Reps. Steve Israel, Carolyn Maloney, Kirsten Gillibrand and Jerrold Nadler, along with Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi and Caroline Kennedy, received the questionnaires.
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