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NEW: It's official. Gillibrand is in for 2020, she tells Colbert.
HER FIRST LINE: "I’m going to run for president of the United States because as a young mom I am going to fight for other people’s kids as hard as I would fight for my own."
Story: nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/…
HER FIRST LINE: "I’m going to run for president of the United States because as a young mom I am going to fight for other people’s kids as hard as I would fight for my own."
Story: nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/…
Gillibrand seemed a bit genuinely nervous. She gripped Colbert's hand before the big reveal. Her voice cracked once as she went through her reasoning for running. nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/…
Her website is LIVE and some notable splashes of pink nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/… 
Gillibrand is headed to a diner in her (current) hometown of Troy, NY with her family tomorrow and then a three-day swing through Iowa nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/…
Fyi, this is not much of an "exploratory" committee.
As Gillibrand said, “It’s an important first step and it’s one I am taking because I am going to run” nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/…
As Gillibrand said, “It’s an important first step and it’s one I am taking because I am going to run” nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/…
NOTABLE: Gillibrand already talking bipartisanship:
"I would bring people together to start getting things done. If you want to get health care done, you have to bring Ds and Rs to the table on the shared values of this country. We all love our children.”nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/…
"I would bring people together to start getting things done. If you want to get health care done, you have to bring Ds and Rs to the table on the shared values of this country. We all love our children.”nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/…
Gillibrand's donate button has a heart on it on her website nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/…
Here's her first email to her supporters nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/…
A little bit of branding at the bottom of her new site: "Now is our time."
