N.Y.’s Junior Senator Gains a Defender

WASHINGTON — At a recent Capitol Hill fund-raising event, Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand rose to thank her donors. It was important for her to raise money now, she told them, because she might face a Democratic primary challenge next year.

Suddenly a voice broke in.

“There is not going to be a primary!” declared Senator Charles E. Schumer, her senior colleague from New York, drawing laughter, according to someone who was there.

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