Appointments put Ariz., N.Y. Senate races in motion
The Arizona and New York Senate races officially began Monday morning, with the appointment of two of the most powerful women in American politics to President-elect Barack Obama’s Cabinet.
The respective nominations of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) as secretaries of State and Homeland Security essentially free up the Democratic nominations for those states’ Senate races in 2010 . . .