BOONE, Iowa — Senator Kirsten Gillibrand represents one of the biggest and bluest states in America, anchored by the nation’s largest urban metropolis. But as she made her way across snowy Iowa during her first visit as a presidential candidate, Ms. Gillibrand put far more emphasis on her upstate New York roots, bipartisanship and small-town political ancestry. I’m from a rural place. I grew up in a rural place. I represented a rural place for Congress.”

Source: New York Times January 20, 2019 02:28 UTC