As she has moved from representing an upstate district in the House to being a U.S. senator, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has broadened her image from that of a rural populist to a politician along the lines of her predecessor, former Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., National Journal reports today.

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