Chelsea Clinton For President? Former First Daughter Could Enter New York Senate Race In 2020, Launching Political Career

President Donald Trump has not yet been in office for a full month, but nearly every poll shows that his approval ratings are falling to historic lows. After a chaotic rollout of his executive order banning immigration for refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries, a back-and-forth about what exactly he intends to do with Obamacare and his angry words toward foreign leaders, his first few weeks have been tumultuous at best.
Americans frustrated with Trump are already looking forward to the next presidential election, and some are vocally missing his former Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. There’s some hope for Hillary supporters, though — a Clinton might be a contender on the 2020 ballot. But this time, they may see Chelsea Clinton’s name on the ballot in New York instead.
If Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) throws her name in the ring for a presidential run in 2020, Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Hillary and former President Bill Clinton, may run for Gillibrand’s open seat, the New York Daily News reported Thursday. This isn’t the first time there have been rumors of the younger Clinton’s political ambitions. In November, the New York Post wrote that Clinton was being “groomed” to run for a congressional seat held by Rep. Nita Lowey, a 79-year-old Democratic representative from New York.
At 36, Chelsea Clinton is much younger than both Lowey and Gillibrand, but she’s a member of one of the most prominent political families in the U.S. She currently works as the vice chair of the Clinton Foundation and sits on the foundation’s board. But that doesn’t mean she’ll stay in the non-profit industry indefinitely. Indeed, when she was asked in 2010 whether she would run for office, she said: "Absolutely, I'd consider it one day."
Not to be outdone by the president, she's also been actively engaging with politics on Twitter:
Painful irony here given Somalia one of the countries included in the Trump travel ban #NoBanNoWall https://t.co/lt9wLXlKT2
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) February 8, 2017
When Coretta Scott King said "Freedom is never really won...you win it in every generation," was she thinking of @SenateMajLdr & @SenWarren?
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) February 8, 2017
We wouldn't even ask the headline's question if it were our kids in the U.S. at risk. I hope we get to a YES for all at risk anywhere https://t.co/smoFlJBdLn
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) February 7, 2017
Clinton played a large part in her mother’s presidential run. She was a surrogate on the campaign trail and hosted many fundraisers.
“You’re seeing the beginning of Chelsea Clinton preparing to run,” an anonymous donor told the New York Daily News last year. He attended a rally hosted by Chelsea Clinton, where tickets ranged from $250 to $2,700.
“A dynasty is on the way,” he said.
The Democratic party already has one dynasty, the Kennedy family. And if Chelsea Clinton decides to run, she may face another former first daughter: Caroline Kennedy. The daughter of President John F. Kennedy, who returned to the U.S. after working for three years as an ambassador to Japan, was coy about whether she’d run on the “Today” show last week — but she didn’t rule it out.
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