FILE - In this May 20, 2009 file photo, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Maloney said Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, she won't take on Sen. Kirtsen Gillibrand, D-N.Y. next year, opting to stay in the House of Representatives. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, FILE)