See a comment
here on how one top choice, Cuomo, was a problem for reasons such as fears of nepotism and removing another key elected state-wide Democrat. Likewise, the need to support an upstate politician, the other option in the House delegation a senior member in her 70s. Or here, supplying some
bona fides.
Here we see she is unpopular upon the delegation, the article making them sound like some high school clique. Let's see how she does.
