Republican candidate announces he will run against Senator Gillibrand

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Billionaire businessman and Governor George Pataki Foundation Co-Chairman Josh Eisen, announced that he is running for the U.S. Senate while he was in Rochester on Tuesday.

Eisen is the only Republican candidate running against U.S. Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, a Democrat, who has been in the Senate since 2009.

Eisen has an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Ph.D.