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When did Jeanine Pirro seek office?
On August 10, 2005, Pirro announced she would seek the Republican nomination to challenge incumbent senator Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, in the 2006 election for U.S. Senator from New York.

Question: What office was she trying to get?
Self-contained rewrite: What office was Jeanine Pirro in the 2006 election?