Sentences with phrase «first ran for attorney general»

«I've been a fan of Eliot Spitzer since he first ran for attorney general,» said Mr. Corbett, who argued Mr. Spitzer's résumé was perfectly suited for the job.

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Stringer's campaign also noted that Spitzer said in 1996 (two years after his first failed run for state attorney general): «I reveal my tax returns every year.

A woman took over as attorney general for the first time in New York Tuesday, and several more could run to permanently take the helm.

James, who kicked off her campaign for attorney general last week, running as a Democrat, did not attend the WFP's annual state convention at the First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem yesterday.

Underwood led off Tuesday's first round of interviews, telling lawmakers that if she's appointed attorney general she won't run for the office in November.

The Democratic attorney general — who is widely believed to be planning a run for governor this year — revealed for the first time yesterday that his office and federal prosecutors from New York's Southern District had launched a joint criminal probe into Espada.

He was involved in Andrew Cuomo's first, failed run for governor in 2002, joined his staff when he was elected Attorney General in 2006 and then helped him win the governor's office in 2010.

ALBANY — If former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has designs on running for state attorney general, he might want to register to votAttorney Preet Bharara has designs on running for state attorney general, he might want to register to votattorney general, he might want to register to vote first.

Disclosing for the first time some of the specific evidence his office has collected in its long - running probe of the oil giant, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman claimed he found documents and other information showing that Exxon's process for estimating the potential...

When Cuomo announced in July that Fitzpatrick would head the commission, he related an anecdote of his first conversation with the D.A.. Before running for governor, when Cuomo was attorney general, he called Fitzpatrick to introduce himself and suggest a meeting.

But those who know Mr. Cuomo well say he is also keenly aware of the powers of the attorney general's office: His own investigations of Eliot Spitzer and Gov. David A. Paterson crippled both men's political careers, paving the way for Mr. Cuomo to run for governor in the first place.

Donovan, who ran unsuccessfully for state attorney general last year, first became Staten Island district attorney in 2004.

Unlike Crist, a telegenic sitting governor and former attorney general who first ran for statewide office in 1986, Meek entered the race last year without much of a profile beyond of his Miami - area congressional district.

In The Abduction by James Grippando, Allison Leahy, U.S. Attorney General, is running for President, and her opponent is Lincoln Howe, retired four - star general and the first African - American to run for this exalted office (that's where the resemblance with Colin PowellGeneral, is running for President, and her opponent is Lincoln Howe, retired four - star general and the first African - American to run for this exalted office (that's where the resemblance with Colin Powellgeneral and the first African - American to run for this exalted office (that's where the resemblance with Colin Powell ends).

Ellen Rosenblum, the first woman to serve as attorney general for Oregon, has a message for all women considering a run for office: Don't overthink it.