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New York state attorney general says he's really not running for governor

Matt Ryan
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New York Now (file photo)
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman being interviewed by Capitol Correspondent Karen DeWitt.

 

It may be three years until the next statewide election, but potential candidates in New York State are already staking out their positions. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman both say they are content with their jobs, and would like to keep them longer.

Schneiderman quickly shot down a report in the New York Daily News that said he might want to challenge Cuomo if the governor seeks re election in 2018. Two of the past three governors began as attorneys general. And Schneiderman, as recently as last fall, would not rule out a run for governor. Now, he says, he doesn’t want to.

“I just got reelected,” Schneiderman said, in an interview with public radio and television. “I love this work, I love being a lawyer, I love the legal work. This is an incredible job.”

Schneiderman says he hopes to run for a third term as attorney general. Cuomo also said this week that there is nothing else he’d rather do, and  plans to remain as governor as long as people will have him. Schneiderman says he thinks Cuomo should run again.

Karen DeWitt is Capitol Bureau Chief for New York State Public Radio, a network of 10 public radio stations in New York State. She has covered state government and politics for the network since 1990.