New York, NY —

New York State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer's crusades against everything from corruption on Wall Street to a pretzel vendor company underpaying its workers, have earned him A-1 headlines. Now, Spitzer has announced he will seek the Democratic nomination for Governor in 2006 and will NOT seek re-election to his current post. The news hardly comes as a surprise. Spitzer's intentions were well know. He's already raised five-million dollars. That's more than Governor Pataki, who has not said whether he'll seek re-election. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein spoke with the Attorney General and asked him why he'd run for governor when his supporters love what he's done as the state's top prosecutor.

Attorney General Elliot Spitzer spoke with WNYC's Andrea Bernstein earlier today after his announcement he will run for governor in 2006.