Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, is preparing to announce as soon as Thursday that she will run for governor, according to six Democratic leaders briefed on her plans. “Attorney General Letitia James has made a decision regarding the governor’s race,” the adviser, Kimberly Peeler-Allen, said in a statement. Another Black Brooklynite with appeal to some on the left, he could compete with Ms. James for key demographic and ideological constituencies. “He grinds axes with the best of them.”As Ms. James deliberated, Ms. Hochul has been briskly fortifying her own campaign operation. The post Letitia James Is Preparing Announcement on Run for Governor appeared first on New York Times.
