New York Daily News

History in making in race for AG

- BY ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE AND LARRY MCSHANE

A chance to make history awaits the winner of the Democratic primary for state attorney general — no matter who prevails.

The tight four-way race promises a potentiall­y groundbrea­king nominee from among city Public Advocate Letitia James, Rep. Sean Maloney, Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout and one-time Hillary Clinton adviser Leecia Eve. James, casting her vote Thursday morning in Brooklyn, pledged to target the National Rifle Associatio­n, the White House and state corruption if she emerges victorious.

“I can’t wait to wake up each and every day, go to the office, sue somebody and then go home,” she said at Public School 11 in Clinton Hill.

Either Eve or James could become the state’s first black woman in the job in the November election, while Maloney would be the first openly gay winner of statewide office in New York. Teachout, along with Eve and James, would become the first woman elected as state attorney general.

Current AG Barbara Underwood took over in May after her predecesso­r Eric Schneiderm­an resigned amid allegation­s of brutality against women.

The winner will face New York City attorney Keith Wofford, who is running unopposed in the GOP race.

James, 59, received a small round of applause after arriving at the polls. She received high-profile endorsemen­ts from Gov. Cuomo, rapper Nicki Minaj and several influentia­l unions.

Teachout campaigned frequently with fellow political outsider Cynthia Nixon, the actress who opposes Gov. Cuomo in his bid for re-election. Maloney is a three-term congressma­n from the Hudson Valley, while Verizon executive Eve lost in her lone previous political race – a 2006 bid to become lieutenant governor.

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