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Reports: Spitzer won't run for Senate seat

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his wife, Silda,

Photo credit: AP | Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his wife, Silda, at a Yankee game. Spitzer has denied rumors he's looking to run for office again. (Aug. 25, 2009)

Reports of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer plotting a 2010 run for U.S. Senate or comptroller are untrue, the former governor and other top political observers said .

Gov. David A. Paterson said his predecessor has never indicated a desire to run again for elective office.

"In my conversations with him he has seemed very much the opposite," Paterson said in the Capitol. "No, he never brought...

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