Prominent DA May Take on Sen. Clinton (but husband has prison record)

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Monday she will seek statewide office in 2006, possibly by running for the U.S. Senate against Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Pirro said she will decide later this year which office to seek, and mentioned three possibilities: state attorney general, the Senate, and governor, if Republican George Pataki decides against another term.

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Though Pirro has long proven to be popular with voters, in her most recent re-election, in 2001, she won by just 6 percentage points. At the time, her husband, Albert Pirro, was in federal prison for tax fraud.

Asked if she thought her husband would be an issue next year, Pirro said she thinks New Yorkers are "smart enough" to recognize they are voting for a candidate and not the candidate's family.

Pirro's husband has been an issue in most of her campaigns. For instance, in 1997 he was fighting a paternity suit, which was ultimately successful.

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