A day after Public Advocate Jumaane Williams's Sept. 28 announcement that he had formed an exploratory committee to consider a run for Governor, State Attorney General Letitia James broadly hinted she might enter the race in a speech to a prominent civic group.
The dueling expressions of interest by two of the state's most-prominent black elected officials seemed an early attempt to stake out territory and line up support from portions of their common voting bases: African-American residents, particularly in Brooklyn, and progressives, although Mr. Williams is considered further left politically than Ms. James.
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