Eliot Spitzer is an American lawyer, politician and the current Governor of New York. Spitzer was elected governor in the November 2006 election. He is the former New York State Attorney General, a member of the Democratic Party and is married to Silda Wall Spitzer, the founder and chair of Children for Children, a non-profit organization.
In 1994, Spitzer put aside his private practice to concentrate on attaining the elected office of New York Attorney General. He was successfully elected in the next election in 1998. As Attorney General, Spitzer stepped up the profile of the office, taking up civil actions and criminal prosecutions of white-collar crime, securities fraud, internet fraud, and environmental protection.
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