Blumenthal to seek reelection

Hartford (AP) - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says he won't be among the Democratic candidates for governor in 2010.

Blumenthal announced Monday that he instead will seek re-election as attorney general, a job he's held since 1990 and longer than any of his predecessors.

Blumenthal says he remains committed to fighting consumer fraud, pollution, child abuse, financial wrongdoing and other illegal acts. Unlike other states, Connecticut's attorney general does not oversee prosecutions in criminal courts.

Democrats are lining up to run for governor. Former state House Speaker James Amann and Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz are among the contenders.

Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell has not said whether she'll seek re-election.