U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, center speaks at a news conference to announce a new effort to reduce gun violence in the state’s major cities, as U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, and U.S. Attorney David Fein, right, look on, in New Haven, Conn., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
He’s sued Microsoft and Big Tobacco. You might say it’s in his DNA.
But before you go penciling in the name of Richard Blumenthal as the next attorney general, as some media outlets have speculated, consider this: it’s a two-year gig.
At age 68, Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator and former longtime activist state attorney general is said to be looking for more long-term career stability, a second term, a person familiar with his thinking told Hearst Connecticut Media.
Blumenthal, who is up for re-election in 2016, declined to discuss reports linking him to the Justice Department vacancy created by the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder.
“Holder has served the president well has been a distinguished and dedicated public official who deserves the nation’s thanks for his service,” Blumenthal told Hearst in a recent interview. “He’s stood for conviction and conscience against some pretty heavy political head winds.”