Montgomery, AL – Democrat John Tyson Jr. has ruled out another bid for attorney general, saying he will seek re-election as Mobile County district attorney.
Tyson said Monday he has work to finish in the prosecutor's office and it's in the ``best interest'' of his family to remain in Mobile.
Several Democrats have expressed interest in running for AG in 2010, but none have declared.
On the Republican side, incumbent Troy King and Birmingham lawyer Luther Strange, who ran for lieutenant governor in 2006, are running.
King defeated Tyson in the 2006 election.
Monday was the first day that candidates for statewide office, including attorney general, could begin raising campaign funds.
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