General and eventual Governor Eliot Spitzer instead selected State Senate Minority Leader David Paterson as his running mate. David Paterson seriously considered Eve as a replacement for Clinton when Clinton resigned her U.S. Senate seat to become United States Secretary of State. Eve was one of four candidates than ran in the 2018 Democratic primary for Attorney General of New York. She received the endorsement of the Albany Times Union. On September 13, 2018, Eve lost the Democratic primary for Attorney General to Letitia James, receiving 3.4% of the vote. Further reading Paterson, David "Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity."Skyhorse Publishing. New York, New York, 2020 Notes 1964 births African-American women lawyers African-American lawyers American politicians of Dominican Republic descent Hispanic and Latino American women in politics American women lawyers American lawyers Harvard Law School alumni Living people Harvard Kennedy School alumni New York (state) Democrats New York (state) lawyers People from Buffalo, New York Smith College alumni Women in New York (state) politics People associated with Covington & Burling 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women