Eliot Spitzer fact sheet

Eliot Spitzer
-- 48
-- married
-- three daughters

Political:
-- had been crusading New York state attorney general (Time magazine called him `Crusader of the Year')
-- led crackdown on Wall Street abuses
-- handled a few criminal prosecutions of prostitution rings, and tourism involving prostitutes
-- in 2004, investigated escort service in NYC (18 arrests)

Governor
-- captured a state-record 69 percent of the vote
-- beat Mario Cuomo's mark of 64.6 percent in 1986
-- first Democrat elected governor since 1990
-- created Public Integrity Commission

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