New York — Jeanine Pirro, a high-profile prosecutor in the New York City suburbs, said Monday she will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton next year.
Clinton, leaving a New York City event, ignored reporters' shouted questions about Pirro's announcement.
Pirro said the former first lady is more interested in running for president than being senator - speculation Clinton has sought to quash.
National polls have shown Clinton is the leading contender for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, though the former first lady has said she is focused on her Senate re-election bid and is not thinking about a run for the White House.
Pirro, 54, said she would formally announce her candidacy Wednesday. She said in May that she would not seek a fourth term as district attorney.
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