By AP
LANSING, MI – Attorney Geoffrey Fieger says he's not going to make a second run for Michigan governor.
Fieger said on WDIV-TV's Flashpoint program that he had been leaning toward a run for the Democratic nomination. But he said his outspoken nature would make it easy for "professional politicians" to make his personality a distraction from real issues.
Fieger won the 1998 Democratic nomination but was unable to beat Republican Gov. John Engler in the general election. He has remained in the public eye, fighting a series of high-profile cases and for a while defending assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.
Other Democrats in the gubernatorial race are House Speaker Andy Dillon, Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero and state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith.