Chris Coleman’s Advice To Remaining DFL Gov Candidates

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Found: Oct 9, 2009

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This is a decision you apparently just reach recently, correct? One of the things we have said is we wanted to make a decision before the November elections so that the voters in St. Paul as I was seeking re-election know exactly what my intentions were. So as we came closer to that I weighed the challenges that we faced and the opportunities we have in the city of St. Paul and decided I needed to focus my attention on what’s happening in St. Paul. There's a lot on your plate there. Well we do have some great things going on but still some hurdles to clear. The central corridor light rail line,which is then number one priority for me for a long time, has still some work to do on it and I would hate to think that somehow that project wouldn't move forward because I was out running for Governor. And there was simply no way for me to effectively do both. Well let me just ask what the reaction you got on the campaign trail when you were testing the waters for running for Governor. What were people telling you? Well, really really positive. And I think that that's been part of the struggle in my decision is because of I as I called through who were regular convention attendees or key members of the labor community or whatever it may be, there was very, very supportive words and encouragement for me to run and almost everyone that I talked to felt that if I wasn't their automatic first choice I was in their top two or three. And that's all I can really ask for at this stage of the game. So, felt I had as good of a shot as I was ever going to have to do that, but I just made a commitment four years ago to the voters of St. Paul and I'm asking them to make a commitment to me again and felt that was more important at this point. You said this is ... you thought this was the best shot to do something like this. Does this mean that you're not going to be seeking the Governor's office in the future or is that very hard to say at this point? No I don't preclude anything. I di...
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