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August 19, 2005 08:00 AM UTC

Being Governor Was Fun, So Let's Try it Again

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  • by: Colorado Pols

It might sound odd that Senator Ken Salazar could be considering running for governor in 2006, just two years after being elected to a six-year term. But apparently strange races aren’t unique to this part of the country.

Former Massachusetts Governor William Weld, a Republican, is considering running for governor again…in New York. Weld told the Wall Street Journal today that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and White House advisor Karl Rove have encouraged him to run against Democrat Eliot Spitzer, the popular NY attorney general.

According to an Associated Press story on Monday:

Weld had told the AP in April that he would seriously consider seeking the GOP nomination for governor of New York if Republican Gov. George Pataki did not seek a fourth term. Pataki announced July 27 that he would not seek re-election next year.

Weld, a millionaire lawyer, was elected governor of Massachusetts in 1990 and easily re-elected in 1994. He ran for U.S. Senate in 1996 but was defeated by Democratic incumbent John Kerry. Weld resigned as governor in 1997 when then-President Clinton nominated him to become U.S. ambassador to Mexico, but the nomination was blocked in the Senate.

Maybe Governor Bill Owens has a new political future as governor of New Mexico or Wyoming.

If you clicked on the links above you’ll already know the answer, but if not here’s a trivia question for you: Who is the only two-state governor in U.S. history? Click below for the answer.

Sam Houston is the only two-state governor in history. Houston served as governor of Tennessee from 1827-29 and as governor of Texas from 1859-61.

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26 thoughts on “Being Governor Was Fun, So Let’s Try it Again”

  3. I find myself over-and-over again ? in person, in email, over the phone, on the web (though not as much here in the last couple of months) ? having to defend my support for George Bush and the War in Iraq, specifically how Bush has handled and managed the war and it?s aftermath.  I?ve taken this task a bit reluctantly at times and at others with gusto – but have always felt a bit awkward, regardless of my personal enthusiasm, at the prospect of having to defend the President of the United States time-and-again on the war over the last two years.  I?ve done so mostly because I believe in the cause, in part because I?m a Bush loyalist, but also in no small part because I understand the costs of failure in this venture.  Yet, that apprehension has always been there.

    Over the last couple of days, amidst the backdrop of the pathetic spectacle of a grieving mother (and lunatic moonbat, who just happens to be surrounded by dozens of the Usual Suspects who must think it?s still 1969) requesting ? nay, demanding ? an second audience with the President of the United States over the death of her 24-year old ?child?, I have found that my desire to continue to defend Mr. Bush has declined notably.  It has not been a conscious decision on my part to ?stand-down? some of my support ? and, in fact, my support for the war has only grown since I wrote a rather pessimistic-sounding diary entry some time ago.  So why the loss of ?fire? to defend the CinC?

    Finally, it dawned on me this morning ? why am I defending the President when he does not seem interested in doing it himself?

  5. You completely missed the point of both the thread and my response, why…  I didn’t care who ran in IL, just that he represent the state.

    Keyes was a Maryland resident, just as Weld was a Massachusetts governor.  Given the amount of criticism you hear from everyone in CO about people moving into Congressional Districts just to run, you’d think we could have something to say about Weld…

  7. I read that Spitzer outpolls Weld 60-16%.  Furthermore, it does seem like Carpetbagging.  If you think hopping Congressional districts is bad, this is glaring.

  9. I find it pretty appalling that Ken Salazar has the egotistical gall to contemplate running for Governor after getting both Rutt Bridges and Mark Udall to step aside for his surprise Senate run in 2004.  Does this man’s ego have a limit?

  11. Salazar isn’t contemplating running for governor. There’s atoo many risks and if he wants to be governor, he could do it after serving in the Senate for awhile – he’s a young guy. 

    But, like any smart politician, when his name is mentioned, he’s not ruling it out.  Thus, it keeps his name out there as one of the big dog Democrats who everyone is talking about.

    He completely rules out a race at this point, and all of a sudden his name is dropped by the media in the list of big Democrats who could get in the race.  It’s a smart move by Salazar to keep his name in the mix – it continues to build his reputation.

  14. If Salazar runs for Guv and wins, does he get to appoint someone (Mark Udall, John Salazar, Joan Fitzgerald, or Andrew Romanoff) to finish the four years remaining to his Senate term, or does he appoint a temp. for two years with a special election held in 2008 for the last two years of his term?

  15. Ken will appoint either his brother or Udall to the remainder of the Senate term.

    This is a beautiful situation for the democrats.

    The republicans lose the 7th, lose the mansion, we keep the 3rd and the 2nd.

    Red State, no more.

    We win the mansion, the legislature, the congressional delegation. Then we go after Allard in 08, put Udall in or maybe even Degette.

    Life is sweet.

  17. You guys overlooked the story that former Governor Jim Edgar of Illinois is considering coming out of retirement to run for the office again to take out Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich (who features about a 30% approval rating, but who has no serious opposition candidate as of yet, because, well, the IlGOP is a circus).

  18. Blogosphere Reax to Weld Announcement

    .08 Acres (and a Donkey) says: Someone is going to run to the right of Weld in the GOP primary. The question for Weld is whether there are enough liberal Republicans left in New York to win the nomination. The Bad Hedgehog says: The first thing Weld is…

  19. Terrible comparison the authors try to make between Weld and Salazar — just to keep their vain Democratic hopes alive that either Hick or Salazar will jump into the governor’s race to give them a viable candidate.  Weld was a governor before, is not currently in office and has no term to complete before entering any race for public office.  Salazar was never a governor, is currently in the Senate with 5 years yet to complete his term.  So, tell me again how Salazar and Weld are alike?  You guys are really reaching…

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