LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Decides Not To Run For Governor

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Kris Alingod - AHN Contributor
Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has announced his decision not run for governor next year, leaving San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and possibly California Attorney General Jerry Brown as the top Democrats in the race to succeed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"I love the city I was born and raised in... I can't leave this city in the middle of a crisis," Villaraigosa told CNN late Monday.
The 56-year-old mayor won a second term in March with 56 percent of the vote. A member of the state Assembly from 1994 to 2000, he became the city's first Latino mayor in more than a century in 2005.
Newsom, who had announced his candidacy in April, praised him in a statement in response to his decision not to run.
"As a fellow big-city mayor, over the past four years I have gotten to know and respect Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa," Newsom said. "His leadership is valuable to the people of California and the nation, regardless of the office he chooses to hold... I look forward to continuing to work with him."
Schwarzenegger, a moderate Republican, is constrained under a term limits law not to seek a third term.
Brown is widely expected to launch his bid soon. Contenders in the Republican side include former U.S. Rep. Tom Campbell and stateInsurance Commissioner Steve Poizner. Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, who was said to have been vetted as the Republican vice presidential nominee last year, has been endorsed by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
California holds its gubernatorial race on Nov. 2, 2010. The primary election is on June 8 next year.


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Another reason why he won't run is because of his involvement with a reporter,just like the Governor of South Carolina.