New Mexico State Governor Bill Richardson said with in an interview with Fow News that he was running (for president) and has said he will form a presidential explorartory committee in Jan. of 2007. Governor Richardson's advisors tood the press he wasn't in the race yet but is looking in to it. Governor Richardson polls poorly against Frontrunner Hillary Clinton and her main challengers, Obama, Gore and Edwards. Four other Democratic governors put a close to a 2008 run for the White House. Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius said that 2008 is a perfect oppurtunity for a democrat to be elected president. However she has states she is not that democrat. Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano has said no to an expected run but she said she would consider a later run for the White House. Two other governors put a close to their expected presidential runs. Popular Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer said it wasn't the right time and he had more work to do in Montana than make a presidential bid. He also did not rule out a 2012 0r 2016 run for the White House. Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen who had been acting as a possible contender also said no to a run for the White House in 2008. Bredesen said he would support the nominee but would not run as the nominee in 2008.
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