Schumer Will Not Run for NY Governor

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Schumer to Drop Governor's Race

11:23 AM ET November 15, 2004

By DEVLIN BARRETT

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Charles Schumer will become a leader in the Democratic Party's national effort to regain momentum _ abandoning a possible run for governor in 2006, his office said Monday. Schumer, D-N.Y., agreed to head the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and take a seat on the powerful Finance Committee, giving up his anticipated 2006 gubernatorial campaign, a race which could have pitted him in a primary against state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

Schumer, fresh off a record-setting re-election win, phoned incoming Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid Sunday night to accept the offer.
"In short, this was an offer that, for the sake of New York, I could not refuse," Schumer said in a statement. "I called Senator Reid last night, telling him I had accepted his offer along with its concomitant commitment that I see the DSCC job through the 2006 election and run for no other office."

Schumer said Reid pledged that the new job would also come with added responsibility for shaping the day-to-day message of the Democratic party. "Last week, I was offered a once-in-a-career opportunity that would allow me to serve even more fully the state and the country I love," Schumer said. "These will be crucial, battleground issues in the upcoming Congress and decade," the senator said.

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[russian33]

1. Good, I think Schummer is a good Senator, but I want Spitzer for Gov