KNXV ABC15 is carrying a brief AP story on former Governor Symington’s consideration of running in the 2020 special election:
Symington told the Arizona Capitol Times that while he’s interested in the prospect, he’s also torn because he has grown comfortable being out of the political spotlight.
But Symington says he is encouraged by the idea that he might get a chance to run against former Attorney General Grant Woods.
KJZZ’s Holliday Moore caught up with former Governor Symington to discuss his interest in John McCain’s open U.S. Senate seat:
Sixteen years after re-inventing himself and turning his focus on opening the Arizona Culinary Institute, Symington is intrigued over the idea of running again for office, but said he’s also torn.
“It’s a professional program,” he said about the Scottsdale school where some 150 people graduate each year. “It’s just been a real joy in my life. So, it would be hard to make the change and leave that behind.”
The Arizona Capitol Times’ Yellow Sheet Report was first to post some intriguing news:
Fife Symington is contemplating running for the US Senate in 2020. “I think it would be very interesting. It’s something I would look hard at,” he told our reporter this afternoon.