Chris Heinz won't run for office in 2006

[MelissaB]

(If this has been posted, I'm sorry. I haven't seen it and ran across it while doing some research for the Election reform thread.)

Chris Heinz won't run for office in 2006

Associated Press

April 19, 2005


PITTSBURGH -- Chris Heinz, the stepson of U.S. Sen. John Kerry who was widely rumored to be considering a run for Congress, said Monday that he won't seek office in 2006.

The son of the late Sen. John Heinz III had stumped for Kerry during his unsuccessful presidential bid last year, sparking rumors that Heinz would follow that with his own campaign against U.S. Rep. Melissa Hart. Heinz, 32, is the youngest of John and Teresa Heinz Kerry's three children.

"I'm definitely not doing it in 2006. I've thought about it in my life, but it's just not right at this particular time," Heinz told The Associated Press by phone from New York City, where he lives.

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"If I could be half as successful as my dad and stepdad, I would be a happy guy," Heinz said at the time.

More: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-19001148.apds.m0955.bc-ct--heinapr19,0,3513596.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire

[MelissaB]

1. I thought he would have been a great candidate.

:cry:

[kentuck]

2. Uh....OK...

:)

[saltpoint]

3. I think he will be a great candidate too, just as MelissaB --

-- said. Let's see if maybe he will wait for Specter to step down after this next term and then run for the U.S. Senate in his father's path.

That would be kind of exciting.