Word: governor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...governor would be to deny my deepest responsibilities to myself and to those I love," said Tsongas, a Democrat. "A quest for public office based on this denial would have not worked. It would have eventually collapsed of its own contradiction...
Tsongas said that under his original timetable, he had planned to undergo medical tests in January. If those test results been good, he would then have confronted the personal issues of whether to run for governor...
...There are no miracle-cure candidates," Tsongas said. "The problems we face are not resolvable by any governor if there is no leadership in other critical sectors, both public and private...
Tsongas said he was willing to discuss ideas with both Democratic and Republican candidates for governor and planned to continue in his unpaid job as chair of the Board of Regents of Higher Education...
Tsongas declined to endorse any candidates for governor and noted they all oppose a plan he is pushing to raise the state's 5 percent sales tax by a penny on the dollar, with the additional revenue dedicated to education...