Sen. Dan Wolf considering a run for governor
"I am absolutely thinking about the 2014 gubernatorial run."
Article | | By Andy Metzger, State House News Service
Senator Dan Wolf. Photo courtesy of CapeAir.com.
Sen. Dan Wolf, the founder and CEO of Cape Air, is considering a run for governor in 2014, he told the News Service on Tuesday.
“I am absolutely thinking about the 2014 gubernatorial run,” Wolf said after a press conference where he joined other lawmakers and activists in pushing for state income tax increases and tax policy changes that would raise $2 billion.
The 55-year-old Harwich Democrat is at the start of his second term, and said he is weighing whether he would have something to add as a gubernatorial candidate.
“The question really is about the issues: how well we as government are serving the people of the Commonwealth, and as we look at the issues that the governor is so well articulating now – transportation, education, other infrastructure investments – I think what I’m really looking at is do I feel as though I have something to contribute relative to the ongoing dialogue?” Wolf said.
Wolf joins Lt. Gov. Tim Murray, Treasurer Steven Grossman, and former administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Don Berwick as potential candidates who have spoken publicly about their interest in the office. Health care executive Joseph C. Avellone III has decided to seek the office, telling the Wellesley Townsman last week, “The next governor will have to bring powerful stakeholders together to fashion a sustainable local healthcare system, with costs moderated and quality guaranteed.”
A successful businessman who started his small airline in 1989, Wolf has come out in favor of some liberal causes, including single-payer, government-run health care.
“We will end up with a government option at some point. We will end up with a single-payer at some point, and wouldn't it be wonderful if that point was now, and the place was Massachusetts?” Wolf said at a December 2011 hearing.
In October 2011, Wolf opposed legislation legalizing casinos in Massachusetts, joining 13 other Democrats in voting against the bill as it passed the Senate.
On Tuesday, Wolf said he will see if his voice matters in the discussion of efficiencies and adequate resources for government.
“It is about a responsible government. It is about running the government efficiently and spending every dollar wisely, but it’s also about making sure that we have the capacity to make those investments for the future,” Wolf said. “That’s really what I’m weighing, is whether I can contribute to that dialogue in a meaningful way going forward.”
Wolf has been rumored as a candidate since at least late October, when the Boston Phoenix, citing an unnamed source, reported that he was thinking about running for governor. On election night in November, Wolf declined to deny interest in running for governor but told the News Service he was focused on his job in the Senate.
A run in the special election once U.S. Sen. John Kerry gives up his seat for secretary of state, as is expected, is not in the offing for Wolf, he said.
“It would be disingenuous to say I wasn’t interested in it, but I think realistically the timeframe for me, I just don’t have a capacity to get a statewide campaign going in three to six months,” he said.
Wolf said he is actively considering whether to run, and he does not know when he will have a decision.
“It is an ongoing process,” Wolf said. He said, “It is something that I’m really currently very engaged in looking at.”
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“I am absolutely thinking about the 2014 gubernatorial run,” Wolf said after a press conference where he joined other lawmakers and activists in pushing for state income tax increases and tax policy changes that would raise $2 billion.
The 55-year-old Harwich Democrat is at the start of his second term, and said he is weighing whether he would have something to add as a gubernatorial candidate.
“The question really is about the issues: how well we as government are serving the people of the Commonwealth, and as we look at the issues that the governor is so well articulating now – transportation, education, other infrastructure investments – I think what I’m really looking at is do I feel as though I have something to contribute relative to the ongoing dialogue?” Wolf said.
Wolf joins Lt. Gov. Tim Murray, Treasurer Steven Grossman, and former administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Don Berwick as potential candidates who have spoken publicly about their interest in the office. Health care executive Joseph C. Avellone III has decided to seek the office, telling the Wellesley Townsman last week, “The next governor will have to bring powerful stakeholders together to fashion a sustainable local healthcare system, with costs moderated and quality guaranteed.”
A successful businessman who started his small airline in 1989, Wolf has come out in favor of some liberal causes, including single-payer, government-run health care.
“We will end up with a government option at some point. We will end up with a single-payer at some point, and wouldn't it be wonderful if that point was now, and the place was Massachusetts?” Wolf said at a December 2011 hearing.
In October 2011, Wolf opposed legislation legalizing casinos in Massachusetts, joining 13 other Democrats in voting against the bill as it passed the Senate.
On Tuesday, Wolf said he will see if his voice matters in the discussion of efficiencies and adequate resources for government.
“It is about a responsible government. It is about running the government efficiently and spending every dollar wisely, but it’s also about making sure that we have the capacity to make those investments for the future,” Wolf said. “That’s really what I’m weighing, is whether I can contribute to that dialogue in a meaningful way going forward.”
Wolf has been rumored as a candidate since at least late October, when the Boston Phoenix, citing an unnamed source, reported that he was thinking about running for governor. On election night in November, Wolf declined to deny interest in running for governor but told the News Service he was focused on his job in the Senate.
A run in the special election once U.S. Sen. John Kerry gives up his seat for secretary of state, as is expected, is not in the offing for Wolf, he said.
“It would be disingenuous to say I wasn’t interested in it, but I think realistically the timeframe for me, I just don’t have a capacity to get a statewide campaign going in three to six months,” he said.
Wolf said he is actively considering whether to run, and he does not know when he will have a decision.
“It is an ongoing process,” Wolf said. He said, “It is something that I’m really currently very engaged in looking at.”
http://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2013/01/15/16533-sen-dan-wolf-considering-run-governor
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