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By Mike Wereschagin
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, May 7, 2009


Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge will not run for the U.S. Senate in 2010, he announced today.

"After careful consideration and many conversations with friends and family and the leadership of my party, I have decided not to seek the Republican nomination for Senate," Ridge said in a statement.

The announcement comes in the wake of polls showing Ridge could mount a stronger challenge to Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter than former Republican Rep. Pat Toomey.

Pennsylvania GOP Chairman Rob Gleason had urged Ridge to run, and other top Republicans named him as a strong potential candidate.

Ridge's decision not to run leaves Toomey, a Lehigh Valley businessman, and Peg Luksik, a conservative activist from Johnstown, vying for the nomination next year. Toomey's popularity among GOP primary voters helped prompt Specter to switch his party affiliation last week.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_624101.html