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Young Will Not Run for U.S. Senate
Former U.N. Ambassador Declines Candidacy in Georgia
By Dick Pettys
The Associated Press
Friday, October 3, 2003; 8:50 AM
ATLANTA -- After keeping Democrats on the edge of their seats for days, former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young announced Friday that he will not run for the U.S. Senate.
That leaves the post being vacated next year by retiring Sen. Zell Miller without a significant Democratic challenger.
Four Republicans, including congressmen Mac Collins and Johnny Isakson, are already campaigning for Miller's seat.
"I decided that I could not be the candidate," Young said Friday. "I was afraid I'd win. Winning would mean I would spend the next seven years of my life in Washington, and Washington is not always the center of action."
He said he wanted to help "maintain and restore a new hope in democracy" but not by running for Senate.
A day earlier, Young had told members of the Democratic Study Group on National Security that he was "in the process" of preparing a campaign. Georgia Democrats had rallied around him as their leading candidate.
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