ST.PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, his hands already full with legal battles staving off President Trump’s siege of the state, announced he won’t run for governor. “The President of the United States is tearing apart families and terrorizing our communities,” said Ellison. “Defending our state as attorney general is the most important thing I have done in my career.” Ellison confirmed, as he announced in October, that he will be seeking a third term as attorney general. Since October the Minnesota political landscape has been shaken by the Walz decision not to run again for governor, which propelled Ellison on to short lists as a gubernatorial possibility.
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