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Gov. Bill Richardson has not announced his candidacy for president, a Richardson spokesman said today in response to a FOX news report that Richardson had announced his candidacy.
"The governor didn't say that. He said, like he's been saying, that he'll make a decision in January," Richardson spokesman Gilbert Gallegos told The Tribune shortly after the report broke around 4 p.m..
In a news release issued around 5:30 p.m. today, Gallegos added: “FOX News incorrectly reported that Governor Richardson has announced he will run for president. When asked directly whether he will run for president, Governor Richardson said he will make a final decision in January.
“Other comments from the interview were taken out of context based on a hypothetical question that FOX News posed about the Governor’s strengths should he run for president.”
Fox's Web site quoted Richardson as saying "I am Hispanic, which I believe is an asset. But I'm not running as an Hispanic. I am running as an American who is proud to be Hispanic."
The network also reported Richardson as saying he does not intend to form a presidential exploratory committee until January.
"He has, however, begun hiring national campaign staff and plans a visit to early primary state New Hampshire in mid-January," the Fox Web site said.
Gallegos, who was not with Richardson in Washington, D.C., said that when the Fox reporter asked the governor directly whether he is running for president, Richardson said he would announce his intentions in January.
Gallegos was expecting a call from Fox to explain the report.
"I want to know how they came to that conclusion," he said.
Richardson has previously announced that he will be in New Hampshire in mid-December to meet with Democrats from that state who won their races in November, as well as New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch.
