Christine Gregoire Quotes

I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office.

…it was far better to be known as an ex-secretary than an ex-defeated candidate for governor.

Nobody has a cakewalk to become governor.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck could run for vice president.

No. I probably do better not being in politics. They have too much control over you when you are in politics.

Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.

I am running for my Senate district in 2014 and looking forward hopefully to earning the confidence of my community once again and being reelected for that seat.

After thinking carefully about how I can best help my fellow Minnesotans, I have decided to not seek election for a different office in 2014. The warm encouragement from many people to run for U.S. senator or the governorship was deeply humbling.

Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time.

I have no plans to run for president.

I don't even want to be president!

One of the questions that I often get is, 'Why are you running to be President?'. To Be President! What did I miss? I'm not running to go to Disneyland.

When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.

I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something.

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.

I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.

There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run for office.

I ran for president in 1996.

I'm not running for president.

My father ran for Congress in 2004, and I got a sense that there is no way to achieve much success without a certain amount of compromise.

It's a very tough thing to run for office, but it's also the way the American people get to know you.

The President is hampered at every turn by the necessity of humoring his party.

I'm not running for any office so whether I'm running with one man or 18 men is nobody's business.

If you are going to run for national office, you'd better understand that optimism is something Americans expect.