Rep. Davis addresses talk of run for governor

U.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis, D-Tenn., said this afternoon that people wonder if he has greater ambitions — specifically a run for governor in 2010.

“A lot of folks assume there’s something else,” he told the Southeast Tennessee Political Action Committee at the Mountain City Club. “There may be, but it will be another year or so before you know about that.”

Rep. Davis told the Times Free Press last October that he will run to succeed two-term Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen in Nashville. The three-term congressman said at the time that he plans to seek re-election to the House this fall and reiterated that point today, as he told how he spends weekends driving across his expansive, rural district talking to voters.

“I love the job that I’m doing, I love the people that I serve and my pickup truck verifies that,” Rep. Davis said.

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