SA Business Establishment Wants To Groom Montford For Governor

Add another name to the ever-growing list of people running for or being groomed for a race for Governor in 2010: former State Senator John Montford.

This summer, it was rumored that Montford would enter the U.S. Senate race against John Cornyn. Via the San Antonio Express-News, it appears as though some of the San Antonio establishment is trying to recruit Montford for the 2010 governor’s race via a run for San Antonio Mayor in 2009:

And if some connected folks have their way, Montford would either dramatically alter the 2009 mayoral landscape or the 2010 governor’s race.

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County Judge Nelson Wolff, a close friend of Montford’s, said he’s also on the “recruit Montford” bandwagon — but not for mayor. Wolff said former Gov. Dolph Briscoe recently enlisted his help to try to convince Montford to seek the 2010 Democratic nomination for Texas governor.

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There’s even one talked-about scenario that would have the onetime Lubbock-area senator run for mayor of San Antonio to raise his statewide profile for a later gubernatorial bid.

In addition to the havoc such a power-play would have on the candidacy of former SA City Councilman Julian Castro, who will likely seek the mayoral post in 2009, it would throw yet another “establishment-style” candidate into the 2010 governor’s race on the Democratic side (with Houston Mayor Bill White being the other).

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