Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt is reporting that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has decided against running for president in 2016.
Isenstadt cited two unnamed sources as confirmed Snyder was declining to enter the already crowded GOP presidential field. However, the governor's office says no decision has been made.
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Snyder, who was re-elected by a comfortable margin in 2014, had recently undertaken a national tour that stoked talk of a White House run. After he spoke at a Las Vegas meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition in April, former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) said he expected Snyder to enter the race.
Snyder had been playing coy about his presidential aspirations when asked recently, but a spokesman was quoted as saying Snyder was "watching the presidential race closely" and hoped "a common sense problem solver emerges" in the GOP field.
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