Not ready to run for governor, says Brown

State Sen. Taylor Brown has been mentioned in newspaper stories and blogs as a potential Republican candidate for governor in 2012.

But Brown, in an interview on Saturday, threw cold water on the idea.

"I can't see me running for governor," he said.

He said he has spent 25 years building up his business, Northern Ag Network, which he purchased from Conrad Burns 25 years ago when Burns was elected to the U.S. Senate.

"I have 70 radio stations and 2000 cust ome r s t o think about," he said.

Serving in the Senat e since being elected in 2008 has taken away time from the business, he said.

He...