Darrell Clarke won't join mayor's race
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The Council president plans to run for re-election to Council.
The long-awaited announcement arrived this afternoon on a Twitter feed.
Council President Darrell Clarke announced he would seek another term on City Council, effectively telling the city's political class and candidates waiting in the wings that he would not run for mayor in 2015. Here is part of what he wrote:
"It is my intention to seek the Democratic nomination to serve a fifth term as representative of Philadelphia's 5th Councilmanic District in the May primary election.
"I have been honored and inspired by many conversations with neighborhood citizens, business, union and political leaders who asked me to consider running for mayor, but being mayor has never been my primary goal."
In other words, he already has the job he wants.
