There's really no other way to put it. Examples are probably legion, but let me submit one to a candid world:
The break-up of Boughton and Somers after the convention had some Republicans questioning her loyalty, but Somers said earlier this week that she had planned to run for lieutenant governor last November before her local election in Groton.
She said that’s why she didn’t seek the position of mayor. It was because she knew she was going to be seeking higher office.
One does not “seek” the position of mayor of Groton in any electoral sense. The Groton mayor is simply first among equals; it is a largely honorary and ceremonial position conferred by a vote of the council, not of the people. Why did Heather not seek the mayoralty this year? It was not because she intended to run for higher office. It was because the Democrats took the majority on the council this year, and there was no way on earth that they would have elected her to the post. I don't know if the Republicans even bothered to nominate an alternative to Rita Schmidt, but if they did, it was an empty exercise and they would have known it at the time.
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