Frank Murkowski seriously considered running for Alaska governor again

Frank Murkowski was feeling frustrated.

The June 1 deadline was approaching for candidates to file to run for Alaska governor. And the front-runners, in his view, were paying too little attention to the most important issue for the state's future: How to boost extraction of natural resources like timber, fish, minerals and oil and gas.

So Murkowski, the 85-year-old former governor and United States senator, picked up the phone and placed a call.

Murkowski won't say who was on the other end. But he confirmed in an interview last week that he asked the person to be his running mate.

"I was considering it up to just a very short time before filing closed," Murkowski said, referring to launching a gubernatorial campaign.

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