BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Republicans are still searching for a high-profile candidate to run in the special election to replace John Kerry in the U.S. Senate, with former Gov. William Weld the latest to say he is not interested.
The GOP scramble began Friday when former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown announced that he would not be running in the June 25th election.
Weld served as governor from 1991-1997 and ran unsuccessfully for the Senate against Kerry in 1996. He later moved to New York, but recently returned to Massachusetts to join the law firm of Mintz Levin.
"While I am grateful for the kind expressions of support and encouragement which I have received, I will not be a candidate for United States Senator from Massachusetts in the special election this year," Weld said in a brief statement released by the law firm Monday.