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Longtime Iowa Governor Says He Is Not Likely To Run Again

Paige Lavender

Senior Editor, Breaking News, HuffPost

DES MOINES, IA - JANUARY 24: Iowa Governor Terry Branstad speaks to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit on January 24, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. The summit is hosting a group of potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates to discuss core conservative principles ahead of the January 2016 Iowa Caucuses. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
DES MOINES, IA - JANUARY 24: Iowa Governor Terry Branstad speaks to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit on January 24, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. The summit is hosting a group of potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates to discuss core conservative principles ahead of the January 2016 Iowa Caucuses. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Gov. Terry Branstad (R-Iowa) said in an interview Monday he is unlikely to run for seventh term in 2018 and already preparing to support his deputy, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, in the Republican gubernatorial primary.

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Paige Lavender - Senior Editor, Breaking News, HuffPost

Senior Editor, Breaking News, HuffPost

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