UPDATE: Governor Brad Henry 2.0?
Oklahoma Democratic Party chairman: Brad Henry pondering race
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Will he or won’t he? Or can he?
Former Gov. Brad Henry has looked into whether he’s eligible for a third term for governor and believes a change in Oklahoma’s term-limits law that was made while he was in office doesn’t apply to him, Oklahoma Democratic Party Chairman Wallace Collins said Thursday.
Collins said he asked the former two-term Governor Wednesday night if he were mulling a run against Republican Gov. Mary Fallin in 2014. Henry didn’t confirm or deny any such plans but said he believed he would be eligible for a third term, Collins said.
“When I first approached him about it, he kind of grinned and laughed. I thought maybe there was something there. He said: `You never say never,“’ Collins said after meeting with the former governor at a private fundraiser. “He didn’t rule out the possibility that he was. I’d say he was keeping his cards pretty close to the vest, but his comment of `never saying never’ at least left the door open some.
“He has at least given it enough thought to figure out there was a legal way to do it,” Collins said.