Gov. Pat Quinn says Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth doesnt want to be considered for lieutenant governor.
Quinn said Duckworth told him today she will keep her job at the Veterans Administration in Washington. She is a former director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs.
Quinn wont say who is his second choice for lieutenant governor.
Quinn and Democratic Party leaders are in the hunt for a new lieutenant governor nominee because primary winner Scott Lee Cohen dropped out after questions were raised about his past.
Cohen left the race after it became widely known he was accused of abusing his ex-wife and arrested for holding a knife to the throat of an ex-girlfriend. He denied the allegations concerning his ex-wife, and charges relating to his arrest were dropped when the woman did not appear in court.
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