{"id":43493,"date":"2026-01-05T10:10:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=43493"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:10:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:10:35","slug":"3-is-a-big-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/01\/05\/3-is-a-big-no\/","title":{"rendered":"#3 Is A Big No"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Walz (D-MN) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/05\/politics\/tim-walz-minnesota-reelection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just announced<\/a> he&#8217;s not running for re-election, which would be his third term, so once again Minnesota will not have a three-peat governor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20220605_001606341.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-43495 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20220605_001606341.jpg?resize=171%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20220605_001606341.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20220605_001606341.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20220605_001606341.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20220605_001606341.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20220605_001606341.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve been wondering if Walz was going to be stubborn and drag down the Minnesota Democrats, as while I doubt there was an intent to permit the crimes, it has become big enough to suggest a failure to manage effectively. By exiting the race, voters can vote for whoever wins the primary. Lt Governor Flanagan (D-MN), currently running for Senator Smith&#8217;s (D-MN) seat, might consider running for the governor&#8217;s seat, which may be more attainable.<\/p>\n<p>We shall see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Walz (D-MN) just announced he&#8217;s not running for re-election, which would be his third term, so once again Minnesota will not have a three-peat governor. I&#8217;ve been wondering if Walz was going to be stubborn and drag down the Minnesota Democrats, as while I doubt there was an intent \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/01\/05\/3-is-a-big-no\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43493"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43496,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43493\/revisions\/43496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}