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Johnson rethinking run for governor
Former state lawmaker Karen Johnson said an accident in her family has led her to reconsider plans to run for governor in 2010.
The reversal came about two weeks after Johnson, a Mesa Republican, had filed the necessary paperwork to form a committee to explore a campaign for governor.
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