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Why would a mayor ever want to be a governor? (Salon.com)

Quoted: If they succeed, they will be giving up something unique in American politics. Joel Rogers, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has founded organizations focused on both state- and city-level policymaking, calls being mayor “a total gas … You?re known everywhere. Your decisions touch people directly. You deal with an incredible variety of issues. You get instantaneous feedback.”