Harold Ford Returns to Syracuse, Decides Not to Run

Harold Ford, Jr., who was exploring a primary run against fellow Democrat Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, visited Syracuse again this week. He was in town several weeks ago and met with various political and community leaders, including Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner. During the visit this week, he met with a group of “business and community leaders” at Unity Mutual’s headquarters in Franklin Square. The meeting was arranged by Patrick Mannion, CEO of Unity Mutual. Patrick is the son of John F. X. Mannion, Chairman of the Board at Unity Mutual, local Democrat Party powerbroker and Stephanie Miner’s husband.

Just a few hours after his visit, Ford announced that he would not be running after all. Go figure.