Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson (D) said told cn/2 that he won’t run for governor in 2015 because he wants to pour his efforts into improving Kentucky schools and preparing the next generation for jobs.
Said Abramson: “The next chapter in my life, I want to focus on just the issue of education.”
He did not say specifically how he planned to do that once he leaves the lieutenant governor’s office in December 2015.
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