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McGraw: I'm Not Running for Guv. Yet.

Singer still interested, but not yet

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 16, 2008 7:00 AM CST

(Newser) – Those of you drooling at the thought of Gov. Tim McGraw will have to wait a little longer. The country star is not running for governor of Tennessee—yet, People reports. A rep for McGraw denied the rumors, sparked by an item in The New ... Read full story »

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