Comptroller Kevin Lembo announced Thursday that he is abandoning plans to enter next year’s governor’s race.
Instead he will run again in 2018 for his Comptroller seat.
Lembo first began exploring entering the governor’s race in April.
As comptroller, Lembo has pushed for independent review of the state’s economic development spending and developed a plan to reform the state’s pension payment system to make it predictable over time. Effective in 2020, legislation he proposed will require the state to build its budget reserve fund and avoid overspending in good economic times.
ADVERTISEMENT
Lembo has been elected statewide twice, in 2010 and 2014.
