Mitch Landrieu, the former New Orleans mayor and co-chair of Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, is not running for chair of the Democratic National Committee, he told HuffPost on Monday.
“I never really thought about it much, to be honest with you,” he said, attributing his inclusion on short lists of potential candidates to Democrats who appreciate his work. “It’s nice to be thought of as somebody that can help, and evidently, a couple of people thought that.”
Prior to joining the Harris campaign, Landrieu worked in the White House to oversee the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, commonly known as the bipartisan infrastructure law…