MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said she will not seek a second term and will not run for re-election in 2026.

The announcement came on Wednesday evening in an email sent to news outlets.

There are still 17 months left in her administration.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty not running for second term

What they're saying:

Hennepin Co. Attorney Moriarty shared the following written statement:

"I ran for this office to do the hard work; the work that desperately needed doing and the work the voters chose when I was elected in 2022 by 16 points. We’ve become accustomed to elected officials who don’t deliver results and end up more invested in clinging to power than doing the work of the people. That is not me. As I have weighed whether I wanted to

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