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In her first remarks after announcing she would not be running for a fourth term, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she would consider serving the District again once statehood is made.

“If we become a state, maybe I’ll come back and run for governor,” she told reporters before underscoring, “When we become a state.”

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