
Former New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof announces run for governor of Oregon
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Former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof announced Wednesday that he is running for governor of Oregon.
"I've never run for political office in my life, but I have spent a lifetime shining a light in the darkest corners of the globe, and it broke my heart when I returned from crises abroad only to find crises here at home, and that's why I'm running for governor," Kristof, a Pulitzer Prize winner, said in a video posted on social media and his campaign website.
Kristof, who grew up outside Yamhill, Oregon, previously worked as an opinion columnist at The New York Times and was among the newspaper's most prominent journalists. He traveled across the world reporting on international and humanitarian crises and had been on leave at the Times since July as he explored whether to run for the office. He announced his resignation from the news organization earlier this month.

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