{"id":1063103,"date":"2021-11-28T21:59:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T02:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1063103"},"modified":"2021-11-28T21:59:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T02:59:15","slug":"matthew-mcconaughey-wont-run-for-governor-of-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matthew-mcconaughey-wont-run-for-governor-of-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey Won\u2019t Run For Governor Of Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmatthew-mcconaughey-wont-run-for-governor-of-texas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1063103&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"46.215342871238\">\n<p>American actor Matthew McConaughey announced he will not run for governor of the state of Texas in 2022 after months of speculation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past two years, I\u2019ve been working on the answer to the question of how I can be most useful in this life going forward,\u201d the Austin resident said in a video posted to Twitter. \u201cOne category of service I\u2019ve been exploring is politics. Been considering a run for governor of Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConaughey said he had been studying politics in Texas and the country as a whole. While he admitted the idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/23\/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-governor-race-measuring-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seeking elected office<\/a> was \u201chumbling and inspiring,\u201d McConaughey said he ultimately decided it was not the path to go down \u201cat the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMagic Mike\u201d actor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/23\/matthew-mcconaughey-governor-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> earlier in the week that people would learn of his decision soon, noting that \u201cgreat sacrifice\u201d would come along with the choice to run.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.2608695652174\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CKIYE7V6v6\">pic.twitter.com\/CKIYE7V6v6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matthew McConaughey (@McConaughey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McConaughey\/status\/1465110042491817988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uttyler.edu\/politicalscience\/files\/dmn-uttylernov2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> by the Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas Tyler showed McConaughey beating both incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and former Democratic presidential hopeful <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/15\/beto-orourke-texas-governor-election-greg-abbott-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beto O\u2019Rourke<\/a> in head-to-head matchups. In a three-way race, Abbott was able to slightly outmatch the other two.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of launching a campaign, McConaughey said he would continue to invest in \u201centrepreneurs, businesses, and foundations\u201d he believes are \u201ccreating pathways for people to succeed in life.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/18\/cruz-mcconaughey-formidable-candidate-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Cruz Thinks McConaughey Could Be A \u2018Formidable\u2019 Candidate In Texas)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the leaders and the servants out there and the leader and servant in each one of us, cheers to you,\u201d he said as the video neared its end. \u201cIn the meantimes and all times and until next time, just keep living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American actor Matthew McConaughey announced he will not run for governor of the state of Texas in 2022 after months of speculation.\u201cOver the past two years, I\u2019ve been &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1063103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1063103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1063103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1063103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1063103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}