LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (vee-yah-ry-GOH'-sah) is out of the running in next year's race for California governor.
The Democratic mayor was considering jumping into the 2010 contest, but he says he's bypassing the campaign because he wants to finish his job as mayor. He starts his second term July 1.
He says, "I've go a lot of work to do."
Villaraigosa announced his decision Monday on CNN.
The mayor has been struggling with a budget crisis at City Hall after an uneven first term that included the breakup of his marriage during his affair with a TV newscaster.
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