Moody for Mayor? Maybe.

So I wrote about the rumored mayoral bid by Eliot Shapleigh the other day and I was bombarded with calls, emails, and text messages asking me about the possibility.

There's also been some talk around town that Joe Moody may decide to run for mayor. After hearing it now for a few days, I decided to call and get comment from Moody on the matter. So I asked him if he was considering a run for the mayorship and he replied:

"Since November 2nd, many people have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for various offices.

I appreciate their support and advice, but I have not even begun to consider when I will run again or what office I would seek. Right now, I am focused on continuing my legal career and staying involved with local groups that work on important issues for our community.

Regardless of my decision, I will always be involved in bettering El Paso in any way that I can."
 
If you are new to politics, Moody absolutely left the door open to the possibility of running for Mayor. People that aren't interested in something say so, but if they aren't interested in it right now but might be in the future, always leave the door open.
 
If he's thinking about it, he should announce early. He should announce before Shapleigh and it might keep Shapleigh out of the race. Even if it doesn't, announcing early would give him a pretty good advantage.
 
The next mayoral race is still far away and things are already getting interesting around here...