The frontrunner in the GOP race for governor is sending a signal he has not yet decided on a running mate.   His campaign sent out a vague news release this morning saying this:

       

    Tom Foley to Make a Statement Regarding Lieutenant Governor Preferences Today

Note the plural in preferences.  Will he release a list of potential candidates, or simply what he is looking for in a lieutenant governor candidate ?    Campaign spokeswoman Liz Osborn told me no media event is scheduled.  If the former ambassador were to announce his running mate,  he would not do it in a statement.

We believe his list of potential candidates still includes the women I mentioned last week

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/foleys-four-frontrunners/  with the exclusion of Pam Sawyer, who endorsed Lt. Governor Michael Fedele.   A source told Eyewitness News  State Senator Kevin Witkos of Canton was also being considered.

We’ll keep you posted.