Capuano Still Mulling Run for Governor

Rep. Michael Capuano, formerly mayor of Somerville, is getting closer to making a decision about whether or not to run for governor in 2014, according to the State House News Service. 

"The clock is running, so I’m closer," Capuano told reporters Monday, according to the news service.

The State House News Service said the congressman has been frustrated with gridlock in the House of Representatives. "We’ve been doing almost nothing but pontificating and posturing for almost this entire year," he said.

In February, Capuano told WBUR, "Part of me thinks that some of the more interesting, more important fights over the next several years might be conducted at statehouses around the country and not necessarily on Capitol Hill."

He said at the time that "Capitol Hill is under siege" by the Tea Party.

The State House News Service named several other Democrats who might be considering a run for governor, including State Treasurer—and Somerville businessman—Steven Grossman, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Rick Sullivan, State Sen. Dan Wolf of Barnstable, former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Donald Berwick, and Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone.

At the end of January, Curtatone told Somerville Patch, "I haven't considered running for anything other than mayor."

Capuano's decision regarding a gubernatorial run and could influence the mayor's thinking and that of other prospective candidates.