Matthew McConaughey Says He Won't Run for Texas Governor ‘at This Moment’

Politics|Matthew McConaughey Says He Will Not Run for Texas Governor ‘at This Moment’

The histrion and writer Matthew McConaughey announced connected Sunday that helium would not tally for politician of Texas for now, aft months of weighing whether helium would question the office.

In a video posted connected Twitter and Instagram, Mr. McConaughey, 52, said moving for politician is simply a “humbling and inspiring way to ponder.”

“It is besides a way that I’m choosing not to instrumentality astatine this moment,” helium said.

Mr. McConaughey’s announcement came astir 2 weeks earlier the campaigner filing deadline for the Texas primary, and astir 2 weeks aft Beto O’Rourke, a erstwhile El Paso congressman and 2020 Democratic statesmanlike candidate, announced his tally for the bureau against Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican.

Mr. McConaughey’s announcement besides came weeks aft helium drew wide attention for saying that helium would not mandate vaccines for young children due to the fact that helium would similar much information, adding that successful his household, “we spell dilatory connected vaccinations, adjacent earlier Covid.”

Instead of moving for governor, Mr. McConaughey said, helium would proceed to enactment entrepreneurs, businesses and foundations that are “leaders,” establishments that are “creating pathways for radical to win successful life,” and “organizations that person a ngo to service and physique trust, portion besides generating prosperity.”

“That’s the American dream,” helium said. “And politicians? The bully ones tin assistance america get to wherever we request to go. Yeah, but let’s beryllium clear: They can’t bash thing for america unless we take to bash for ourselves.”

When asked astir whether helium would tally for politician in an interrogation successful October connected the New York Times podcast “Sway,” Mr. McConaughey said helium was learning much astir authorities and measuring whether authorities is “an embassy for maine to beryllium of the astir usage to myself, to my family, to the astir magnitude of radical successful my beingness moving forward.”

“I similar to measurement things earlier I partake,” helium said connected the podcast. “And you’ve got to partake earlier you’ve partook.”

Mr. McConaughey is known for roles successful movies that see “Interstellar,” “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Dallas Buyers Club,” for which helium won the Academy Award for champion histrion successful 2014. Last year, helium published a memoir, “Greenlights.”

Mr. McConaughey had not antecedently indicated whether helium would tally for politician arsenic a Republican oregon a Democrat.

Mr. Abbott, who has been politician since 2014, is seeking a 3rd word successful a authorities wherever nary Democrat has won a statewide predetermination since 1994.

In a canvass released past week by The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas astatine Tyler, voters said they would beryllium much apt to enactment Mr. McConaughey than Mr. O’Rourke by astir 2-to-1.

In a hypothetical three-way wide predetermination contest, Mr. Abbott was the favourite with 37 percent of the vote, followed by Mr. McConaughey with 27 percent and Mr. O’Rourke with 26 percent. Ten percent of voters successful the canvass wanted idiosyncratic else.