Article: JIM STINGL; IN MY OPINION Who do you know wants to be governor?

What, no Democrats want to be governor?

There is Jared Christiansen. He's 18 and a declared candidate. My top issues at that age were girls, beer (legally at the time) and acting stupid. Christiansen has position papers on jobs, taxes and education.

The Ellsworth student likely would have to quit his job at McDonald's if he's elected. He also might want to think about taking down his MySpace page that lists his favorite book as "Don't like to read." (He was probably kidding.)

Now with Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton abruptly out of the race, Christiansen has the taste of victory in his mouth.

"Just waiting to see what Barrett does now," Christiansen tweeted on Twitter this week.

We're all waiting on ...

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