Article: Hartigan lets his big dream go unrealized

It was Neil F. Hartigan's last hurrah.

In an announcement that changed the state's political landscape for 1998, Hartigan ended a 20-year quest for the governorship.

Hartigan, 58, who would have been the probable Democratic nominee for governor, is calling it a day. He is retiring from politics to spend more time with his family and to practice law. For the first time in a generation, Hartigan isn't in contention for the governorship. He leaves behind a legacy of accomplishment and of what might have been. He was hardworking and innovative in the tradition of Hubert H. Humphrey. A powerful orator, Hartigan spoke with a passion and exuberance that captured the spirit of the Democratic ...

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