Conn. governor decides not to seek another term

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell attends 20th Century Foxs Blue Sky Studios Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Blue Sky Studios on January 22, 2009 in Greenwich, Connecticut. (Neilson Barnard, Getty Images for 20th Century Fox)

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she will not seek re-election next year.

She made the announcement in a news conference Monday at the statehouse in Hartford.

Rell has been governor since 2004, when John Rowland resigned in a corruption probe. In 2006 voters made her the first Republican woman elected to the post.

State budget problems have driven her job approval numbers down in recent polls.

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