COLUMBIA — Columbia School Board President Karla DeSpain will not run for the 23rd District state representative seat this year, she said Tuesday. DeSpain said she had been approached by several people, whom she would not name, to consider running, but she has declined.
DeSpain will not run for state office
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 | 12:42 p.m. CDT;
updated 12:20 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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