State Sen. Frank Morse said today he's considering whether to run for governor or seek re-election to the Senate next year.

Morse, a Republican from Albany, said he's been asked by some people to throw his hat into the ring for governor.

"That is really a major decision" he said. "I don't know that it would fit me."

On the other hand, he said, one thing that has been absent from Oregon's leadership is experience is running an enterprise and bringing about transformational change.

Before going to the Senate, he was part owner and president of the former Morse Brothers road construction company, since then bought by Knife River.

For more on this story, see this afternoon's Democrat-Herald