Next term, there would be an incumbent district attorney and most people like to serve at least two terms. Effectively, I'm taking myself out of the picture for eight years.

The best job I ever had was serving as chief deputy in the district attorney's office. I loved every minute of it, I loved working with police. It was always my dream to go back. I learned so much.

If I were going to run, this would be the year because it's an open seat.

There are many reasons. The timing just hasn't worked out at all. I'm totally ruling it out for this year, but who knows what will happen in the future?

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

I saw people dying at the convention center, I saw people already dead, and there was nothing — nothing — I could do because I had no tools, ... That was the hell of the day. Then the night would fall, and it became like a Stephen King novel. These predators were holed up in the center, and they came out and preyed on the people.