State Sen. Glenn Reese is pondering a 2006 run for the Governor’s Mansion.

Maybe.

“Anytime you’re an elected official and you see the obvious shortcomings of the current administration, it’s only natural to look in the mirror and say, ‘Am I the chosen one?’” Reese, a Boiling Springs Democrat, said Wednesday.

Reese, owner of Spartanburg’s Krispy Kreme doughnut shop, said he would make a final decision in late summer. He said he’s hopeful that someone else will emerge to challenge Gov. Mark Sanford.

“I’ll be glad to support anyone from the Democratic Party who runs,” Reese said. “Hopefully it will not be my lot in life to do it. It’s a tremendous undertaking.”

It also could be mission impossible. Sanford is wildly popular, and the Democratic Party barely has a pulse in South Carolina.

The Associated Press and The Spartanburg Herald-Journal