Scott MacKay of WRNI’s On Politics blog is reporting that Robert Flanders is denying any interest in running for Governor of Rhode Island, as a Republican, or a Moderate, or under any other party banner…

Flanders, a lawyer, says that he “has no intention” of running and is focused on his legal practice and his post has chairman of the state Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education….Flanders also says he did not look forward to having to “raise the awful lot of money” that a run for governor would entail.