When Nick Kristof left The New York Times as a columnist, it was with the idea of running for Oregon governor. However, the pursuit for the position might not be taking place. 

Secretary of State Shemia Fagan announced that Kristof does not meet Oregon's residency requirement that provides him with the qualifications to run for governor. 

"When determining residency for elections purposes, the place where a person votes is particularly powerful, because voting is the center of engaged citizenship," elections director Deborah Scroggin and compliance specialist Lydia Plukchi wrote in a letter to Kristof outlining their findings. 

"The fact that you voted in New York strongly indicates that you viewed it as the place where you intended to permanently return when you were away."

Kristof was raised in rural Oregon, owned property in the state for decades, and returned nearly every summer while working as a columnist for The Times in New York and abroad. 

The for Times columnist testified that he'd been a resident of Oregon long enough to run for its highest office.

"We're going to continue campaigning for governor, and we're going to win that, too," Kristof said. "As you all know, I come from outside the political establishment, and I don't owe insiders anything (...) They view my campaign as a threat."