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Tom Wolf is pleased to see a competitive race for Saskatoon mayor this year, but he regrets he will not be joining it.

Wolf came from nowhere in 2012 as a political unknown — and he only entered the mayor’s race in September — to garner 47 per cent of the vote facing off against incumbent Mayor Don Atchison, who received 52 per cent.

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“To be honest, I’m not in a place in my life where a campaign is possible right now,” Wolf, an agricultural researcher, said in an interview Wednesday. “I have a thriving new business and I love it.

“I do have some regrets because I’m humbled by the support shown for me four years ago.”

Wolf nearly pulled off a historic upset in 2012.

Only three times in Saskatoon’s history has a mayor ever been elected without serving on council first, the last coming 49 years ago. And only three times has an incumbent Saskatoon mayor ever lost a re-election bid.

Wolf said he’s happy to see veteran Coun. Charlie Clark enter the race to challenge Atchison this year.