Hillary Clinton Iowa fund-raiser fuels persistent presidential rumors

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February 1, 2002, 12:52 PM EST

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is hosting a fund-raiser for Iowa's governor. But don't take it as a sign she's interested in making a return trip to the White House, aides say.

"This has nothing to do with the presidency and everything to do with re-electing a great governor," Patty Solis Doyle, head of Clinton's political action committee HILLPAC, said Friday.

In fact, Clinton won't even enter Iowa, a magnet for politicians with an eye on the White House because of its first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses.

Clinton's Feb. 26 fund-raiser for Gov. Tom Vilsack will be held at a still to be determined location on Capitol Hill, said Solis Doyle.

Vilsack, a Democrat, is up for re-election in 2003.

A spokesman for his Republican opponent, Steve Sukup, said Clinton's involvement would not go over well in the Hawkeye state.

"This will probably do more harm than good," Tim Albrecht told the New York Post.

Clinton has said she will serve out her six-year term and dismissed speculation that she will eventually seek the presidency. She is still mentioned as a contender by Democrats and political watchers.

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