Ralph Baxter Jr.who closed out his two-decade-plus run as Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s chairman and CEO earlier this yearhas decided not to enter the race to succeed retiring U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller in 2014.
Baxter, 66, announced his decision during an interview with a West Virginia radio station Thursday. My family and I have decided that this is not the right time for us to seek political office, he said during the interview.