U.S. Sen. Michael Ben­net said Mon­day that he doesn’t want to be edu­ca­tion sec­re­tary — a job he was con­sid­ered for under the last Demo­c­ra­t­ic pres­i­dent — if Joe Biden is elect­ed pres­i­dent this week.

In an inter­view, the Den­ver Demo­c­rat and for­mer super­in­ten­dent of Den­ver Pub­lic Schools said “no” when asked if he was inter­est­ed in the job, which for­mer Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma con­sid­ered nom­i­nat­ing him for after the 2008 election.

Oba­ma instead chose Arne Dun­can and Ben­net was appoint­ed U.S. sen­a­tor. He won reelec­tion in 2010 and 2016 and said Mon­day that he will run again in 2022.

“My plan is to run for reelec­tion to the Sen­ate, and that’s what I’m going to do,” Ben­net said.

Bennet’s response should tamp down spec­u­la­tion about his polit­i­cal future. He fell far short in a pres­i­den­tial run this year, lead­ing to ques­tions about his desire to leave the Sen­ate, an insti­tu­tion he con­sid­ers to be dys­func­tion­al and broken.