Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. of New Jersey will not be running for governor, despite finding the office “intriguing” in December.

In a joint press release with the Democratic leadership of the three counties he represents, Bergen, Hudson and Passaic, Pascrell announced that he was endorsing state Sen. Barbara Buono for governor.

No other serious Democratic candidate has emerged, and this is a show of establishment support behind Buono.

Should she win her party’s nomination, she will challenge popular Republican Gov. Chris Christie in November of this year.