Ben Keneally won't run in Garrett's seat The husband of former NSW premier Kristina Keneally ruled himself out as Kingsford Smith candidate. THE husband of former NSW premier Kristina Keneally has followed his wife's lead and ruled himself out as a candidate in the federal seat of Kingsford Smith. Peter Garrett is currently the local MP in the Sydney seat but is retiring at the upcoming election after Kevin Rudd took the Labor leadership this week. Ms Keneally, who lost the NSW election in 2011, on Thursday quashed talk she would run as a candidate to replace rockstar turned politician Garrett. Ms Keneally says she would prefer to stay as Basketball Australia's CEO and spend time with her family. On Friday, Ms Keneally's husband Ben Keneally, who is the Mayor of Botany Bay, also ruled out a tilt at federal parliament. "I am thoroughly enjoying being Mayor of this great City, and I am committed to seeing through the full term to which I was recently elected," Mr Keneally said in a statement. In particular, I want to stay as Mayor to see off the NSW Government's threat to amalgamate councils. Mr Keneally said he had recently started a new job in the private sector. "I am really enjoying my new job," he added. Mr Garrett holds Kingsford Smith, in Sydney's southeast, on a margin of 5.2 per cent. The Liberal Party is running St Vincent's Hospital researcher Michael Feneley in the seat, while the Greens' candidate is 24-year-old data analyst James Macdonald. Jimmy Ng is running on the The Palmer United Party ticket. Labor is yet to preselect a candidate.