Posted on 09/09/2009 10:54:02 AM PDT by MitchellC
Secretary of State Elaine Marshall filed paperwork Tuesday to create a campaign committee to run for the U.S. Senate next year.
"We’ll have a more formal announcement in the future," said Thomas Mills, a consultant for Marshall. "We were feeling we just needed to get started in moving forward."
Marshall joins Kenneth Lewis, a Durham lawyer and the only other announced Democratic candidate, in the field to take on U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican. Other Democrats eyeing the race include former Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker, former state Sen. Cal Cunningham and U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge.
Marshall, a former state senator, was first elected secretary of state in 1996, when she defeated NASCAR legend Richard Petty. She was the first woman elected to statewide executive office. In 2002, she unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.
ping
Make that NC Rat ping
Another Harvey Gantt.
Petty would have won that election if he hadn’t had a NASCAR flashback on the expressway one day.
Get as many prominent rodents to run as possible, a nice ugly primary benefits us.
It’s a pity she can do so without risking her current job.
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