By Stuart Rothenberg Over the past few weeks, North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (D), who is challenging Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), has been on a public relations offensive. First, there was a Lake Research Partners memo on incumbent Burr’s standing with state voters. Then there was a “Senate Primary Analysis” from Thomas Mills, who runs a North Carolina-based communications...
The Raleigh News & Observer reported last week that former North Carolina Democratic Lieutenant Governor Dennis Wicker had decided against a run for Republican Richard Burr's Senate seat. That leaves Elaine Marshall and Kenneth Lewis as the only declared Democratic candidates. I have Chapel Hill mayor Kevin Foy on my list and I gather US Rep Bob Etheridge and former state senator Cal Cunningham...
TV ads are up and running--in a big way--in the districts of moderate House members, as interest groups either thank them for their votes on the House health care bill or attack them for voting the "wrong" way. At least 17 House members will have ads running in their districts next week, as a couple new campaigns are getting underway. Here's what those members--most of whom are considered...
(By Rob Christensen, rob.christensen@newsobserver.com) U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge said Friday that he would not challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr next year, despite a concerted effort by the national Democratic Party to coax him into the race. The decision is another setback for the Democrats, who earlier this year failed to entice state Attorney General Roy Cooper to enter the Senate contest.
(By Rob Christensen, rob.christensen@newsobserver.com) Congressman Bob Etheridge said today that he would not challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr next year, despite a concerted effort by the national Democratic Party to coax him into the race. The decision is another setback for the Democrats, who this year failed to entice Attorney General Roy Cooper into the race.
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) has decided against running for the Senate in 2010, according to informed sources, a choice that hands Democrats another setback in their recruiting efforts against North Carolina's senior senator, Richard Burr (R).
The Fix : North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge has decided against running for the Senate in 2010, according to informed sources, a choice that hands Democrats another setback in their recruiting efforts against Sen. Richard Burr (R). [...] Attorney Cal Cunningham, who also drew some interest from the DSCC, announced earlier this week he also would not run, although it's likely that national party strategists...
U.S. Representative Bob Etheridge (D-NC) “has decided against running for the Senate in 2010, according to informed sources, a choice that hands Democrats another setback in their recruiting efforts against Sen. Richard Burr (R),” the Washington Post reports. Etheridge, who served as state superintendent of public education before getting elected to Congress in the mid-1990s, [...]
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) has decided against running for the Senate in 2010 against Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), The Fix reports. "Etheridge, who served as state superintendent of public education before getting elected to Congress in the mid-1990s, has been courted for the race by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. He had repeatedly flirted with running for the Senate earlier this decade...
? FL-Sen : There's probably no good way to spin the firing of the head spinner: after weeks of unending bad press, Charlie Crist has decided the solution is to fire his long-time communication director, Erin Isaac. (Isaac contends that she left on her own, and the timing has nothing to do with Crist's collapse.) ? IL-Sen, OH-Sen : Two little-known, never-been-elected rich guys are going on the air...
Steve Benen notes that Harry Reid is talking a new jobs bill , but one can only imagine how the GOP and the ConservaDems will try to stop it. For that matter, it's not clear how much Reid emphasized the idea yesterday -- The Hill ran a fairly lengthy report, but I haven't seen similar reporting from the other outlets. If there was a concerted push about a major new employment initiative, it seems likely...
Democrat Cal Cunningham has decided not to challenge Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) in 2010, Congressional Quarterly reports. Cal Cunningham, a former state senator, informed supporters Monday night that he will pass on the race. Cunningham had been generating interest among Democratic Party leaders as a possible recruit should Rep. Bob Etheridge decline to run. Etheridge [...]
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