Marshall for Senate?

[ccharles000]

Secretary of State Elaine Marshall's name has not been on any Democratic U.S. Senate lists, but maybe she should be.

Marshall said running against Republican Sen. Richard Burr next year is something she might consider, although she is not actively testing the waters now.

"It's on my radar screen," Marshall said. "I have not excluded myself from that. Right now we have a world of hurt down at the General Assembly."

Marshall, a 63-year old Lillington attorney and former state senator, became the first woman, to win a state-wide executive office in 1996, when she defeated NASCAR legend Richard Petty. She has been easily re-elected since then.

But her one effort to move up fell far short, when she finished third in the 2002 Senate primary behind Erskine Bowles, now the University of North Carolina president, and former House Speaker Dan Blue, now a state senator.

http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/marshall_for_senate

[ronnykmarshall]

1. Oh no thanks, but nice of you to ask.

[joeybee12]

3. You'd do a Fab-u-lous job!

:D

[ccharles000]

2. kick

[Thrill]

4. I like her. But right now I'm behind Moore