Friday, February 24, 2012
Lt. Gov. Dems: Dellinger out, Crisco mulling
So far in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor, it's former state Rep. Linda Coleman, favored candidate of the State Employees Association (SEANC), against Sen. Eric Mansfield, who's backed by a number of legislators and some prominent progressives. (E.g., Barbara Goodmon, Dan Besse, Nina Szlosberg-Landis.) MansfieldPR3V1_copy.pdf
Coleman lives in Wake County, Mansfield in Cumberland County.
Hampton Dellinger, a Durham resident and the Indy's endorsed candidate in 2008, was thinking about it. He issued a statement a brief time ago saying he won't run. But Keith Crisco, the state's Secretary of Commerce, may run. Various accounts quote him as giving it serious thought and planning to decide over the weekend.
Crisco is from western North Carolina (Randolph County) and is white. Coleman and Mansfield are black.
Filing deadline is next Wednesday. One of these Lt. Gov. candidates could wind up being the state's top Democratic elected official when 2012 ends. Something to think about.
Latest in Citizen
-
Perdue: I'll be in charge on fracking, thank you
- May 21, 2012
-
Too scary? Efforts to curb N.C. voting in 2012 recall state's 1898 coup
The means are different but the object is the same: Leave the rich in control by preventing the masses from voting their interests.
- May 21, 2012
-
Frank Eaton, Mary-Ann Baldwin, Don Vaughan: Next N.C. Dems chair?
- May 10, 2012
- More »
More by Author
-
Linda Coleman: She's pro-civil unions, against Amendment 1 in Dems Lt. Gov. primary
"I support civil unions. We need to change the law to allow people to live together."
- Mar 12, 2012
-
Down with the DOMA: The campaign to defeat Amerndment One
- Feb 24, 2012
- More »
Comments (0)