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Jason Sandford

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From the Southern Political Report:

North Carolina: Moore Doesn’t Plan to Challenge Burr

Former state Treasurer Richard Moore (D) announced that he has no plans to run against US Sen. Richard Burr (R) next year. Moore ran a respectable (40%) but losing race for governor last year in the Democratic Primary against now-Gov. Beverly Perdue (D). The other likely Democratic contenders are state Attorney General Roy Cooper and US Rep. Heath Shuler of the 11^th District (Asheville, etc.). Shuler is currently building his reputation among conservatives by opposing key Obama initiatives, including the stimulus package and the omnibus appropriations bill, which included a pro-abortion provision that Shuler opposes. Meanwhile, a Public Policy Polling (D) survey shows that incumbent Burr has large leads against two fairly weak potential challengers, but polls under 50% in both matchups. Burr led former state Sen. Cal Cunningham (D) 46% to 27% and led former US Senate candidate Jim Neal (D) 44% to 33%. Neal got 18% to Kay Hagan’s 60% in last year’s Democratic US Senate primary.