Source: Ken Lewis to endorse Elaine Marshall
RALEIGH (AP) - Former U.S. Senate candidate Ken Lewis is endorsing campaign rival Elaine Marshall in her runoff for the Democratic nomination in North Carolina.
A person close to the Marshall campaign with knowledge of the endorsement said Wednesday that Lewis would put his support behind the secretary of state. The person spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to pre-empt Lewis' official announcement at a news conference at 10:30 a.m. in Raleigh.
The endorsement provides a key push for Marshall, who didn't win enough votes earlier this month to oust second-place finisher Cal Cunningham. They will face again in a June 22 runoff. Lewis finished third in the first round, carrying 17 percent of the voters.
Lewis would not comment when reached Wednesday morning.
The Chapel Hill attorney spent much of his campaign casting himself as a political rookie who would be the best agent for change. He said after the primary election that he would continue to mobilize his supporters in the best way to move forward a progressive agenda.
Marshall has been North Carolina's secretary of state for a decade while Cunningham served in the state Senate for two years before serving as an Army prosecutor in Iraq. They are vying for a chance to challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr in November.
A person close to the Marshall campaign with knowledge of the endorsement said Wednesday that Lewis would put his support behind the secretary of state. The person spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to pre-empt Lewis' official announcement at a news conference at 10:30 a.m. in Raleigh.
The endorsement provides a key push for Marshall, who didn't win enough votes earlier this month to oust second-place finisher Cal Cunningham. They will face again in a June 22 runoff. Lewis finished third in the first round, carrying 17 percent of the voters.
Lewis would not comment when reached Wednesday morning.
The Chapel Hill attorney spent much of his campaign casting himself as a political rookie who would be the best agent for change. He said after the primary election that he would continue to mobilize his supporters in the best way to move forward a progressive agenda.
Marshall has been North Carolina's secretary of state for a decade while Cunningham served in the state Senate for two years before serving as an Army prosecutor in Iraq. They are vying for a chance to challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr in November.
posted by BP News Bureau | 10:00 AM
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