Thursday, May 15, 2008

Staying In

Staying In

Despite previous efforts to lose his bid for the 40th House District seat, Stan Morse now says he's in the race to win. Morse won last week's Democratic primary for the Wake County seat, despite endorsing his primary opponent, campaigning against himself and issuing his concession speech the day before the election. Still, Morse carried 55 percent of the Democratic vote in his Republican-leaning district. He'll face one-term GOP incumbent Rep. Marilyn Avila on the November ballot. Avila is the former chairwoman of the Wake County Republican Party and is employed as an administrator for the John Locke Foundation. Morse said Wednesday he will accept no campaign contributions or endorsements from PACs or special interest groups. He said he will take contributions of $100 or less from individuals, but that he intends to run a low cost, bare bones campaign. A consultant to the printing industry, Morse said he intends to print his own campaign signs using all recycled or waste mat! erials.

(Michael Biesecker, THE NEWS & OBSERVER, 5/15/08).

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