Jul 01 2009
State Senator Hutto Pondering Run Against DeMint
S. Sen. Jim DeMint could gain a high-profile challenger later this summer.
State Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg, said he is looking at entering the race and plans to make a decision by Labor Day.
“A lot of people have asked me about that, and I have responded to them that I would consider that,” he said. “I’ve been in the process of talking to people about that, but I haven’t made any decisions yet.”
Hutto, a 51-year-old lawyer, was elected to the District 40 Senate seat in 1996.
I don’t know that I consider Hutto to be a “high profile challenger”, but I imagine he is as close the Democrats will get to having one. I don’t think DeMint is going to be in any real danger next year, although a lot of people said that about Elizabeth Dole and she was handed an upset loss by a State Senator so who knows.
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NC is turning blue and Dole ran an incredibly bad campaign. DeMint has his re-election in the bag barring a Sanford-esque meltdown.
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Dole never represented NC. She was focused on being a National
Senator and not a NC Senator. She used NC for her own personal resume. She never made NC her real home.
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