Re: Grier Martin passes on Senate run

bill1fj — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:41:20 -0400

Somebody needs to run that will be more than a "professional politician".
Enough talk.
I don't know what she does up in Washington but I don't see anything happening.
20 million illegal aliens.
Federal highways crumbling.
Education needs help.
Health care needs to be available.
And then theres the middle east.
Either win it or get out. No more playing politics with our men and womens lives.
Thank You

Grier Martin passes on Senate run

bkrueger — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:46:52 -0400

State Rep. Grier Martin said this afternoon that he has decided not to run against U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole in 2008.

Martin, a Raleigh Democrat, said he thought Dole was vulnerable, but that family considerations made the race problematic, reports Rob Christensen.

“I came to the conclusion a long time ago that Senator Dole was vulnerable,” Martin said. "After that, the sole decision was whether I could make service in the Senate work for my family. I did a lot of research.”

But Martin, a major in the Army Reserve, left for service in Afghanistan when his daughter was six days old.

“I missed he first six months of her life and I’m still trying to make up for lost time,” he said. “I could not make it work."

Martin the lastest in a long line of Democrats have declined to challenge Dole, a Salisbury Republican. The only announced candidate is Jim Neal, a Chapel Hill investment banker.

Correction: An earlier version of this post listed the wrong branch of the military.

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