http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/trucker_files_for_u_s_senate Comments for "Trucker files for U.S. Senate" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/trucker_files_for_u_s_senate <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/morningroundup_100.jpg" class="blog-icon" /> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>A self-employed trucker is running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.</p><p>Duskin Lassiter, 37, of Lexington said he would focus on restoring manufacturing jobs, creating universal health coverage, improving border protection and increasing the minimum wage to $12 an hour. </p><p>&quot;I am not a politician, lawyer or even wealthy,&quot; Lassiter said in a video on his <a href="http://www.duskinlassiter4ussenate.com/">Web site</a>. &quot;I am a self-employee small-businessman who has personally felt the impact of bad economic policies over the past few years.&quot;</p><p>He has driven freight to other states for more than a decade. </p><p>He faces Chapel Hill investment banker <a href="/profiles/jim_neal">Jim Neal</a> and state Sen. <a href="/profiles/kay_hagan">Kay Hagan</a> in the primary. (<a href="http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&amp;c=MGArticle&amp;cid=1173353660311&amp;path=!localnews&amp;s=1037645509099">AP</a>)</p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/trucker_files_for_u_s_senate#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/trucker_files_for_u_s_senate#comment Duskin Lassiter health insurance illegal immigration minimum wage National Republican Senatorial Committee Under the Dome Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:10:00 -0500 ryanteaguebeckwith 3341 at http://projects.newsobserver.com