Secretary of State Elaine Marshall said Wednesday that she still hopes that her rival Cal Cunningham reconsiders his decision to call for a runoff in the Democratic Senate primary.
“I hope he will put the best interests of the party and the best interests of the people front and foremost rather than this his own personal ambitions,'' Marshall said in an interview at campaign headquarters in Raleigh.
Marshall said she thought there was some pressure on Cunningham to rethink his decision to call for a runoff which would be held on June 22nd, Rob Christensen reports.
"There are people in the state who have not been happy about Washington interference and the success I've had at the ballot box yesterday has only increased that," she said.
She was referring to Cunningham's support from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Marshall led the primary with 36 percent of the vote to Cunningham's 27 percent, short of the 40 percent needed to clinch the nomination.
Marshall suggested the runoff might get a little rougher.
"Once you get down to a two-person race it some times becomes a little more hard-edged," she said. "But we are going to be very positive. We are going to show distinctions. We are going to campaign for the best interests of North Carolina."
Marshall spent part of the day in her campaign headquarters, calling supporters and donors.
