Who will Democrats field to challenge U.S. Sen. Richard Burr?
Here's the latest speculation from well-connected Washington Post blogger Chris Cillizza: Rep. Heath Shuler.
After North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper (D) said no to a challenge to Sen. Richard Burr (R) on Friday, national Democrats have begun to re-recruit Rep. Heath Shuler who has previously said "no" to the race. Shuler has the sort of profile -- pro life, pro gun -- that would make it difficult for Republicans to cast him as a "national" Democrat. He defeated scandal-tarred Rep. Charles Taylor in 2006 and won with a stunning 62 percent in 2008. Shuler also hails from the conservative western part of the state -- a potentially powerful base from which to run.
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