U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler will not run for Senate.
In a brief statement issued tonight, the Waynesville Democrat said that he has decided he will not run against Republican Sen. Richard Burr in 2010.
"I was flattered to have been asked by so many people across North Carolina to run for the U.S. Senate in 2010," he said. "However with our nation facing the most difficult economic times in generations, I feel my efforts are better utilized focusing on solutions to these challenges rather than campaigning across the state."
Shuler, a conservative Democrat from the mountains, had been increasingly mentioned as a possible Democratic candidate in recent weeks.
Attorney General Roy Cooper has also been on the shortlist.
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Shuler running from Burr?
Attorney General Roy Cooper has also been on the shortlist.*N&O
No doubt the N&O has found a piece of paper that reveals Democrat AG Cooper has very short underware when it comes to political races.