Former Lt Gov. Dennis Wicker says if his friend U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge doesn't get into the Senate race, he might.
"The truth is I am continuing to talk to people who encourage me to run," Wicker told Rob Christensen. "If he (Etheridge) were to rule it out, it would increase my interest. Right now I continue to listen to people."
"I realize that the time frame is getting tighter," Wicker said, "but this is something I continue to think about."
Wicker, a Sanford resident who practices law in Raleigh, is a former state House majority leader and two-term lieutenant governor, who lost the Democratic primary for governor to Mike Easley in 2000.
He said it would take a strong candidate to defeat Republican Sen. Richard Burr next year.
