Talkling to WPTF’s Bill LuMaye in Rawlee, Mayor Pat McCrory makes clear he is still mulling over running for higher office. He mentions that he has supporters who want him to run for governor again, and those who want him to run for Congress. McCrory says he hasn’t decided what to do and that the impact on his family of another campaign is something he’ll consider carefully.
But in talking about the 2008 governor’s race, McCrory called it “exhausting” and was clearly still troubled by the outcome. Color me doubtful he tries that again. The smaller footprint of a congressional race, however, is another matter. To run against Larry Kissell next year, as some consultants have floated, McCrory would first have to move from his Maryland Ave. home — at least technically — and into the slice of East Charlotte and a bit of Uptown that is in Kissell’s district.*
Might happen, might not.
Hat tip Right Angles
