N.C. Rep. Brad Miller, D-13th, says he has no interest in challenging Republican Sen. Richard Burr in 2010, reports the AP.
[Miller] was courted to challenge Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole for last month’s election. Miller declined to run against Dole and went on to comfortably win re-election to the House.
When he passed on the bid last year, Miller explained that the campaign would have turned his life upside down at a time that he was focusing on important issues in the House. This time, Miller was more blunt, saying he’s not even interested in going through the process of considering the bid.
“I don’t want to spend 18 months of my life having people in Washington tell me how to be Southern,” Miller said.
Depending on what happens with the Obama administration between Inauguration Day and 2010, Miller (“The most liberal, white congressman in the South,” according to John Fund) would probably be a risky bet for Democrats in a statewide race, especially against the moderate Burr.
