North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall is "pretty seriously leaning towards" running against Republican Sen. Richard M. Burr in 2010, campaign strategist Thomas Mills tell CQ Politics.
"She's gotten very strong feedback both in state and in Washington," said Mills.
If you paid attention to President Obama's health care forum in Raleigh, N.C. on Wednesday, you would have noticed her there, as well.
As the number of Democratic prospects continue to dwindle, Marshall is looking like a lead contender to take on Burr, whose shaky standing at home has Democratic party leaders drooling.
A longtime Democrat official, Marshall was the first woman to win statewide office in North Carolina and has been re-elected to her post three times.
Previously, she served two years in the state Senate. However, she lost her previous shot at a Senate run, taking second to Erskine Bowles in the 2002 Democratic primary. Bowles went on to lose to Republican Elizabeth Dole that year.
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