Auditor's race
I've been chatting up some folks about the Democratic shindig in Greensboro this weekend. It seems to be your standard issue political fare, although there was at least on campaign announcement.
Those who attended tell me that Beth Wood, who has worked in the state auditor's office for several years, plans to run for the Democratic nomination. Listed at the Director of Training Services on the auditor's website, Wood is lining up to challenger her old boss, Republican incumbent Les Merritt. He voice mail says she's out of the office this week, but we'll still try to catch up with her directly.
Also on the auditor front, an other Democratic name that got floated my way this morning was Joe Sinsheimer, who ran the JIMBLACKMUSTGO.COM website and more recently has been a thorn in the side of legislators like Rep. Thomas Wright who have failed to account fully for their campaign fundraising.
I asked Sinsheimer about this over e-mail. His reply:
"I have had people approach me about running for state auditor and while it is always flattering to be considered for a statewide office, I have no plans to run."
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Thanks for this update. Jim would be a great auditor, but I think I'd rather have him continue to operate as a free agent.
Glad to see someone who knows Less Merit from the inside taking on the challenge.
And thanks to whoever has tuned the N&R site to speed it up. I'd almost given up hope for being able to read regularly.
Posted on August 28, 2007 7:26 AM
Re: the N+R site speeding up: someone had to wake up the Gerbil that runs on the little wheel to make the thing go.
Posted on August 29, 2007 2:27 PM