Don Vaughan to run
Just talked to former City Council member Don Vaughan. He told me that he has filed paperwork to run for Sen. Kay Hagan's seat in 2008. Hagan is running for the U.S. Senate.
Vaughan ran for Hagan's seat back in the 1990s, but lost to John Blust, who lost in the next election to Hagan. (Blust is now a state representative.)
Vaughan lost his bid for re-election to the council in 2005. He is a lawyer and has a small legislative lobbying practice, which he'll have to give up should he win.
Click here for Vaughan's work web page.
Although other Democrats, including County Commissioner Paul Gibson, have expressed interest in running but Vaughan is the first one to file officially as far as I know.
Update:More online here and a previous story on potential replacements for Hagan here.