Posted by Ron Sparks has made official what we already knew… he will not challenge incumbent Jeff Sessions (R) for his U.S. Senate seat in 2008.
Sparks, the state agriculture commissioner, said he decided not to run after talking with state Sen. Vivian Figures of Mobile, who is running.
“I believe that the best chance Democrats have to win that seat is if we are unified and avoid a primary battle,” Sparks said in a released statement.
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Sessions just got re-elected by a landslide.
Just makes me want to cry. He’ll be in the Senate until 2014. I may die with Jeff Sessions still my Senator.
I think Sparks would have had a very tough time against Sessions.
[...] 3. Ron Sparks announced that he won’t run for US Senate in 2008, and Sack Sessions closed up shop. I’m sorry to hear both those things. [...]
Yes, Sparks would have had a tough time, but not as tough as the time Figures will have. I am extremely disappointed.
[...] Vivian Figures. Will she or won’t she run for the U.S. Senate seat occupied by Republican incumbent Jeff Sessions? The state senator from Mobile continues to put off an official announcement that she is running for the seat, though she had made enough noise about it that state Agricultural Commissioner Ron Sparks decided not to challenge her in the Democratic primary. [...]
[...] Democrat Ron Sparks, the state’s Agricultural Commissioner, had considered a run but chose to avoid a primary fight with Figures. [...]