And it sounds like it’s not to run for Governor of North Carolina, either. The relevant text:
This was not an easy decision. However, I am confident that it is the right decision. It is a decision I have weighed heavily over the past few months. I have always said family comes first, and I never intended to be a career politician. I am ready to refocus my priorities and spend more time at home with my wife Nikol and two young children.
Translation: redistricting had doomed Heath Shuler, anyway, and it’s a bad year to be a Democrat in North Carolina. Just ask Bev Perdue.
Moe Lane (crosspost)
PS: Man, Charlotte’s going to be all kinds of fun during the Democrats’ convention this year, huh? Whose idea was that, anyway? Joe Biden’s? It kind of feels like a Joe Biden kind of decision.
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