Senate Democratic primaries frozen (LA/NC/FL/SC) [View All]

Indecision by incumbents could hurt fundraising
By Max Lamont

Sens. John Breaux of Louisiana, John Edwards of North Carolina, Bob Graham of Florida and Ernest Hollings of South Carolina can’t — or won’t — say whether they will seek reelection in 2004.

That complicates the party’s efforts to hold on to its 48 Senate seats and forces other Democrats to put off running until the incumbents decide.

“The indecision of these candidates is the sort of thing that can really have an impact on the party,” said pollster John Zogby, president and CEO of Zogby International.

“Florida and North Carolina are particularly important because those states have huge implications on the presidential races aside from their own candidacy.”
In Edwards’s and Graham’s cases, White House aspirations have pushed the Senate to the sidelines.

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