There is nothing more exciting for a county party than a vacant seat in the General Assembly. From the mundanity of procedural tasks and petty squabbles, they are suddenly thrust to the peak of their constitutional role.
In a body of 170 legislators, rarely does a session elapse without a departure or two. That’s where Democrats are now with the news that Sen. Graig Meyer is leaving the Senate to run the N.C. Justice Center. It’s a plum job, especially for a member of the minority party, and it comes with a nice pay bump too.
I don’t have any special insight into what the Orange, Caswell, and Person County Democratic parties are going to do. But because Person County is in the district, one name naturally comes to mind: Anderson Clayton.
To be clear, I have no indication Anderson Clayton is pursuing this Senate seat. But it would make some sense.
The chairwoman of the state Democratic Party proudly hails from Roxboro, and has made the quixotic task of persuading rural voters to turn back…
