Ilario Pantano is not taking any downtime after his narrow loss to U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-7th. Pantano filed campaign paperwork with the Federal Election Commission. He said he decided to keep his campaign active in order to meet as many potential voters as possible. Pantano partly blames his loss in November on a lack of name recognition.
Redistricting may play a major role in the composition of the district next year.
Candidates won’t be able to file with the State Board of Elections officially until early 2012.
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Anthony Greco is an associate editor of Carolina Journal.