RALEIGH – Ilario Pantano is not taking any downtime after his narrow loss to 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. He partly blames his loss in November on lack of name recognition.
Candidates won’t be able to officially file with the State Board of Elections until early 2012.