Folsom Considering Another Run For Governor

Alabama Lieutenant Governor Jim Folsom Jr. says he will make a decision early next year.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: November 24, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Democratic Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom Jr. says
he will make a decision early in the new year about whether to run
again for governor, an office he held for two years and his father
for eight.
The 59-year-old Folsom stayed out of politics for 12 years after
losing the 1994 race for governor. But he says he is enjoying his
return and is getting lots of encouragement to enter the 2010 race
to replace Republican Gov. Bob Riley.
In an interview last week with The Associated Press, Folsom says
by January or February, he will try to make a decision.
Two other prominent Democrats, U.S. Rep. Artur Davis of
Birmingham and state Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks, are also
considering the race. Folsom calls Davis and Sparks friends and
says they talk regularly, but they have not discussed the 2010
contest.
One sign of Folsom's interest is the creation of a political
action committee named after the farm-to-market road program that
his father, two-term Gov. James E. "Big Jim" Folsom, used to pave
rural roads.
The new Farm to Market PAC was organized by Montgomery attorney
Peck Fox, a longtime Folsom adviser. It raised nearly $40,000
before the election Nov. 4 and had another fundraising reception in
Birmingham on Nov. 19 attended by Folsom.
Fox says the PAC will support candidates who share a vision for
the future with Folsom.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Folsom Considering Another Run For Governor

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