From WRAL-TV and the Greensboro News and Record:
Jim Neal, A Chapel Hill investment banker plans to seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Elizabeth Dole.
A Press Release bio below the fold
James W. Neal Jr. is a relative unknown to most voters.
The Chapel Hill investment banker may announce this weekend that he'll run for the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole in 2008.
Neal, 50, is chairman and CEO of The Agema Group, a specialized financial advisory firm based in Research Triangle Park. He earned a bachelor of science in business administration from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1979, and a master of business administration from the University of Chicago.
In 2002, he was appointed to the Board of Governors of The New School in New York City.
In 2004, Neal raised money for retired Gen. Wesley Clark in the Democratic presidential primary. When Clark dropped out, he joined the John Kerry campaign.
He also donated $1,000 to U.S. Rep. Brad Miller, in 2006.
I dunno if James Neal is THE guy, but AT Least someone is in.