A former federal prosecutor whose office put a series of high-profile North Carolina Democrats in prison wants to replace one in Congress.
George E.B. Holding said Wednesday he will run for the Republican nomination for the 13th District seat now held by U.S. Rep. Brad Miller.
Holding stepped down as U.S. attorney for eastern North Carolina last week after five years in the office and four years as the top assistant.
The 43-year-old Republican stayed in his post three years into the Obama administration to avoid disrupting investigations into former presidential candidate John Edwards and former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley.
Holding's office brought public corruption cases that resulted in convictions against former state House Speaker Jim Black, former state Agriculture Commissioner Meg Scott Phipps and former Rep. Frank Ballance.
Email
Facebook
Google
Twitter
Favorites
More
Advertisement