Josh Kraushaar has an interesting tidbit to follow-on Montgomery mayor Bobby Bright’s announcement of a congressional run yesterday,

After spending months mulling over a campaign, Bobby Bright, the popular nonpartisan mayor of Montgomery, Ala., announced Tuesday that he is running as a Democrat for the seat vacated by Rep. Terry Everett (R-Ala.).

Bright had also been recruited by Republican campaign officials, to no avail.

Obama was one of the reasons behind his decision to run. The district, centered in Montgomery, has a 29 percent black population and overwhelmingly voted for Obama in Alabama’s presidential primary.

Those results proved encouraging to Bright, who needs high turnout from African-American voters to prevail in the heavily Republican district.

Bright’s campaign recently released a polling memo suggesting that a huge show of support from the African-American community could “add 3 to 5 points” to his margins against leading Republican opponents.

Congressional hopefuls ride the Obama wave - Josh Kraushaar - Politico.com