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Local and national Democratic Party leaders recruited Lucas to make a run for his old seat.

He formally announced his candidacy on January 30.

He had been leaning toward running for some time, and Davis had reportedly been acting as if Lucas would be his opponent.

Even though many of the backers of the " Draft Ken Lucas " effort were considerably more liberal than Lucas had been in Congress, they felt that Lucas had a realistic chance of putting the seat back in Democratic hands.