Bryan Anderson, AP – A nonprofit group encouraging STEM professionals to run for public office is pushing a former NASA astronaut to enter North Carolina’s Democratic primary for an open U.S. Senate seat. Joan Higginbotham, the third Black woman to go into space, is “seriously, seriously” considering entering the race and is “doing all the things that candidates who are looking to run for office are doing,” according to Josh Morrow, co-founder and executive director of 314 Action, who said he spoke with her on Tuesday about the potential candidacy. Efforts to reach Higginbotham through the group were unsuccessful.

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