Via the Gazette: Mike Sheridan files for candidacy for Senate seat.
Sheridan said earlier this week he planned to publicaly [sic] announce his candidacy early next week. He filed paperwork to run for the 15th Senate District seat Friday, according to the state Government Accountability Board’s website….
Sheridan was elected to the 44th District of the state Assembly in 2004 and rose through the ranks to become Assembly speaker in 2009, only to lose his seat in 2010 to Republican challenger Joe Knilans.
Sheridan, a former General Motors employee who is now a lobbyist for the state AFL-CIO, disclosed in 2010 that he was dating a lobbyist for the payday loan industry. At the time, he was going through a divorce and had relaxed his positions on regulating the payday loan industry.