Ralph Baxter, Jr. has confirmed that he is considering a run for the West Virginia U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jay Rockefeller in 2014.

The confirmation came in an interview with West Virginia radio personality Hoppy Kercheval on Wednesday, during which the outgoing chairman of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, said, “like any citizen I want to serve the state of West Virginia and so in that way I am interested.”  But Baxter, who is a Democrat, quickly added, ” . . . I’m a long way from having any idea that I will run.”