INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. — (AP) The former Indian Trail councilman who wrote his resignation letter in Klingon is a write-in candidate for U.S. Senate.
David Waddell is a certified write-in candidate against Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan.
Waddell says his January resignation letter from town council boosted his name recognition but may have hurt his candidacy.
He says he's a Libertarian running on the Constitution Party's platform.
Waddell said then he used Klingon, the language of a warrior race on the "Star Trek" TV shows and movies, as an inside joke.
The North Carolina Board of Elections says Waddell had enough valid signatures to be a write-in candidate. His name won't be on the ballot but votes for him will be counted.
Hagan's Republican opponent is House Speaker Thom Tillis.