An Atkins Democrat already is devising a plan to run for Congress in the 3 rd District in 2008, only a month after U. S. Rep. John Boozman trounced the Democratic nominee in the November election.

John Burnett, a lawyer who said he knows he’s got a fight on his hands, said Saturday that he’s planning to run for the seat held by the GOP since 1967.

He made the comments in an interview after Democratic Chairman Jason Willett introduced Burnett at the party’s committee meeting in Fayetteville.

“It’s going to be really fun to watch him go forward on this,” Willett said. “Let’s just do the damndest we can to knock John Boozman off.”