Archive for July, 2010
Republicans go Head to Head in Arizona AG Primary
Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2010 10:37 Written by rslcpol Friday, 30 July 2010 10:37
From myfoxphoenix.com:
The race for the Republican nomination for Attorney General is turning into one of the more vicious battles of this primary season.
State Superintendent Tom Horne and former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, both seasoned politicians, may be in for the toughest campaign of their careers.
Andrew Thomas resigned as Maricopa County Attorney to run for AG.
“I think we need new energy and vision in this office for these tough challenges we have ahead of us,” he says, hoping to take some of his illegal immigration programs statewide — particularly his war against human smugglers.
“I think that that can be done very successfully on a statewide basis. We have a model in Maricopa County that I have done with the sheriff and it worked,” says Thomas.
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Two Republican Candidates for Attorney General in CT
Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2010 10:28 Written by rslcpol Friday, 30 July 2010 10:28
From StratfordStar.com:
“I am an experienced lawyer who is not swayed by political considerations,” Dean said. “Unlike my opponents, I have no ties to past failed administrations or to failed legislative policies.”
She said her decisions would be based on the law, “relying on knowledge, integrity and common sense.”
Garber said he would focus on the fundamentals of the office: “To advise state officials and agencies on how to comply with the law; to represent the state in court; and to enforce the state’s civil laws, including those that protect consumers from unscrupulous business practices, preserve the environment, and ensure that antitrust violations do not stifle competition.
“An attorney general’s success should not be measured in lawsuits filed or press conferences held,” he continued.
Dean, who made headlines earlier this year when she publicly advocated firearms training for schoolchildren, is now focusing on the issue of leadership.
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Two Republicans Seek AG Post in Kansas
Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2010 09:55 Written by rslcpol Friday, 30 July 2010 09:55
From the OlatheNews.com:
The two Republicans running for Kansas attorney general agree on most issues, but they come to the campaign trail from very different backgrounds.
Ralph De Zago is the city prosecutor for Junction City. He has worked as a private attorney, a public defender and an assistant state attorney general. He is a U.S. Army veteran and can claim more experience in the courtroom than his opponent, Kansas Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt.
“Trial experience plus management experience of a large law office is the way to go,” De Zago said. “He (Schmidt) is coming from more of a political background. I’m not a politician.”
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WI: Attorney General has plan to Fight Election Fraud
Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2010 09:44 Written by rslcpol Friday, 30 July 2010 09:44
From LaCrosseTribune.com:
Wisconsin’s attorney general says he is expanding an effort to investigate and prosecute cases of election fraud statewide.
J.B. Van Hollen, a Republican, said today his office is joining forces with 11 district attorneys to expand an existing task force that has filed charges against several individuals in Milwaukee County.
He says the group will help ensure uniform statewide enforcement of election-related laws, sharing information and strategies to fight problems like felons who vote, individuals who vote twice and voter registration fraud.
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Texas Lt. Governor Says Health Care Will Bust Budget
Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2010 09:42 Written by rslcpol Friday, 30 July 2010 09:42
From dallasnews.com:
WASHINGTON – Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst warned Wednesday that new federal health care legislation will bust Texas’ budget, saddling state taxpayers with $27 billion in extra costs over the next decade.
“That’s an astounding number for us,” Dewhurst told the Texas State Society at a breakfast that included a half-dozen members of Congress. “We’re on the hook for all those folks we’ve been trying to get to sign up for Medicaid.”
Democrats disputed Dewhurst’s estimate.
He said that doubling the state’s Medicaid rolls will mean that health care will claim an ever-bigger share of the state budget. And that segment has already grown from one-quarter of the budget to one-third in the last seven years.
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IA: GOP AG Candidate says state needs a Problem Solver
Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2010 09:07 Written by rslcpol Friday, 30 July 2010 09:07
From globegazette.com:
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowans need a “problem-solving lawyer on their side,” according to Brenna Findley, the Republican candidate for attorney general.
Findley, a Dexter attorney, is pushing a three-point plan of jobs, openness and transparency, and cleaning up scandals in state government.
Findley, 34 – the same age Attorney General Tom Miller when he was first elected three decades ago, acknowledges that jobs isn’t typically seen as part of the attorney general’s duties.
She can help by being a “problem-solving lawyer” on the state’s economic development team. Findley wants to improve the litigation climate “so companies don’t worry about being sued if the locate in Iowa.”
Secondly, she would use the attorney general’s authority to object to job-killing regulations.
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IA: Contrasts in the Race for AG
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 July 2010 06:37 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 29 July 2010 06:37
From the Iowa Independent:
Earlier this year, Republican Brenna Findley struggled to outline the differences between herself and incumbent Attorney General Tom Miller. She called for a “new direction” in the attorney general’s office, but stopped short of calling for any specific reforms.
That’s changed. The attorney general race has taken a definite shape, with each candidate taking starkly opposing positions on a handful of controversial national issues, and on at least one recurring state issue.
Miller, an almost 30-year incumbent, has typically enjoyed easy victories. He was unopposed four years ago and earned almost twice as many votes as his Republican opponents in each of the two elections before that. Likely banking on another decisive win, Miller’s campaign so far has been almost entirely quiet.
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July 29th, 2010 – RSLC in the News
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 July 2010 01:51 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 29 July 2010 01:47
From the Christian Science Monitor
GOP targets big prize in state elections this fall: redistricting:
Republican State Leadership Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie predicts a $30 million effort to elect GOP party members at the state level will cause at least 10 legislative chambers to flip from Democrat to Republican in November, giving Republicans greater power in redrawing Congressional districts.
“That can have an impact on the US House composition for a decade because of the redistricting process,” Mr. Gillespie, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, said at a Monitor-sponsored breakfast for reporters on Thursday.
From The Hill’s Ballot Box
GOP predicts major state legislature gains this fall will help with redistricting:
Republicans are forecasting widespread gains for the party this fall in legislative chambers across the country, which could give the party control over the redistricting process in a number of key states.
Former Republican National Committee Chairman and current head of the Republican State Leadership Committee Ed Gillespie on Thursday predicted a minimum of 10 legislative chamber pick-ups for Republicans in 2010.
“This is the first time a wave election year is taking place in a year that ends in a zero,” Gillespie said at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.
From the Christian Science Monitor
GOP-’tea party’ link a sign of Democrats’ ‘desperation’?:
Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican State Leadership Committee, says it is a “pretty good sign of their desperation” for the Democratic National Committee to launch an effort this week to try to damage Republican candidates’ electoral chances by linking the GOP to the extreme elements of the Tea Party.
Mr. Gillespie, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, spoke Thursday at a Monitor-sponsored breakfast for reporters.
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OK: Longtime Attorney General has run his last Race
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 July 2010 01:30 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 29 July 2010 01:30
From krmg.com:
Longtime Attorney General Drew Edmondson says his unsuccessful race for the Democratic nomination for governor of Oklahoma is his last.
A day after narrowly losing the primary election to Lt. Gov. Jari Askins, Edmondson said Wednesday he plans to retire from elective politics. Edmondson says he has no interest in running for the U.S. Senate or another other position.
But the 63-year-old attorney general says he plans to stay involved by supporting candidates in other political races. He has already offered to help Askins in the general election.
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KS: GOP Races to Narrow Field for State Offices
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 July 2010 01:27 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 29 July 2010 01:27
From hutchnews.com:
Experience and support for the new federal health care reform law are the defining issues in a Republican primary for Kansas insurance commissioner that will determine who holds the office for the next four years.
Republicans also must pick nominees in the Aug. 3 election for governor and attorney general, but each of those races has a candidate who’s expected to win easily.
In the insurance race, most Republicans expect incumbent Sandy Praeger, of Lawrence, to defeat insurance agent Dave Powell, of El Dorado. No other party has a candidate, meaning the outcome of the GOP race will determine whether Praeger keeps the office.
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