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RI: AG Candidates Make their Case in Debate
Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:49 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 13 October 2010 12:41
From projo.com:
The five candidates for attorney general were at Roger Williams University Tuesday night, each trying to make the case that he would be the best lawyer for the citizens of Rhode Island.
The quintet, Democrat Peter F. Kilmartin, Moderate Party nominee Christopher H. Little, Republican Erik B. Wallin and independent candidates Keven McKenna and Robert E. Rainville all noted that the office involves more than just criminal prosecutions, as they discussed immigration, health care and environmental issues.
Sponsored by Roger Williams University School of Law and the Rhode Island Center for Law and Public Policy, the event was held at the law school’s appellate courtroom lecture hall. The front of the room was built like an appellate courtroom, with a paneled wall stained in dark cherry and a matching judges’ bench, where the candidates sat.
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Mass. Republican AG Candidate Talks about His Campaign
Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:34 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 13 October 2010 12:05
From jimforag.com:
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CO: Marijuana Group Likes Democrat AG Candidate
Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:50 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 13 October 2010 11:44
From DailyCamera.com:
A marijuana advocacy group plans to laud Colorado attorney general candidate Stan Garnett and other candidates Wednesday in downtown Denver for their positions on pot regulation.
The group, SAFER, said it sent a survey to candidates asking whether marijuana should be regulated similarly to alcohol and whether adults 21 and older should be allowed to possess up to one ounce of pot.
It said Garnett, Boulder County’s district attorney, responded that he supported such a regulatory scheme. His opponent, State Attorney General John Suthers, was cited for being vehemently opposed to the legalization of marijuana.
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A marijuana advocacy group plans to laud Colorado attorney general candidate Stan Garnett and other candidates Wednesday in downtown Denver for their positions on pot regulation.The group, SAFER, said it sent a survey to candidates asking whether marijuana should be regulated similarly to alcohol and whether adults 21 and older should be allowed to possess up to one ounce of pot.
It said Garnett, Boulder County’s district attorney, responded that he supported such a regulatory scheme. His opponent, State Attorney General John Suthers, was cited for being vehemently opposed to the legalization of marijuana.
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Yankees Give Money to GOP AG Candidate
Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:50 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 12 October 2010 02:12
From New York Post:
The Yankees have entered the fray for state attorney general.
Campaign records show that Yankee Global Enterprise LLC, the company that owns the ball club and its cable enterprises, donated $25,000 on Sept. 27 to GOP candidate Dan Donovan.
“He’s friendly with [team President] Randy Levine and knew George Steinbrenner,” one source said.
But don’t expect Democrat Eric Schneiderman to start rooting against the home team in the playoffs. One insider said the Yankees are likely to cut a check to him as well.
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Republicans Win AG and Secretary of State Endorsements in New Mexico
Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:52 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 12 October 2010 02:01
From ABQJournal:
The Journal makes recommendations in these three statewide races in the Nov. 2 general election:
Secretary of State — Dianna Duran
There’s no question the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office has been plagued by scandal. From Rebecca Vigil-Giron’s indictment involving millions in federal voter funds to the parade of incumbent Mary Herrera’s now ex-employees talking to the FBI, one of the state’s most important offices has been in the public eye for all the wrong reasons.
Republican Dianna Duran, who has represented Otero and Doña Ana counties in the state Senate since 1993, has the qualifications and plans to put the office in the spotlight for the right ones.
Duran vows to put sound management principles in place and “look carefully at every dollar spent.” She plans to work with county clerks and the Legislature to implement photo voter ID, and recounts specific examples of voter fraud she’s heard on the campaign trail to show why. And she will collaborate with the state’s 33 county clerks so rules that work are promulgated in a timely fashion.
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CO AG Challenger Split with AG on Health Care Suit
Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:53 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:40
From Denver Post:
A March e-mail exchange between Attorney General John Suthers and Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett appears to show the challenger was an early supporter of the incumbent.
The e-mails recently came to light after Colorado Ethics Watch filed an Open Records Act request seeking information on the costs of Suthers joining in on a lawsuit opposing the health care bill.
Garnett told Suthers he was pulling support for his candidacy because he believes joining the suit is inappropriate.
“Your decision to engage Colorado in this legal battle is cynical and partisan, and outside the appropriate role for a state attorney general,” Garnett wrote in the March 22 e-mail. “Those who wondered why I, as a progressive Democratic DA would endorse a Republican AG, which I was doing as recently as yesterday, will wonder no longer.”
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NY AG Race Heats Up
Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:53 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:29
From the Daily News:
Republican state attorney general wanna-be Dan Donovan’s camp is accusing rival Eric Schneiderman of being in the tank for trial lawyers. The Democrat has raked in $210,800 from trial lawyers, records show. “Schneiderman has been in the pocket of the trial lawyers his entire career,” Donovan adviser Menashe Shapiro charged.
Schneiderman’s team called the charge “desperate and baffling” given that “trial lawyers spent almost a million dollars trying to defeat Eric in the primary.”
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CT: AG Candidates Debate
Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:14 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:14
From nbcconnecticut.com:
The next four years in the Connecticut attorney general’s office will not be like the last 20, the major-party candidates for the position said Monday.
The office’s focus after Democrat Richard Blumenthal leaves were among the topics discussed during the second debate between Democrat George Jepsen and Republican Martha Dean at Quinnipiac University School of Law.
Jepsen and Dean want to replace Blumenthal, who has held the office for 20 years. He’s in a race for the U.S. Senate seat Chris Dodd will vacate by retiring.
Jepsen, an attorney from Ridgefield, defended Blumenthal’s tenure, saying he has built an “extraordinary record” as attorney general. Jepsen even called on his opponent to apologize for accusing Blumenthal of dropping the ball during the debate of same-sex marriages in the state.
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MI: AG Candidates Outline Priorities
Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:03 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:03
From Record-Eagle.com:
The Associated Press sought answers to questions from the four candidates running for Michigan attorney general. Their answers were limited to 100 words or less, and have been trimmed where necessary to meet the limit.
The ones who responded are Libertarian candidate and St. Joseph lawyer Daniel Grow, Genesee County prosecutor and Democratic candidate David Leyton, and former state Court of Appeals judge and Republican candidate Bill Schuette.
U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Gerald T. Van Sickle, of Wellston, didn’t respond by the deadline.
Question: What would your priorities be as attorney general?
Libertarian Daniel Grow: Any matter involving political corruption, the waste of taxpayer funds, violations of property rights, or any other injustice, whether at the state, local, or federal level, must be aggressively pursued. I am free of the political debts career politicians incur to get them where they are. The promises and pledges that the others have made insures that the big-government status quo thrives and expands.
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AZ: Republican AG Candidate up 18
Last Updated on Monday, 11 October 2010 01:14 Written by rslcpol Monday, 11 October 2010 01:14
From Politico Mafioso:
Republican Attorney General nominee Tom Horne has increased his lead from 8 percentage points a month ago to 18 percentage points in a poll conducted October 5 to October 6 and released today by Wilson Research Strategies, a nationally recognized polling firm. A summary of the poll is attached.
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