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VA: Lt. Governor Debate will be Webcast
Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2009 02:00 Written by rslcpol Monday, 19 October 2009 02:00
From HamptonRoads.com:
Voters in Hampton Roads can catch tonight’s debate between Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and his Democratic challenger, Jody Wagner, on the Web.
The faceoff between the two, which in all likelihood will be the only one before the Nov. 3 election, is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Roanoke College in Salem. It’ll be live-streamed on the Web site of Roanoke TV station WSLS, http://www2.wsls.com/.
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Virginia Republicans Lead in Polls and Dollars
Last Updated on Friday, 16 October 2009 12:17 Written by rslcpol Friday, 16 October 2009 12:17
From PilotOnline.com:
Likewise, the two Republicans running statewide alongside McDonnell had larger fundraising hauls than their Democratic opponents.
Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling narrowly out-raised Democrat Jody Wagner: he brought in $476,336, compared to her $465,302.
The $1.2 million the Republican incumbent had in his war chest also exceeded the $879,708 reported by Wagner, a former state finance secretary from Virginia Beach.
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Alaska: Former Lt. Governor Officially Files for Governor
Last Updated on Thursday, 15 October 2009 02:05 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 15 October 2009 02:05
From Juneau Blogger:
Gov. Sean Parnell filed a letter of intent Wednesday to run for a full term as governor in 2010. The filing allows Parnell to form a campaign committee and begin raising funds.
In a press release, he said his priority remains Alaska’s economy.
“We have a lot more work to do as we position our economy for growth and our people for opportunity. Alaska’s resources need to be more fully explored and developed, our young people need to be better prepared in school for jobs, and Alaskans need a steady hand on the state’s finances so our state lives within its means,” he said.
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IN: Lt. Governor Collects Cards for Troops
Last Updated on Thursday, 15 October 2009 02:00 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 15 October 2009 02:00
From the Kokomo Tribune:
Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman is urging Indiana residents to write letters and send cards to troops during the upcoming holiday season.
Skillman says the mail campaign called “Hoosier Cheer For Our Heroes” is a chance for people to send their thoughts, prayers and thanks to Indiana servicemen and women who will be spending the holidays away from their homes and families. Skillman’s office received about 20,000 cards for troops last year, and officials hope to top that this year.
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Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Unsure When She’ll Resign
Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 12:20 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 14 October 2009 12:20
From the Politico:
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) can’t quite pull the trigger on when she’ll resign her Senate seat.
The four term Republican – engaged in a bruising GOP primary for governor of Texas — said Tuesday that the health care battle in Washington may delay her plans to quit her Senate seat, leaving Texas and national Republicans guessing about when they’ll be able to launch an effort to replace her.
“Right now I want to just see what comes next,” Hutchison told a Dallas-Fort Worth radio station, according to the Dallas Morning News. “I want to stay and fight with every bone in my body against a government takeover of health care.”
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Virginia: Editorial – Democrats Drag at the Top
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 10:25 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 13 October 2009 10:25
From NewsVirginia.com:
Prospects for a Republican sweep in the state’s marquee races brighten almost by the minute as Democrats struggle against drags at the top of the state and national parties. R. Creigh Deeds and President Barack Obama look like a dating service mismatch, each racing for the door as though fleeing an unwanted goodnight kiss.
Welcome again to the political void, the hue of which changes as regularly as the seasons. A year ago, Obama eased comfortably into the campaign stretch as though it were one of his tailored suits. Now his political cachet has turned threadbare and Deeds’ lost campaign nibbles at what’s left. Even at the apex of his dazzling political game, Obama might have been unable to rescue Deeds from himself. But matters are worse: The president’s coattails, like the emperor’s clothes, are gone.
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Another Secret Tape of Kentucky Lt. Governor hits Web
Last Updated on Monday, 12 October 2009 02:12 Written by rslcpol Monday, 12 October 2009 02:12
From Bluegrass Politics:
Mongiardo’s campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2010 has said the anonymous tapings have been heavily edited but has not denied their veracity.
Beshear has dismissed the tapings as “political shenanigans,” and said he strongly supports Mongiardo for U.S. Senate.
In the latest taping, Mongiardo also mentions the work of Dick Prelopski as his campaign’s director of field operations.
Prelopski resigned as an executive director in the Beshear administration’s Department for Local Government on June 30 to join the Mongiardo campaign.
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Alaska Lt. Governor Files to run for LG in 2010
Last Updated on Monday, 12 October 2009 02:02 Written by rslcpol Monday, 12 October 2009 02:02
From Newsminer.com:
Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell, saying he wants to “make sure Alaska residents never have to pay an income tax or statewide sales tax,” announced plans to start his 2010 campaign.
Campbell said he plan to file papers with the elections office today in Anchorage to run for lieutenant governor, the office he was appointed to this summer after Gov. Sarah Palin quit and Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell moved up to the top state job.
The announcement from Campbell said he wants to make sure that the state doesn’t threaten the freedom of Alaskans.
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VA: New Poll has Republicans Up
Last Updated on Monday, 12 October 2009 10:33 Written by rslcpol Monday, 12 October 2009 09:54
Check out latest polls and trends at the RSLC 2009 Election Information Center
From Martinsville Bulletin:
“Virginia voters are sophisticated,” he said, and have not voted straight party tickets for the last two gubernatorial elections.
He was referring to 2001, when Democrat Mark Warner was elected governor and Tim Kaine was chosen lieutenant governor, but Republican Jerry Kilgore was elected attorney general. Four years later, Kaine won the governor’s race against Kilgore, Republican Bill Bolling was elected lieutenant governor and the GOP’s Bob McDonnell was elected attorney general. Now, McDonnell is running for governor and Bolling is seeking re-election. A Mason-Dixon Virginia Poll released Sunday gave McDonnell an 8 point lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds in the governor’s race. Last week, a Washington Post poll gave McDonnell a 9 point edge.
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NJ: Lt. Governor Candidates Spar in Debate
Last Updated on Friday, 9 October 2009 12:16 Written by rslcpol Friday, 9 October 2009 12:16
From NJ.com:
Barely known outside of the state’s political circles, the candidates vying to become New Jersey’s first lieutenant governor pulled no punches last night in their only debate heading into the Nov. 3 election.
Democratic state Sen. Loretta Weinberg, Republican Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno and independent Frank Esposito held their 90-minute debate at Monmouth University amid a fiesty live audience that often interrupted with cheers and boos.
The candidates sparred over taxes, corruption and health care. They also got personal, dishing out sharp critiques of one another and especially the gubernatorial candidates.
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