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Nevada: LG Fights Back Attorney General
Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 March 2009 10:41 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 3 March 2009 10:41
From the Denver Post:
Nevada’s lieutenant governor moved Monday to disqualify the state attorney general from prosecuting him on felony charges alleging he mishandled a multibillion-dollar state college savings program when he was state treasurer.
A lawyer for Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, in a motion filed in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, said Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto should be disqualified “based on conflicts of interests, appearance of impropriety and a violation of due process.”
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SC: GOP Gets First Candidate for Lieutenant Governor
Last Updated on Monday, 2 March 2009 03:03 Written by rslcpol Monday, 2 March 2009 02:47
From WIS10:
An Orangeburg Army Reserve lieutenant colonel and Afghanistan veteran is preparing to announce his bid for lieutenant governor.Campaign manager and spokesman Joshua Gross said Monday that Bill Connor plans to announce his bid Tuesday at the Statehouse.
Republican Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said last week he’ll probably run for governor. GOP Gov. Mark Sanford can’t seek third term in 2010.
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TN: Lieutenant Governor Ramsey Announces Candidacy for Governor at Dinner
Last Updated on Monday, 2 March 2009 04:18 Written by rslcpol Monday, 2 March 2009 11:16
Bet some ripples passed through the crowd when Ramsey broke this news. Have you seen his Facebook page? From the Commercial Appeal:
Ramsey, 53, whose office also carries the title of lieutenant governor, was on the program at the Greeneville event with three previously declared candidates — Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Bill Gibbons, Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam and U.S. Rep. Zack Wamp of Chattanooga.
All three had addressed the crowd, according to The Greeneville Sun newspaper, when Ramsey took the stage to introduce state GOP chairman Robin Smith. The newspaper reported that Ramsey was “enthusiastically” applauded when he said, “I am here in Greene County to announce that I am going to be a candidate for governor” as well.
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NM: Union Loves Val Kilmer, But Backs LG Denish for Governor
Last Updated on Friday, 27 February 2009 02:53 Written by rslcpol Friday, 27 February 2009 02:53
From TMC:
SANTA FE, N.M. – Val Kilmer is a “great guy” but Lt.-Gov. Diane Denish should be New Mexico’s next governor, says a leader of the union representing the state’s film and television industry.
The 49-year-old actor, who lives on a ranch southeast of Santa Fe, has said he’s thinking about running for governor in 2010, when second-term Gov. Bill Richardson is precluded from running again.
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Tennessee LG Ramsey Exploring Run for Governor
Last Updated on Friday, 27 February 2009 02:44 Written by rslcpol Friday, 27 February 2009 02:38
The latest in chatter about Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey potentially running for Governor.
From Nashville Post Politics:
And Ken Whitehouse says he’s looking to make it officially unofficial by setting up an exploratory committee:
According to state law, Ramsey is not allowed to raise campaign funds while the legislature is in session. But speculation would be that calls are being made now in order to encourage potential donors not to commit to any of the other Republican gubernatorial candidates.
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Governors on the Fence Sideline other Candidates
Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 February 2009 10:40 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 24 February 2009 10:40
From CQ Politics:
As governors in Florida and Kansas ponder their next political moves, would-be candidates in those states remain in limbo.
Republican Charlie Crist of Florida and Democrat Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas would find competition from within their parties melt away if they decide to run for the Senate in 2010.
Elsewhere, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal , a Democrat, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty , a Republican, are keeping would-be successors waiting by failing to say whether they want to run for re-election.
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Georgia LG and Speaker of the House Announce Transportation Act
Last Updated on Monday, 23 February 2009 11:10 Written by rslcpol Monday, 23 February 2009 11:10
From Lt. Governor Casey Cagle:
Governor Sonny Perdue, Lt. Governor Casey Cagle and Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson today announced the Transforming Transportation Investment Act, legislation that will dramatically improve the way transportation projects are planned, constructed and maintained in Georgia.
“Georgians deserve a transportation network that functions as a whole – not 13 gerrymandered parts,” said Governor Sonny Perdue. “We need to abandon the scattered approach that spreads resources too thin, and instead focus investment on projects that actually move the needle on congestion, job creation and take full advantage of the investments we have made in our ports, rail lines and
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IL: The Silence of the Dems
Last Updated on Friday, 20 February 2009 12:09 Written by rslcpol Friday, 20 February 2009 10:33
You’ve got to read this piece from the Tribune. It’s just perfect. From Chicago Tribune:
By what he said and what he chose not to say, Roland Burris lied his way into the United States Senate. Our questions, then, for leaders of Burris’ Democratic Party:
Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Harry Reid, Mayor Richard Daley, Gov. Pat Quinn, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan, Secretary of State Jesse White, Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias—what’s your moral calculus here?
• Do you think it’s acceptable for someone to take a Senate seat by lies of commission and of omission? That is, by saying what isn’t true—and by declining to say what is?
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Former GOP State Senator Turned Dem LG about to become Democrat Governor
Last Updated on Friday, 20 February 2009 11:51 Written by rslcpol Friday, 20 February 2009 10:19
Enough to make your head spin and pop off. But, it might not happen if there’s more like this out there on the current Democrat Governor. From KansasCity.com:
Fifteen years ago, Mark Parkinson became a rising star in Kansas politics. A Republican state senator mentioned as a future governor or a U.S. senator.
Ambitious. Smart. Not afraid of standing out.
But Parkinson, who’s from Olathe, turned his back on politics 13 years ago and became a businessman. He and his wife, Stacy, raised three children and developed a successful chain of nursing homes. He stayed involved behind the scenes, even serving as state GOP chairman.
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IL: Burris – ‘Put a good word in for me to the LG’
Last Updated on Friday, 20 February 2009 10:36 Written by rslcpol Friday, 20 February 2009 08:36
Does this guy last the weekend? Did he really make all of these contacts trying to get this job? Look, nobody’s faulting him for expressing his interest, they’re hitting him on not being forthcoming. As they in DC – it’s not the crime, it’s the cover up. And the way this one just keeps drip, drip, drip, dripping out ain’t good…unless you’re Roland Burris’s political opponents – which now includes many of his former political allies. From the Examiner:
Former Blagojevich administration chief operating officer John Filan said Burris also called after Blagojevich’s Dec. 9 arrest on federal corruption charges, during which Burris asked Filan to put in a good word with then Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn in the event Quinn became governor, the Chicago Tribune reports in Friday’s editions. Filan said he didn’t do that.
Burris’ contact with Filan was not mentioned in the first affidavits about how he got the job that was filed with state lawmakers.
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