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MS: Lt. Gov. Bryant on Proposed Tobacco Tax Hike
Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 January 2009 12:35 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 27 January 2009 12:35
From Clarion Ledger:
The state Senate could pass a tobacco tax increase this week, but it likely will not be as high as the 82 cents per pack that already has cleared the Mississippi House.
Lt. Gov Phil Bryant figures the Senate will consider adding 50 to 60 cents to the existing 18-cents a-pack tax already in place.
Bryant discussed the tax and other key issues facing the Senate this legislative session at an editorial board meeting Monday at The Clarion-Ledger.
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KY: Dem LG Mongiardo Says He’s Running for US Senate… Again
Last Updated on Monday, 26 January 2009 11:50 Written by rslcpol Monday, 26 January 2009 11:50
From Bluegrass Politics:
Mongiardo, who lost to Sen. Jim Bunning by 1.4 percent in 2004, announced Monday morning in a news release his intention to file candidacy papers later this week to run in 2010.
Mongiardo was a two-term state senator when he first challenged Bunning in 2004.
Bunning has repeatedly said he will run for another term, but speculation continues that he may back out. Bunning is expected to speak more about his future on Tuesday.
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States Continue Their Spending Sprees
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 January 2009 11:11 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 13 January 2009 11:07
From USA Today:
In Arizona, spending is up 6.6% during the first six months of a budget year that began July 1. That’s on top of a 10.5% increase last year. The state spends an average of $28 million a day while receiving $22 million in revenue, state Treasurer Dean Martin says. “The housing bubble burst in mid-2006 … and the budget keeps growing as if that never happened,” says Martin, who expects to borrow money to pay some bills.
A lot of states “haven’t really ‘fessed up yet in terms of how bad it is,” says National Governors Association executive director Ray Scheppach.
AZ: Secretary of State and Governor-to-be Quiet on her Plans
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 January 2009 11:58 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 13 January 2009 11:04
For those who are curious – the Arizona Secretary of State is first in line of succession should the office of Governor become vacant. Unlike most states, Arizona does not have the office of lieutenant governor. From Arizona Daily Star:
PHOENIX — Even though Gov. Janet Napolitano was the one on stage Monday outlining what the state’s priorities should be, in many ways all eyes were on Secretary of State Jan Brewer.
It’s assumed Brewer will be governor within days, if Napolitano is confirmed as the new head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
But Brewer gave no indication of her priorities Monday — no reaction to Napolitano’s speech, just a short statement thanking the governor for her service.
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OK: 2 Consider Post as Lt. Gov. Askins Leaves
Last Updated on Monday, 12 January 2009 03:12 Written by rslcpol Monday, 12 January 2009 12:39
There will be so many folks running for this open statewide seat, both Republicans and Democrats, that candidates will have to campaign in shifts! From NewsOK.com:
Two Democratic lawmakers are looking at running for lieutenant governor in 2010 now that Lt. Gov. Jari Askins said she’ll run for governor.
Rep. John Carey of Durant and Sen. Kenneth Corn of Poteau said Tuesday they are studying whether to run for the statewide office.
Corn said he would make a decision next week, and Carey said he would wait until at least Askins, a Democrat elected lieutenant governor in 2006, makes a formal announcement. Askins has sent letters to supporters stating she plans to run for governor instead of seeking re-election.
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GA: Secretary of State Joins Lt. Gov. in Race for Governor
Last Updated on Monday, 12 January 2009 09:49 Written by rslcpol Monday, 12 January 2009 09:49
From the Ledger-Enquirer:
“I am running for governor,” Karen Handel told The Associated Press at the annual Wild Hog Supper, held on the eve of the legislative session’s first day.
A former chairwoman of the Fulton County Commission, she enters what is shaping up as a crowded Republican field.
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine are also running and have already begun assembling sizable campaign war chests with some 18 months to go until a primary.
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TN: Lt. Gov. Talks Governor Run and Legislature
Last Updated on Friday, 9 January 2009 03:15 Written by rslcpol Friday, 9 January 2009 02:12
Nobody gives as better interview in Tennessee than Ron “Slash” Ramsey. Why call him “Slash”? Not because he can play a mean riff on a Fender, and not because he’s just a quadruple threat, but rather of all of the hats he wears: State Senator/Senate President/Lieutenant Governor/doting husband. From the Nashville Post:
Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey met with members of the media today in advance of next week’s opening of the Tennessee General Assembly and spoke about the 2010 governor’s race and the upcoming session.
In regard to the governor’s race – for which there already three Republican candidates in Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons, Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam and Congressman Zach Wamp of Chattanooga – Ramsey said that he wanted to get close to the end of session before making a decision whether he will run.
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OR: New Faces Enter 3 Key State Offices
Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 January 2009 12:30 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 6 January 2009 12:30
From the Stateman Journal:
Kate Brown became secretary of state and Ben Westlund state treasurer in a Capitol ceremony presided over by former Gov. Barbara Roberts, who was secretary of state herself almost two decades ago. Gov. Ted Kulongoski administered the oaths.
John Kroger became attorney general in a separate ceremony at the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Paul De Muniz administered the oath, and Kulongoski, himself a former attorney general and Supreme Court justice, spoke briefly.
All the new officials are Democrats, and it’s the first time since 1977 that all three offices have new faces. Brown and Westlund are former senators, but Kroger is the first attorney general elected in more than 50 years without legislative experience.
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OK: LG Askins Running for Governor
Last Updated on Monday, 5 January 2009 02:10 Written by rslcpol Monday, 5 January 2009 02:06
Lots of open seats in Oklahoma. First term Democrat L.G. Jari Askins is running for Governor. Four-term Democrat A.G. Drew Edmondson is running for Governor. What Republicans will run to fill the L.G. and A.G. slots in Oklahoma in 2010? We know – do you? From Tulsa World:
Lt. Gov. Jari Askins, a Democrat, plans to run for governor in 2010.
As first reported on tulsaworld.com, in a letter dated Friday and obtained by the Tulsa World on Sunday, Askins tells supporters she will “soon become a candidate for Governor of Oklahoma.”
Askins said Sunday in a telephone interview that she plans a formal announcement this month.
Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson, a Democrat, has said he intends to run for governor and will not seek re-election as attorney general.
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SC Governor Race: LG and AG Both in the Running
Last Updated on Monday, 5 January 2009 01:26 Written by rslcpol Monday, 5 January 2009 01:21
We at the RSLC have always said that your Republican secretaries of state, state legislators, lieutenant governors, and attorneys general are America’s future governors, congressmen (and women!), and even President. Republican Attorney General Henry McMaster, and Republican Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer are perfect examples. With leaders like this, this country’s future is very bright. From The State:
Gov. Mark Sanford says he will be involved in the 2010 race to elect his successor, but declined to say who he might support.
“I think some of my actions I’ve taken to date would probably give you some insights as to what I feel,” Sanford said, declining to clarify or elaborate.
When he left the U.S. House after three terms, the GOP governor did not endorse a successor.
Retrospectively, that “was a mistake,” Sanford said, adding of his Republican successor: “I think that (U.S. Rep.) Henry Brown has been anything but a guardian of the taxpayer.”
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