Archive for the ‘Lieutenant Governor News’ Category

From Delaware Online:

Republican Charlie Copeland outraised his opponent for lieutenant governor, Matt Denn, by more than 2-to-1 and outspent him by about $78,000 since January, but the Democrat will enter the last stretch of the campaign with more than $100,000 more cash on hand.

Both candidates filed finance reports Monday for the first time since January, showing large differences in their fundraising for this year.

Copeland reported he raised $393,757 since April, when he received his first donation of the year. He began the year with $84,965 left over from his state Senate fundraising.

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From the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

“This is the most important election in our lifetime,” Lt. Gov. Ramsey said Monday to the Hamilton County Pachyderm Club, a Republican group.

Sen. McCain, R-Ariz., led U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in the presidential race in Tennessee by 16 points in a Chattanooga Times Free Press poll conducted in late September. But Wade Munday, spokesman for the Tennessee Democratic Party, said the presidential race won’t have an effect on other races.

“To think that there’s a presidential coattail effect in Tennessee is grasping at straws,” he said.

Neither party now has control in the Tennessee Senate, which consists of 16 Democrats, 16 Republicans and one independent.

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From The Day:

Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele is preparing for a weeklong humanitarian and trade mission to China with lieutenant governors from Nevada, Kansas, Alabama and Wisconsin.Fedele, accompanied by his wife, Carol, leaves this weekend. He plans to tour economic development zones and meet with Beijing’s assistant foreign minister, vice minister of commerce and the vice premier.

He also will spend time at the Chengdu Panda Research Center, meet the lieutenant governor of the Sichuan Province, and visit Shanghai and Mianyang, a city devastated by the May 12 earthquake.

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From the Bennington Banner:

With about five weeks to go before Election Day, Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie has taken to the road, where he says he will talk to Vermonters about his record over the past six years. Dubie, known for his laid-back approach to campaigning, officially announced this week his intention to seek a fourth term as Vermont’s second-in-command.

The announcement was certainly not a surprise, but was delayed when the American Airlines pilot and member of the Air Force Reserve was deployed to Florida earlier this month to help with Hurricane Ike relief.

Dubie said the economy and how Vermonters will pay to heat their homes are the major issues on the minds of voters. According to Dubie, the state is well positioned to weather a poor economic outlook because of an “unmet need for housing” that “will help drive economy.”

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From Newsvine:

Kinder and Page have accused each other of shielding records from public scrutiny, slashing health care and twisting the truth.

“I suit up with a chin strap on tight and I come to play,” Kinder explained in an interview.

Through 12 years in the state Senate, Kinder earned a reputation as a bulldog. But as a lawmaker and lieutenant governor, he also has bridged party and regional differences to occasionally work with political opponents.

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Republican A.G. nominee Mike Gibbons is surging on his well funded Democrat opponent, and incumbent Republican L.G. Peter Kinder continues to break away form this Democrat opponent.  Missouri will be a key state to watch for state races in November.

From STLtoday:

Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, a Republican, was favored by 51 percent of those polled, compared with 35 percent for Democrat Sam Page, a state legislator. Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, a Democrat, also had 51 percent, compared with 40 percent for Republican nominee Mitchell Hubbard.

Survey respondents gave Democrat Chris Koster a lead over Republican Mike Gibbons for attorney general, 46 percent to 40 percent. Republican Brad Lager was pulling 45 percent to Clint Zweifel’s 37 percent in the race for state treasurer.

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If you don’t know Republican L.G. nominee Robert Pittenger, you should.  His plan is to bring the long sought after reform of responsible growth and spending to North Carolina state government.  Truly, a future leader.  From BlueRidgeNow:

Republican Robert Pittenger, who resigned from his third term in the Senate in May to campaign, criticized Democrat Sen. Walter Dalton for voting to increase the state budget and debt during an hour-long televised debate.

Pittenger pegged himself as a reformer who will stop the “incredible waste of our tax dollars” – a clear knock on Dalton, who is one of the Democrats’ lead budget-writers in the Senate.

“State government’s gotten too big, spends too much, doesn’t give taxpayers what they really deserve,” Pittenger said.

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