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MO: GOP LG Throws Hat In Ring For Governor’s Race
Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 January 2008 04:47 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:39
It’s turning in to a big state and local elected official party on the Republican side, with Republican Lt. Governor Pete Kinder, and Republican House Speaker Rod Jetton potentially throwing their hats into the ring. With potentially these two state and local Republican leaders in the race, Republicans have a great chance of electing another future leader from the ranks supported by the RSLC.
Lt. Governor Peter Kinder, also a republican, said he would throw his hat in the ring as a candidate.Kinder’s officer issued the following statement: “As Lt. Governor and President Pro Tem I have brought fundamental change to state government. I have served as a change agent my entire career and look forward to continuing my positive leadership. Missourians deserve a strong economy to create new higher paying jobs, a world class education, and affordable and accessible health care. I am the right person to deliver the positive change Missourians deserve.
I am heartened by the outpouring of support and I will formally announce my plans for Governor in the coming weeks.”
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WV: The Scent of an Election Year
Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 January 2008 03:16 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 22 January 2008 11:56
Read the article – just read it – and tell us if you think West Virginia’s Democrat A.G. Darrell McGraw adheres to the money is power school of thought. Maybe McGraw wants to be the money and power guy to West Virginia, like this guy is to New York. Seriously though, our favorite candidate to take down McGraw in ’08, and this candidate could do it with cold calculation, is right here.
And what better topic to come up again in an election year than the disbursement of funds derived from lawsuits which Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s office has filed on behalf of the state.Under the glare of television lights and media reports, McGraw has made it a point in recent years to dole out millions in settlement funds to various public and private entities across the state. Legislators like to gripe and moan about it, say the attorney general shouldn’t be doing it, but at the end of the day they don’t do squat about it.
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GA: Power Players at The Capitol
Last Updated on Monday, 14 January 2008 01:43 Written by rslcpol Monday, 14 January 2008 01:43
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle: The president of the Senate and the first Republican to run the chamber. A deliberate conservative who tends to think things through before speaking or acting. Has a good relationship with the media and is considered a likely candidate for governor in 2010 if U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson doesn’t run. As a longtime Gainesville senator, he was pro-development and pro-business, but not strictly a “yes man” for Perdue.
Senate President Pro Tem Eric Johnson (R-Savannah): The No. 2 leader of the Senate, he is one of the shrewdest and most powerful players at the Capitol. He’s among the most quoted officials at the Statehouse because of his ability to turn a smart phrase. An architect by profession, he has spent years building the state GOP. First elected to the Senate in 1994, Johnson has been a strong Perdue supporter.
Senate Majority Leader Tommie Williams (R-Lyons)
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Candidate’s Fundraising Analyzed In Montana
Last Updated on Monday, 14 January 2008 01:24 Written by rslcpol Monday, 14 January 2008 01:24
Here are some leftovers from the campaign finance reports filed last week by candidates for statewide office.
Blowing their wads early?
The theory behind campaign fund-raising is simple: squirrel away as much cash as you can and then spend it shortly before the election on advertising and other promotions. Two candidates have run through most of their money already. A Democratic candidate for state school superintendent, Sen. Sam Kitzenberg of Glasgow, had only $117 left as of Dec. 31 out of the $5,640 he’s raised, while a Republican attorney general candidate, Lee Bruner of Butte, has plowed through more than $20,000 and had $1,912 left Dec. 31.
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KS: Gov. Grooming LG To Be Her Successor?
Last Updated on Monday, 14 January 2008 03:09 Written by rslcpol Monday, 14 January 2008 01:13
It does seem like an odd play for Sebelius to have a former Republican run as a Democrat for Governor – that’s not really the way you grow a party from the ground up. And it’s not like Sebelius’s track record of recruiting party switchers is really all that hot. Look at the last guy she wooed. That worked out well.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has given Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson several high-profile policy assignments, suggesting she’s grooming him to be her successor when she can’t seek another term in 2010.He is co-chairman of the Kansas Energy Council, something that’s made him a spokesman for her administration in an important policy area. Last week, she also appointed him to lead a new group that will promote wind energy.
She also has made him the leader of a renewed effort to make state government more efficient that she’s calling BEST II. She launched the original BEST — it stands for Budget Efficiency and Savings Teams — just before taking office in January 2003.
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TN: Dem Governor Mad GOP LG Voted Against His Mansion
Last Updated on Friday, 11 January 2008 12:18 Written by rslcpol Friday, 11 January 2008 11:41
Maybe Lieutenant Governor Ramsey knows that digging big holes in the ground with government money can get more expensive than expected. Take a look at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center and the Big Dig up in Massachusetts ($8 billion over budget) just to name a couple of taxpayer funded blown budgets. Come on, does the Tennessee Governor’s mansion really need an underground ballroom? What are they building – Versailles on Music Row?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Governor Bredesen criticized Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey for being the lone holdout in the Tennessee Building Commission’s vote to clear the way for construction of an underground hall at the governor’s mansion.The hall is part of a $19 million project to renovate the mansion that has drawn objections from neighbors.
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VA: LG To Push Conservative Package of Bills
Last Updated on Friday, 11 January 2008 12:21 Written by rslcpol Friday, 11 January 2008 11:20
You’ve got to credit GOP Lt. Governor Bill Bolling for going on his 100 Ideas tour and coming back with real ideas.
Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling proposed yesterday a strongly conservative legislative agenda that includes tougher laws against illegal immigrants and proposals to help homeowners get property tax relief.Bolling said many of the 24 proposals arose out of a listening tour, “100 Ideas for the Future of Virginia”, that he began last April.
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AL: Presidential Race Could Impact State
Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:46 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:46
Others said Riley, 63, will be reluctant to leave the state in Democratic hands, a prospect that could influence any decision about running for vice president. A move to Washington, D.C., would elevate Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom, a Democrat, to the governor’s office.
The possibility of Riley leaving early “seems pretty unlikely, given the strength of our candidates” running for president, said Jesse McDaniel, a spokesman for the Alabama Democratic Party.
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WA: Political Junkies Get Their Fix in 2008
Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:15 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:15
If you love government and politics, 2008 is going to be your year!
Not only do you get to decide who is going to head most government organizations, but you’re also going to get to “tinker” with how your local government actually runs.
The headliner is, of course, who will be President of the United States? Hillary Clinton? Barack Obama? Maybe you like John Edwards and his positions on health care. Or how about Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, or another Arkansas governor like Mike Huckabee? The winner will be our new leader on the Iraq war, global warming and the economy. These are big issues.
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VA: George Allen Out Of Race For Governor
Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 January 2008 10:51 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 9 January 2008 10:51
An 800-pound gorilla is leaving Virginia politics, dramatically altering the dynamics — in both parties — for the 2009 contest for governor.
Former U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., narrowly defeated for re-election in 2006, in part, because he was perceived as insensitive on race and ethnicity, announced yesterday that he will not run next year for governor, the office he held from 1994 to 1998.
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