Archive for the ‘Secretaries of State’ Category
IA: Republicans pick their Secretary of State Candidate
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:45 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 9 June 2010 01:14
From DesMoinesRegister.com:
Matthew Schultz, an attorney from Council Bluffs, won the Republican primary Tuesday to challenge Secretary of State Michael Mauro in November’s elections, according to the Associated Press.
With 95 percent of precincts counted late Tuesday, Schultz had 47 percent of the votes, leading two other Republicans. George Eichhorn, a lawyer from Stratford and former state representative, had 27 percent, and Des Moines resident Christopher Sanger, the owner of a bakery, had 26 percent.
Tags: Iowa | Posted under Secretaries of State | No Comments
Republicans pick former NFL player for Secretary of State
Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 June 2010 01:11 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 9 June 2010 01:11
From mercurynews.com:
Former NFL player Damon Dunn has won the Republican nomination for California secretary of state.
Dunn defeated Orange County lawyer Orly Taitz in Tuesday’s primary, and will face incumbent Democrat Debra Bowen in the general election in November.
Dunn is a self-described “recovering nonvoter” who hadn’t cast a ballot in an election until 2009. He had said his failure to vote would help him reach out to other nonvoters and inspire them to get involved.
Posted under Secretaries of State | No Comments
Republicans Get Candidates in California
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:46 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 9 June 2010 09:16
From LA Times:
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley convincingly won the GOP primary for attorney general on Tuesday, giving Republicans a strong chance at capturing the state’s top law enforcement job in the November contest.
His San Francisco counterpart, Dist. Atty. Kamala Harris, appeared to overcome an aggressive — and expensive — challenge in the Democratic primary as she seeks to become the first woman, first Asian and first African American to serve as attorney general. Harris claimed victory late Tuesday, though her nearest rival had yet to concede. Former Los Angeles City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo was running well behind in a crowded field.
Cooley, a political moderate who has won three district attorney elections in heavily Democratic Los Angeles County, was leading despite a bruising primary battle in which his two GOP rivals unsuccessfully attempted to portray him as being too liberal for the Republican faithful.
Tags: California | Posted under Attorney General News, Lieutenant Governor News, Secretaries of State | No Comments
IA: Republican SOS Hopefuls want election Reform
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:59 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 27 May 2010 01:29
From Quad-City Times:
Three Republicans seeking the nomination for Iowa secretary of state are calling for stronger election laws and streamlined business filing procedures.
Lawyers George Eichhorn of Stratford and Matt Schultz of Council Bluffs and business owner Chris Sanger of Des Moines are competing in the June 8 primary election for the GOP nomination. The winner will face first-term Democrat Michael Mauro.
The three share several goals and concerns, including making it easier and more convenient for businesses that must file with the secretary of state office and ensuring the integrity of the election process.
Tags: Iowa | Posted under Secretaries of State | No Comments
Republicans Make Pick for Secretary of State
Last Updated on Monday, 24 May 2010 12:12 Written by rslcpol Monday, 24 May 2010 12:12
From CTMirror:
Wallingford Republican Jerry Farrell Jr., commissioner of the state Department of Consumer Protection captured the endorsement for secretary of the state with just over 62 percent of the vote this afternoon at the GOP State Convention.
Bloomfield attorney Corey Brinson, the other Republican candidate for the secretary’s post, received 38 percent of the vote, qualifying for an Aug. 10 primary.
Posted under Secretaries of State | No Comments
CT: Rejected Democrat Susan Bysiewicz says she Won’t Run for Anything
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:05 Written by rslcpol Friday, 21 May 2010 11:57
From Courant.com:
On Christmas Day, Democrat Susan Bysiewicz was the front-runner in the governor’s race.
On President’s Day, she was the front-runner in the race for attorney general.
By Memorial Day, she won’t be on the ballot — for the first time in18 years.
After a shockingly quick ruling by the state Supreme Court that she is not qualified to run for attorney general, Bysiewicz announced Thursday that she will not run for any office this year. The decision marks a stunning end for an up-and-coming politician who had been viewed as a powerhouse in the 2010 election.
Tags: Connecticut | Posted under Attorney General News, Dems Behaving Badly, Secretaries of State | No Comments
WY: Dem Enters Secretary of State Race
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:05 Written by rslcpol Friday, 21 May 2010 11:55
From Trib.com:
Andrew Simons isn’t just running for secretary of state — he’s looking to make history.
Simons filed paperwork Thursday to run for Wyoming’s second-highest office on the Democratic ticket against incumbent Republican Max Maxfield.
If Simons, who turns 25 in July, is elected, he would be the youngest secretary of state in the country.
The secretary of state oversees the state’s elections, records and business affairs and also serves as lieutenant governor.
Despite his youth, Simons said his experience working on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and Gary Trauner’s congressional campaign in 2008, among other political work, has made him well-versed in election and campaign finance law.
Tags: Wyoming | Posted under Secretaries of State | No Comments
KS: Democrat Candidate for Secretary of State gets Max Penalty for Violating Campaign Finance Laws
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:07 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 19 May 2010 01:14
From LJWorld.com:
A legislator who’s hoping to be elected Kansas’ top elections official was fined $5,000 on Tuesday by the state ethics commission for misusing campaign funds.
The penalty for state Sen. Chris Steineger, a Kansas City Democrat, was the maximum possible. He said the ethics violation resulted from an unintentional mistake and promised to pay the fine quickly.
The Governmental Ethics Commission concluded that Steineger violated a law restricting how campaign funds can be used. Twice last year, Steineger used his Senate campaign fund to pay for polls testing how well voters recognized his name for a potential run for statewide office.
Steineger is running against Secretary of State Chris Biggs in the Aug. 3 Democratic primary. Three Republicans also are running for the office.
Tags: Kansas | Posted under Dems Behaving Badly, Secretaries of State | No Comments
CT: Democrat’s Massive Database May Violate Law
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:12 Written by rslcpol Monday, 17 May 2010 12:50
From the New Haven Register:
The large database compiled by Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, which is the subject of a whistleblower complaint, appears to violate a statute that forbids disclosing the home addresses of public safety and court personnel.
A review of the 36,000 names kept by her office includes more than 750 firefighters, as well as a handful of police, at least two correction officers, one high-level prosecutor and two public defenders, whose home addresses are also listed.
Sec. 1-217 of state statutes forbids any public agency from disclosing, under the Freedom of Information Act, the residential addresses of judges, firefighters, sworn members of a police department, an employee of the Department of Correction, an attorney who represents the state in a criminal prosecution, public defenders and employees in the judicial branch, among others.
Tags: Connecticut | Posted under Dems Behaving Badly, Secretaries of State | No Comments
CT: Court to Hear Appeal on Democrat’s Eligibility Next Week
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:17 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 13 May 2010 01:05
From the Courant.com:
In lightning-quick fashion, the state Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a judge’s ruling that Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz is legally qualified to continue her run for attorney general.
The high court set oral arguments on the case for Tuesday, and ordered lawyers on both sides to submit briefs Friday, an extraordinarily fast schedule that suggests the court might intend to rule before the Democratic nominating convention May 21-22.
Bysiewicz’s candidacy has been clouded by debate over a state law that requires the attorney general to have engaged in the “active practice” of law in the state for at least 10 years. Bysiewicz was in private practice for less than six years, but maintains that her duties as secretary of the state for the past 11 years satisfy the legal requirement. Critics maintain that her work has been no different from that performed by her non-lawyer predecessors and does not amount to “active practice.”
Tags: Connecticut | Posted under Secretaries of State | No Comments