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From Real Clear Politics:

There’s probably no turning back now for Jennifer Brunner.

Any hopes that the Ohio Secretary of State could be convinced to abandon her Senate campaign to avoid a primary with Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher (D) would seem to be dashed after Brunner excoriates Democratic “insiders,” both in Columbus and Washington, for trying to push her out. Writing on her campaign Web site, Brunner repeats some of the entreaties she’s heard — including one from an unnamed Congressman who says she should quit even though he or she thinks Fisher can’t win.

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From Kentucky.com:

Secretary of State Trey Grayson’s exploratory committee for a possible U.S. Senate bid reports raising $602,699 since May 6, his campaign announced Monday.

Although Grayson’s total more than doubles what fellow Republican incumbent Jim Bunning raised in the first quarter of the year, it’s not clear what effect Grayson’s tally will have on Bunning’s campaign.

Bunning, considered vulnerable in the race, had no comment Monday on Grayson’s campaign fund-raising report.

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From Secretary of State Beth Chapman:

Secretary of State Beth Chapman continues to increase access for the public by improving the functionality of the Open Meetings Act website.

The Open Meetings Act provides the public with greater access to state and local government. This law guarantees that Alabama’s citizens have open access to agencies, boards, commissions, and other governmental bodies which conduct the people’s business.

The Secretary of State’s office, since going online with the Open Meetings Act website in 2005, has registered more than 550 public organizations, and hundreds of individuals who have registered to receive notifications concerning meeting times and dates.

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From Freep.com:

Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land’s surprise announcement Thursday that she is supporting Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard in next year’s governor’s race and not running herself is a boost to Bouchard, but is also expected to help U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra

With Land out, Hoekstra, R-Holland, becomes the only well-known candidate from the GOP voter-rich west side of the state in the August 2010 primary.

Hoekstra said Land’s decision “is just one more data point. An endorsement is nice for Bouchard, but both of us have to go out and earn every vote.”

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From TuscaloosaNews:

Worley, a former president of the Alabama Education Association, was elected secretary of state in 2002. She lost her re-election bid in 2006 to Republican Beth Chapman. Worley remains an influential figure in Alabama politics as first vice chair of the Alabama Democratic Party.

Wise stepped aside shortly after the case went to the appeals court in 2007. She wrote in court records her recusal was ‘based on my father’s position as a member of the Autauga County Board of Registrars.’ Registrars work closely with the secretary of state in maintaining voter registration records.

Windom joined the court in January and soon stepped aside because Beth Chapman, who beat Worley in 2006, had worked for Windom’s husband, Steve Windom, when he was lieutenant governor. Windom also said she and her husband made a donation to Chapman’s campaign.

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From the Augusta Chronicle:

As the chief executive officer of the North Fulton County Chamber of Commerce, Ms. Handel said, she brought the organization back from the brink of bankruptcy. As chairwoman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, she said, she inherited a major budget shortfall but balanced that budget without raising taxes.

Though many of her gubernatorial opponents have good intentions, Ms. Handel said, Georgia’s next governor will need someone with crisis-solving experience.

Georgia’s tax code is in desperate need of reinvention, she said.

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From Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel:

“The decision by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to deny preclearance of Georgia’s already implemented citizenship verification process shows a shocking disregard for the integrity of our elections. With this decision, DOJ has now barred Georgia from continuing the citizenship verification program that DOJ lawyers helped to craft. DOJ’s decision also nullifies the orders of two federal courts directing Georgia to implement the procedure for the 2008 general election. The decision comes seven months after Georgia requested an expedited review of the preclearance submission.

“DOJ has thrown open the door for activist organizations such as ACORN to register non-citizens to vote in Georgia’s elections, and the state has no ability to verify an applicant’s citizenship status or whether the individual even exists. DOJ completely disregarded Georgia’s obvious and direct interest in preventing non-citizens from voting, instead siding with the ACLU and MALDEF. Clearly, politics took priority over common sense and good public policy.

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