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OH: AG Race has Sizzle

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:57 Written by rslcpol Friday, 15 October 2010 12:28

From Columbus Business First:

The battle for Ohio attorney general has more sizzle than a typical down-ticket race on the statewide ballot this fall.

In one corner is Democratic incumbent Rich Cordray, who has won two statewide elections, including one for attorney general, in the past four years.

His opponent, Republican Mike DeWine, is a former Ohio lieutenant governor and ex-U.S. senator trying to make a political comeback after being sunk by the Democratic wave that washed across Ohio elections in 2006.

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CA Secretary of State Candidate Named in Time’s 40 Under 40

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:57 Written by rslcpol Friday, 15 October 2010 12:24

From Time Magazine:

Reared by a teenage mom in an overcrowded Texas trailer, Dunn, 34, went to Stanford and played in the NFL before building a suc-cessful real estate business. The Baptist minister is a rising Repub-lican in a normally blue state.

Who is your political hero/inspiration?
Abraham Lincoln

What’s your go-to political blog?
Wall Street Journal Blog

If you weren’t working in politics, what would you be doing?
Real Estate Investment

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Wall Street Journal: Democratic Funding Fades

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 11:56 Written by rslcpol Friday, 15 October 2010 11:56

From WSJ.com:

“We are David vs. Goliath,” said Ramona Oliver, a spokeswoman for the new Democratic group, called America’s Families First Action Fund. Founded this summer, it began raising money after Labor Day to help counter Republican fundraising efforts. It once hoped to help protect up to 30 Democratic House seats, but is now focusing on just 18 campaigns, Ms. Oliver said.

In total, outside conservative groups—such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Action Network and American Crossroads—could spend more than $300 million on TV advertisements, campaign mailings and other efforts to elect Republicans to Congress this year. Outside Democratic groups, by contrast, plan to spend about $100 million on those activities. The largest labor unions say they will spend $200 million combined, but most of their focus will be on rallying union voters.

The spending by outside GOP groups is key because in the last three election cycles Democratic outside groups have substantially outspent their GOP rivals.

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RSLC Chairman Ed Gillespie on the Laura Ingraham Show

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 09:16 Written by rslcpol Friday, 15 October 2010 09:12

Ed Gillespie on the Laura Ingraham Show to discuss the Democrat’s latest desperate attack against him and other conservative leaders. Click on the Play Button below to hear the entire interview.

CO: Statehouse a game of numbers

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:58 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 14 October 2010 02:07

From Durango Herald:

The next decade of political dominance in Colorado comes down to two simple numbers: six and four.

Republicans need to take six seats in the state House and four in the state Senate to claim control of those chambers after six years of Democratic leadership.

The prize is the ability to redraw congressional districts after the 2010 census, making it easier for the winning party to hold onto competitive seats in rural Colorado through 2020.

The outcome might hinge on a game of addition and subtraction among Southwest Colorado legislators.

Republicans see Rep. Ellen Roberts’ race against incumbent Democratic Sen. Bruce Whitehead as their top opportunity to pick up a Senate seat. But they currently have a 21-14 disadvantage in the Senate, so they would need three more seats, if Roberts wins, to gain control.

They are betting on a national mood that has Democrats on the defensive.

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MI: Republican Party Takes on Democrat AG Candidate with new Ad

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:58 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 14 October 2010 01:57

From wjr.com:

A new Michigan Republican Party TV ad claims that Democratic attorney general candidate David Leyton failed to fully prosecute a 2006 murder case as Genesee County prosecutor.

The 30-second ad began airing Wednesday on broadcast and cable stations statewide. In the ad, Deb McIntosh claims that Leyton “cut an outrageous plea deal” with the man charged in her son’s shooting death and “refused to press charges against the other two killers.” She says her family agreed to the plea deal if others would be charged.

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CA: Secretary of State Candidates Debate

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:58 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 14 October 2010 01:41

From SacBee.com:

Republican challenger Damon Dunn threw some verbal punches at incumbent Secretary of State Debra Bowen in an hourlong debate Wednesday – but there were no knockdowns.

Bowen calmly defended her four-year track record, opting not to trade blows with a challenger seeking his first public office.

“If you want to know what I will do if re-elected, I invite you to evaluate what I’ve done with my two primary goals when I ran (in 2006),” the Democrat said in the Bay Area debate carried online.

Bowen said her goal in becoming secretary of state was to ensure that California’s voting system remains secure and to provide better access to public records at lower cost.

Dunn didn’t comment on Bowen’s controversial decision in 2007, meant to improve system security, that sharply curtailed touch-screen voting after a team of hackers deemed such machines vulnerable to attack.

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Poll: Republicans Lead in NV

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:58 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 14 October 2010 01:39

From Review Journal:

A new Nevada poll conducted by Boston’s Suffolk University found Democrat Secretary of State Ross Miller and Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki have opened wide leads over their opponents.

Suffolk University found Miller leading Republican Rob Lauer in poll results that showed 40 percent of respondents supported the incumbent while 24 percent backed the challenger. Krolicki had the support of 42 percent of respondents while 30 percent backed challenger and Democrat Jessica Sferrazza.

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MA: AG Likes Movie that Paints her Unfavorably

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:59 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 14 October 2010 01:34

From the Boston Herald:

Who says Attorney General Martha Coakley is thin-skinned?

After watching Hilary Swank call her an “evil bitch” in the new film “Conviction,” Martha came out of Tuesday night’s sneak preview convinced that Swank’s portrayal of the doggedly determined Betty Anne Waters is “the best thing (Swank) has ever done.”

As a movie fan, Martha Coakley found it easy to be swept up in what she called “a modern parable of a young woman’s determined and heroic effort to find justice for her brother.”

But as the former Middlesex district attorney, who plays a small but crucial role in the real-life story of Kenneth Waters’ ultimate vindication in June of 2001, Coakley found it impossible to completely suspend her disbelief regarding a key fact Hollywood chose to gloss over.

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GOP AG Candidate Calls on Democrat to explain missed deadline that set sex predators free

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:59 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 14 October 2010 01:02

From Findley for Iowa:

GOP Attorney General candidate Brenna Findley today challenged Attorney General Tom Miller to explain to explain how his office missed a simple deadline that allowed two sexual predators to walk free.

“The first responsibility of the state Attorney General is to protect the people of Iowa from violent criminals. Tom Miller has failed. His office missed a simple deadline and as a result two dangerous sexual predators are back out walking the streets and the only reason why is the failure of Tom Miller to keep his calendar straight.” Findley said.

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