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KS: Republicans Dominate in Poll

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:59 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 14 October 2010 01:00

From stateofthestateks.com:

The pollster said, “In the Attorney General race, Republican Derek Schmidt today edges incumbent Democrat Steve Six 48% to 40%; the Republican’s 8-point lead is the party’s smallest in the 5 races polled, and represents a nominal 1-point tightening from the previous poll, when Schmidt led by 9.”

“Two months ago, when polling began, Schmidt led by 20 points. Six appears to have continued momentum among men,where he has trailed by 24, 19, and now by 7 points, and among voters under age 50, where he has trailed by 36, 25, and now by 10 points. In Northeastern Kansas, Six had trailed by 14 and 10 points, and now ties Schmidt.

“Schmidt has offset these changes with gains of his own among women, older voters,and in other parts of the state. Compared to other, stable Kansas statewide contests, there is notable volatility in the Attorney General race, uniquely; any outcome is possible.”

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AG to Run for Mayor of Chicago?

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:38 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 14 October 2010 11:08

From Chicago Sun-Times:

Consider.

• Fact: The election for statewide offices is Nov. 2.

• Fact: The filing deadline for Chicago mayoral candidates is Nov. 22.

• The kicker: “The day after the Nov. 2 statewide elections, when Lisa is expected to be re-elected, she then … could do anything she wants,” said a top Dem source.

• Lisa’s response (via a press spokesman): “She is focusing on her race for attorney general.

• Sneed’s retort: “Is that a ‘yes’ or a ‘no?'”

• Lisa’s response (via a press spokesman): “She is in Rockford today campaigning. She is focusing on running for attorney general.”

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FL: Republican Attorney General Candidate Up in Latest Poll

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:41 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 13 October 2010 02:59

From BattlegroundTampaBay.com:

The latest Mason-Dixon Florida Poll shows Pam Bondi, the former prosecutor from Tampa, leading state Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, by 42 to 37 percent in their race for attorney general. That’s a four-point gain for Bondi since last month’s Mason-Dixon poll, and a 3-point rise in Gelber’s support.

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Ex-US Attorneys General Back Health Care Suit

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 October 2010 02:34 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 13 October 2010 01:53

From WTKR.com:

Three former U.S. attorneys general are supporting Virginia’s lawsuit challenging the federal health care reform law.

A friend-of-the-court brief filed Tuesday by Republicans William Barr, Edwin Meese and Dick Thornburgh supports Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s claim that Congress lacks authority to require citizens to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. The insurance mandate is the chief issue in Virginia’s lawsuit.

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OH: Prosecutors Say State Crime Lab is too Slow

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:41 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 13 October 2010 01:50

From the Columbus Dispatch:

Though they said the turnaround times have improved, a handful of county prosecutors gathered at Ohio Republican Party headquarters yesterday to criticize Attorney General Richard Cordray’s crime lab as slow and inefficient.

“The delays at the state crime lab have gotten to the point that if we have a suspect in custody on drug charges, we either have to pay the Newark crime lab to do the testing, or we have to basically let that suspect out of custody,” said David Landefeld, Fairfield County prosecutor.

“We need our drug-test results in a speedy fashion, and regrettably we haven’t been able to get that.”

Landefeld later said lab times have improved under Cordray, but he does not think they meet the “gold standard” set by Republican Betty Montgomery when she was attorney general from 1995 to 2001.

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RSLC Chairman Ed Gillespie on the Sean Hannity Radio Show

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 October 2010 01:46 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 13 October 2010 01:22

Ed Gillespie on the Sean Hannity 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.

AZ: Republican Still Leading AG Race

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:42 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 13 October 2010 01:15

From phoenix.bizjournals.com:

A new poll of likely voters shows Republican Tom Horne with a 40 percent to 36 percent lead over Democrat Felecia Rotellini in the race for Arizona Attorney General.

Twenty-four percent are undecided in the poll conducted by Behavior Research Center in Phoenix. The BRC poll shows the race tied at 34 percent each when all voters are taken into account. BRC questioned 555 state voters between Oct. 1 and 10.

Horne also has been ahead in previous polls.

Horne’s campaign centers on enforcing Senate Bill 1070’s immigration law, while Rotellini has emphasized going after corporate fraud especially on mortgages.

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CT: Complaint Against Democrat Secretary of State Candidate

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:46 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 13 October 2010 12:59

From Courant.com:

epublican State Party Chairman Chris Healy said Tuesday he would file a formal complaint with the state Judicial Branch’s Statewide Grievance Committee against Democratic Secretary of the State candidate Denise Merrill, saying she has misrepresented herself as an attorney.

Responding to a Sunday Courant column, Healy said that Merrill, of Mansfield, the state House majority leader, “has claimed in her official biography on her official website, her campaign website and printed materials that she is an attorney even though her law license in California has been inactive for over 30 years.”

“Merrill has tried to cover her tracks by placing an ‘asterisk’ to denote her law status in California,” Healy said, but “placing a notation doesn’t excuse breaking the rules.”

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LA: An Historic Election for Lt. Governor

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:46 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 13 October 2010 12:46

From nola.com:

The Nov. 2 election will mark the first time in Louisiana that a vacancy for lieutenant governor will be filled by a vote of the people. The last time the job came open, when Earl Long succeeded prison-bound ex-Gov. Richard Leche in 1939, under the old Constitution the president pro tempore of the state Senate moved into the No. 2 office.

Yet the historic nature of the election was insufficient to draw more than 22 percent of registered voters to the polls for the Oct. 2 primary when –another first — the office topped the statewide ballot.

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RI: AG Candidates Make their Case in Debate

Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 03:49 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 13 October 2010 12:41

From projo.com:

The five candidates for attorney general were at Roger Williams University Tuesday night, each trying to make the case that he would be the best lawyer for the citizens of Rhode Island.

The quintet, Democrat Peter F. Kilmartin, Moderate Party nominee Christopher H. Little, Republican Erik B. Wallin and independent candidates Keven McKenna and Robert E. Rainville all noted that the office involves more than just criminal prosecutions, as they discussed immigration, health care and environmental issues.

Sponsored by Roger Williams University School of Law and the Rhode Island Center for Law and Public Policy, the event was held at the law school’s appellate courtroom lecture hall. The front of the room was built like an appellate courtroom, with a paneled wall stained in dark cherry and a matching judges’ bench, where the candidates sat.

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