Posts Tagged ‘Michigan’

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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From LSJ.com:

Republican Bill Schuette has raised nearly three times as much money as Democrat David Leyton in the campaign for Michigan attorney general.

Finance reports show Schuette raised more than $1.1 million, including more than $61,000 from the Michigan Republican Party and $34,000 each from political action committees related to the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and Grand Rapids-based retailer Meijer Inc.

The former Court of Appeals judge spent more than $714,000 and has about $426,000 on hand.

Leyton raised nearly $403,000, including $17,000 from the Michigan Education Association’s political action committee.

The Genesee County prosecutor has spent more than $143,000 and has more than $259,000 on hand.

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From WILX.com:

The candidates for Attorney General came out swinging.

“You, sitting on an appellate court, have been soft on crime. You have continuously ruled for murderers, rapists,” says Democrat David Leyton of his opponent, Bill Schuette.

“There’s a woman here named Brenda Simpson. Her son was tragically murdered– poisoned and thrown in a river. And you didn’t prosecute,” Schuette rebuts.

Schuette and Leyton were each trying to portray the other as an ineffective man of the law Friday, saying the other let down victims and their families after major crimes.

“If you can’t get the job done at home, how can you be the head law enforcer of Michigan?” Schuette says.

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From the Examiner:

With state Attorney General Mike Cox term-limited, Flint Township Democrat David Leyton and Midland Republican Bill Schuette are running to succeed him in the Nov. 2 election, offering contrasting priorities to the voters.

Leyton, who is Genesee County prosecutor, wants to provide leadership to persuade the legislature and governor to make public safety the top priority. He also wants to focus on consumer and environmental protection, and crack down on Medicaid fraud and public corruption. Leyton would end Cox’s federal lawsuits to stop health care reform and support the racist Arizona immigration law, while continuing the lawsuit to close the Chicago shipping canal to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. He would issue legal opinions to clarify gray areas in the state’s medical marijuana law.

Schuette, a former state Court of Appeals judge and congressman, wants to keep prisons open and felons jailed longer, while continuing all three of Cox’s federal lawsuits. A leader in the failed attempt to defeat Proposal 1, which legalized medical marijuana in 2008 and won by a 63 to 37 percent landslide margin, he remains opposed to medical marijuana.

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From Freep.com:

It had been a grueling time for Bill Schuette.

The battle for the Republican nomination for attorney general was closer than expected at the party’s Aug. 28 convention.

Immediately after, Schuette and other Republicans on the state ticket hit the road ona bus tour of Michigan.

Dog tired, Schuette headed home about 9 p.m. that Monday. Just 20 miles from his home in Midland, he spotted Martin’s Corner Store, an ice cream and convenience store in Wheeler Township. A gaggle of would-be voters sat outside on the warm summer night enjoying ice cream cones.

He couldn’t resist the opportunity. He stopped, shook some hands and tried to convince the group that he should be Michigan’s next attorney general.

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