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Archive of Elections on Monday June 29, 2009
SC: South Carolina politics looks past affair to its effects on governor race
The future of Gov. Mark Sanford's political career after his secret trip to Argentina and admission of an extramarital affair may now depend on something more complicated than even the human heart: the wild and woolly politics of South Carolina. Read More
NY: Albany standoff hits governor
Through three weeks of stalemate in the New York State Senate, Gov. David Paterson has pleaded with and threatened senators to force them to return to work -- so far to no avail. In the face of his apparent ineffectiveness, the senators' antics are starting to hurt him as much as the legislature. Read More
AL: Davis seeks ideas: Legalizing pot No. 1, but nixed
Legalizing marijuana turned out to be the top single vote-getter when U.S Rep. Artur Davis used his gubernatorial campaign Web site to solicit ideas for moving Alabama forward. Read More
AL: State Rep. Merika Coleman and Rep. Priscilla Dunn face off in special Democratic runoff to fill state Senate District 19 seat
Voters in west Jefferson County will go to the polls Tuesday in a special Democratic runoff election to fill the state Senate District 19 seat vacated by the federal conviction of former Sen. E.B. McClain. Read More
FL: Florida attorney general's schedule shows part-time workload
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has carried a part-time workload for the past two months, according to his schedule posted on his website. Read More
FL: Alex Sink orders her office to review her state-plane use
Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has ordered her office to ''conduct a thorough and immediate review'' of her use of the state plane after questions were raised about whether the plane was being used strictly for official duties. Read More
GA: Gubernatorial donors pinched by recession
The candidate for governor looks at the list of people to call that morning and ask for campaign contributions. Read More
HI: Karamatsu considers joining lieutenant governor's race
State Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu is considering running for lieutenant governor next year. Read More
KY: Racing industry to target slots foes
With the death of the racetrack slots bill in a Senate committee last week, proponents of expanded gambling are now turning their attention to the 2010 legislative elections as their next realistic chance to win the support they need to finally prevail. Read More
LA: Jindal veils office's records
The news release from Gov. Bobby Jindal's office was laden with irony. Read More
MN: Pawlenty -- 'I'm prepared to sign' Senate election certificate
After hedging for weeks about how he'll react to the state Supreme Court ruling on Minnesota's Senate race, Gov. Tim Pawlenty gave his clearest answer to date Sunday. Read More
MN: Pawlenty wants to rebuild GOP after scandals
WASHINGTON -- A potential White House contender in 2012 staked a claim Sunday to rehabilitating the Republican Party in the wake of extramarital affairs by two leading Republicans that have damaged the GOP's family-values image. Read More
MS: Barbour says no plans to run for president
WASHINGTON — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he would be "very surprised" if he ended up running for president. Read More
NC: Hard times, tough luck for Perdue
Nearly six months after taking office, Gov. Beverly Perdue's political honeymoon is over. Read More
ND: Hoeven expects to decide Senate run in early Sept
Republican Gov. John Hoeven, who has avoided questions about whether he will challenge Democrat Byron Dorgan for his Senate seat, says he is likely to decide by early September whether he will join the race. Read More
NJ: Corzine signs bill to impose electoral rules on lieutenant governor candidates
Without ceremony, Gov. Jon Corzine Friday signed legislation that imposes electoral and campaign finance requirements upon candidates who seek the position as New Jersey's first lieutenant governor. Read More
NJ: Joe Biden's gaff bites Jon Corzine in — speech
Vice President Joe Biden suffered another bout of foot in mouth disease Thursday evening and this time Gov. Jon Corzine got bit. Biden replaced Corzine as governor of New Jersey with a guy named Tim Kaine. Read More
NJ: Corzine defends record to Newark crowd
More than 90 percent of Newark's voters supported Jon Corzine when the Democrat ran for governor in 2005. That was then. Now facing a tough re-election challenge from Republican Christopher Christie, the governor defended his record yesterday on issues including education and children's health care at a town hall meeting in the city. Read More
NM: Pearce not ready to play; delays decision on 2010; could guv be his best shot?
There's tentativeness in the Steve Pearce camp. The former southern NM Congressman previously said he would make a decision by June 30 on whether to seek his old southern congressional seat or launch a bid for Guv by 2010. Read More
NM: N.M. Secretary of State's computer systems knocked out
A week after a leaked link allowed a handful of people to preview the New Mexico secretary of state's new campaign finance and disclosure system on its Web site, officials now say problems have knocked out that and other systems that are necessary for the office to function. Read More
NV: Rory Reid gets serious early in 2010 race for governor
One sign Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid is in it to win it: He's had a campaign manager on the payroll since early May, which is pretty early for a gubernatorial election in November 2010. Read More
NY: Albany festers, and voters don't clean house
Senator John J. Bonacic has been a New York state legislator for nearly 20 years. For him, competition is not a problem. Mr. Bonacic, a Republican from the Hudson Valley, received 66,736 votes and faced no opposition as he cruised to a sixth Senate term last year. Read More
NY: Democratic lock seen on 2013 Albany Senate
Albany gridlock got you down? Well, worry no longer, the end is in sight — the State Senate should be back in business by 2013. An analysis of population shifts since this decade began suggests that Democrats are poised to gain as many as six seats when legislative districts are reapportioned after the 2010 census. Read More
OK: Lawyers, family top Oklahoma gubernatorial candidates' donor lists
Private practice lawyers and law firms account for more than half the early contributions to Attorney General Drew Edmondson's 2010 gubernatorial campaign, state Ethics Commission filings show. Read More
PA: Files prompt grand jury to look at DeWeese again
A state grand jury is poring over the contents of a recently discovered box of files from a Capitol office, a find that has triggered renewed prosecutorial interest in longtime state Rep. Bill DeWeese, D-Greene. Read More
PA: State Representative Kortz seeks to dethrone Specter
A dream of many in Dravosburg is taped to the side of Pauline Godich's computer monitor, right next to the Penguins sign. The red, white and blue card says "U.S. Senator Bill Kortz" and shows a picture of Kortz, a state representative. Read More
RI: R.I. may vote on striking 'plantations' from state's name
Voters next year may have the opportunity to do something that African-American legislators have been unable to accomplish for decades: strike the phrase "and Providence Plantations" from the state's name. Read More
RI: Senate approves referendum on state name change
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The full Senate on Friday approved adding a referendum on the November 2010 ballot asking voters whether they are willing to change Rhode Island's formal name from "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" to simply "Rhode Island." Read More
SC: Romney, other Republicans criticize Sanford affair
WASHINGTON -- A potential White House contender in 2012 staked a claim Sunday to rehabilitating the Republican Party in the wake of extramarital affairs by two leading Republicans that have damaged the GOP's family-values image. Read More
TN: Candidates for governor have donated to others
All the major Tennessee gubernatorial candidates, who are now actively seeking contributions with an eye to a July disclosure deadline, have a history of actively making donations themselves - doubtless creating political goodwill, but with some unintended consequences. Read More
TX: Barbecuing for 4th? Perry thinking tea party
What will make your Fourth of July special? Fireworks? Parades? Picnics? If you're Gov. Rick Perry, the answer is probably...tea parties. Read More
TX: Schieffer says he has vision to be Texas governor
FORT WORTH, Texas — He's the former Texas Rangers baseball team president who later was appointed as a U.S. ambassador. Now Tom Schieffer is traveling across the state, introducing himself to Texans as a Democratic candidate for governor. Read More
Tracking the recession: Budget deadline looms
Unlike the federal government, states have to balance their budgets. But several states still have not completed spending plans for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Read More |
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