Granholm Won’t Run for Levin’s U.S. Senate Seat
Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced on Friday that she will not seek the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Carl Levin. “Friends, thanks for all of the encouragement on the Michigan Senate seat, but I’m not going to run,” Granholm wrote on Facebook late yesterday. A visiting professor of law and public policy at the University of California [...]
Pentecostal Pastor Seeks Democratic Nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania
Promising “a different Pennsylvania,” Max Myers, a former minister with the Assemblies of God church, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor of Pennsylvania yesterday. In announcing his candidacy at the capitol rotunda in Harrisburg as part of a three-day, five city tour of the state, the little-known Myers became the second candidate [...]
Peace & Freedom Party of Florida: “Yes, Governor Scott, It’s Working — for the 1%”
The theme Governor Rick Scott chose for Tuesday’s State of the State Speech was “It’s Working.” The Peace and Freedom Party agrees. It (Florida’s government) is working — for the privileged 1%. For the other 99% of Floridians, not so much. Governor Scott brags that his 2013 budget increases education spending by more than $400 [...]
Crashing the Governor’s Mansion: Former Reality TV Star Waging Independent Bid for Governor of Virginia
While Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling of Virginia ponders a possible independent bid for governor, another independent candidate — one who is arguably better known than the lieutenant governor — is already busy collecting the 10,000 valid signatures necessary to appear on the November ballot against presumptive Republican nominee Ken Cuccinelli, the state’s current attorney general, [...]
Christie Challenger Says Revel Casino Bankruptcy Latest Failure of ‘Crony Capitalism’
Two years after Gov. Chris Christie’s administration approved a $261 million package of tax incentives for the Revel Casino, the glittering centerpiece of an ambitious plan put forward by the governor to revitalize Atlantic City, the city’s newest casino announced earlier this week that it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy next month. Tuesday’s announcement, [...]
Independence Party Endorses Carrión in NYC Mayoral Race
Former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión, Jr., received the endorsement of the Independence Party last night in his long-shot bid to become New York City’s first Latino mayor. The endorsement guarantees the former head of the White House’s Office of Urban Affairs and one-time regional director of the Obama administration’s housing agency a coveted spot [...]
Guest Column by Thomas L. Knapp: What’s There to “Grapple” With?
Florida law and SCOTUS rulings conflict over the matter of life sentences for minors. The courts and the politicians and the prosecutors and the defenders are all tangled up in what to do about that. It shouldn’t be a big deal, because this is a simple issue. I’m not big on the death penalty, but [...]
Former Rep. Mel Reynolds Seeks Redemption in Crowded Race to Replace Jesse Jackson, Jr.
The Chicago Tribune wasn’t exaggerating in the slightest when it recently described the crowded Democratic primary to replace disgraced former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., in Illinois’ scandal-plagued second congressional district as “a varied and fascinating” field. How else might one describe a sixteen-candidate field that includes former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds, a convicted felon who [...]
Openly-Gay State Lawmaker Intends to Run for Ed Markey’s U.S. House Seat
State Rep. Carl Sciortino, whose state legislative district includes parts of Medford and Somerville, announced on Friday that he plans to seek U.S. Rep. Edward Markey’s seat in the state’s fifth congressional district if the state’s longest-serving congressman wins the June 25 special election to replace Secretary of State John Kerry in the U.S. Senate. [...]
Two Chicago Congressmen Endorse Robin Kelly in 2nd District Primary
U.S. Reps. Bobby Rush and Danny Davis endorsed former state Representative and Cook County Chief Administrative Officer Robin Kelly yesterday in the crowded 2nd congressional district special Democratic primary. Kelly is one of sixteen Democrats competing in the February 26 primary to replace disgraced former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., who resigned in November after 17 [...]
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