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Memphis Mayoral Free-for-All
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | March 25, 2008
Following last week's surprise announcement that longtime Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton would step down this summer in hopes of taking over the city's troubled school ...
Categories: Local Offices

Clearly, Hookers Are Cheaper in Indiana
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | March 25, 2008
Assuming Eliot Spitzer hears about this, he'll kick himself for paying those New York prices: [Indianapolis] Deputy Mayor Olgen Williams is making no excuses for ...
Categories: Local Offices

Bolling Bails
Posted By: Josh Goodman | March 24, 2008
Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, a Republican, has decided not to run for governor next year and instead will seek reelection. That means that Attorney ...
Categories: Economic & Fiscal Issues , State Offices

Schwarzenegger's Successor?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | March 24, 2008
The Los Angeles Times profiles outgoing EBay CEO Meg Whitman, who has at least two things going for her as she considers a run for ...
Categories: State Offices

Kilpatrick Charged with Felonies
Posted By: Josh Goodman | March 24, 2008
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's problems just got quite a bit worse. From the Free Press : Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and former chief of staff Christine ...
Categories: Local Offices

Finally, THE Solution!
Posted By: Josh Goodman | March 24, 2008
I've told you about voting online, "voting" through polls and voting by mail. But Dave Barry's wife has come up with the best ...
Categories: National Politics , Voting Process & Voting Rules

Carter Calls It Quits
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | March 24, 2008
Steve Carter, Indiana's Republican attorney general and the biggest vote-getter in Hoosier history among candidates for state office, has announced he won't run this year ...
Categories: State Offices

Real ID: The Feds Back Down
Posted By: Josh Goodman | March 24, 2008
On Friday I told you how a dispute between the State of Montana and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over the federal Real ...
Categories: State Offices

Why Florida and Michigan Couldn't Revote by Mail
Posted By: Josh Goodman | March 24, 2008
Democratic revotes in Michigan and Florida are dead (although, much like the upside down goldfish in your fishbowl, there's a slight chance they're just sleeping). ...
Categories: National Politics , Voting Process & Voting Rules

Brian Schweitzer and the Politics of Real ID
Posted By: Josh Goodman | March 21, 2008
Real ID, the federal law that seeks to add new security features to drivers' licenses, has been a hot policy issue and federalism flashpoint for ...
Categories: State Offices

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