AltWeeklies Wire
Gov. Bobby Jindal's Cash Cowsnew
As a candidate, Jindal promised voters an ethical "gold standard." As a candidate for re-election, he has a different kind of gold standard: He goes for the gold, wherever he may find it.
Michele Bachmann Was For The Stimulus While She Was Against Itnew
Remember the Fox News gabfests, the D.C. rallies and the campaign ads where Michele Bachmann brags about voting against President Barack Obama's stimulus bill? Turns out she had her hand out at the same time. Saddling our kids with the federal debt is OK when she does it.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
10-18-2010 |
Politics
Clyburn Hitting The Airwaves This Weeknew
After years of relatively quiet campaigning, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn is going on TV and radio this week. Clyburn says he isn't getting on the airwaves over concern for his re-election.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
10-18-2010 |
Politics
It Ain’t Easy Being Green. Or Libertarian, or Independent.new
Greens axed from the ballot in New Mexico.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
10-15-2010 |
Politics
Pot Taxes and Farm Permits Seek Voter Approvalnew
Berkeley and Oakland would expand their taxation, while Richmond and Albany consider getting into the game.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-13-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Elections
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Is Paying His Girlfriend, Elissa Mullany, Big Bucksnew
Since his re-election campaign wrapped up in December 2007, Gordon has paid Mullany's two-person limited liability company a total of $140,000. He's paid her through his campaign finance committee, even though she hasn't raised any money for it since the election.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
12-22-2009 |
Politics
During an Election It's Just as Interesting to See Who Doesn't Stop Bynew
On Sunday, the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections cosponsored a campaign forum in a banquet hall on West Devon that got contenders for U.S. Senate, county board president, sheriff, judge, and water rec commissioner promising to look out for the rights and interests of Chicago’s Indian and Pakistani communities.
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke |
12-22-2009 |
Politics
Ray Nagin Still Factors Into the New Orleans Mayor's Race, as a Reverse Barometernew
New Orleans voters may not know just yet what they want in their next mayor, but they definitely know what they don't want: another Ray Nagin. Polls and campaign strategies bear that out as candidates try to distinguish themselves not only from one another but also from the hugely unpopular, term-limited mayor.
The Dirty Truth About 'Clean' Electionsnew
It turns out that even during these tough economic times, you and I are footing the bill for politicians to purchase home-office supplies, sushi dinners, even the occasional GPS system. And our candidates for office get to keep that stuff when the campaign is over — the expenses in question are, apparently, perfectly legal.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
04-08-2009 |
Politics
The Latino Factor: How Ethnic Bias Distorts Texas Electionsnew
There is compelling evidence that ethnic bias skewed Texas' 2008 statewide judicial election results. Some voters, with little else to go on in these low-profile races, appear to have cast a vote against Latino surnames. You've heard of the Bradley Effect. Call this the Latino Factor.
The Texas Observer |
Forrest Wilder |
12-03-2008 |
Politics
The Way We Elect Judges Is a Shamnew
Judges can have far more direct and tangible impact on people's lives than most anyone else you'll vote for -- deciding individual fates on a daily basis. Yet we hardly know anything about them. And that seems to be exactly what the legal establishment wants.
Seattle Weekly |
Damon Agnos |
10-20-2008 |
Politics
Kansas Rep. Raised $100,000 for His Campaign with a Web Comicnew
Sean Tevis, a 39-year-old information architect from Olathe, Kansas, raised $100,000 for his state-rep campaign with an internet comic.
Boston Phoenix |
Jonathan Seitz |
08-14-2008 |
Politics
If This is Clean Elections, I'd Hate to See the Unclean Kindnew
Mayor John DeStefano is running for re-election this year under a first-of-its-kind municipal public financing model that DeStefano himself helped create, but he's gone back to the same well of city contractors, city employees and public schools workers who have been his bread and butter for the last several elections.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
10-23-2007 |
Politics
Your Tax Dollars at (Political) Warnew
Albuquerque is now one of few cities in the nation that pays candidates to run campaigns -- will it work?
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
09-11-2007 |
Politics
Patriot Gamesnew
Back from the war zone, veterans redeploy themselves into Connecticut's red-hot Senate race.
New Haven Advocate |
Casey Miner and Andy Bromage |
10-02-2006 |
Politics
