Instant Runoffs Would Improve Electoral Process
Since 2002 there has been legislation backing instant runoff voting in nearly two dozen states, and advocates include former presidential candidates Howard Dean and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
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Since 2002 there has been legislation backing instant runoff voting in nearly two dozen states, and advocates include former presidential candidates Howard Dean and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Maxwell worked for Lott in Mississippi and was thought to be the Senator’s pick to be Sergeant-at-Arms when Republicans took back the Senate in 2002.
Tim Johnson (D) in 2002, remains a terrific candidate. Daschle is more charismatic than his colleague Johnson, but he lacks the clout he had as the Senate’s Majority Leader.
In 2002 he helped handle the mail and strategy for the successful campaign of Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) and did Democratic party work in Arizona and Georgia.
that comparisons between election cycles can be problematic with regard to Senate campaigns, because different states hold Senate elections each cycle and several smaller-population states had races in 2002
House GOP Conference Chairwoman Deborah Pryce also trounced her primary opponent and will face Mark Brown — her 2002 adversary — in November.
Owens, who was first elected to the governorship in 1998, was easily re-elected in 2002 and is already being mentioned as a potential contender for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
He plans to lobby under the Livingston Group’s umbrella with his own company, Keep the Change LLC, a firm France set up in Florida in November 2002, according to incorporation records.
Jeb Bush’s (R) easy re-election victory in 2002 is worth noting, since it contradicts the initial assumption that the state was so polarized and Democrats so angry that the governor would have a hard time
Esser was elected to the state Senate in 2002 after spending four years in the state House.
The tribe gave $566,000 to the center, a think tank that opened in 2001 and closed in 2002.
Democratic Commissioner Ellen Weintraub, formerly a lawyer with the firm Perkins Coie, has recused herself from at least 14 of the FEC’s 117 enforcement actions since she joined in December 2002.
Many people thought Houghton would retire in 2002, but he fought mightily to preserve his district in the most recent reapportionment, which saw New York lose two House seats.
Steve Messick, who came to Washington after serving on Kline’s 2000 and 2002 campaigns for Congress, will take a leave from his position as legislative assistant to serve as regional field director
The younger Shuster, the former owner of a car dealership, won his first full term easily in November 2002.
Tom Sawyer (D) in the primary to go on and win the general election with 51 percent of the vote in 2002. — N.D.
panel has taken disciplinary action against five lawmakers, but three of those cases were driven by House rules requiring an ethics review when a lawmaker is involved in legal proceedings, such as the 2002
In 2002, he faced off against then Houston City Councilman Carroll Robinson (D) in a runoff for the 25th district.
Combest has kept a low profile since he exited the House unexpectedly last May, citing only vague personal reasons when he announced the departure in December 2002.
-based contractor, THR Enterprises Inc., in November 2002, and work commenced soon after. (Due to funding shortages, the roof was not included in the Corps’ contract with THR.)