TheGreenPapers.com: Preview Week of 15 to 21 August 2004, Review of Week of 8 to 14 August 2004
What is new and what has changed at TheGreenPapers.com ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events - Sunday 15 August through Saturday 21 August 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 17 August 2004 ========================= Wyoming - Primary (1 U.S. House Seat) Polls close at 7 PM local time (0100 UTC) Contested Major Races for Congress of the United States (109th Congress): for U.S. House of Representatives-- At Large: Democrats, Republicans (incumbent) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/WY.phtml ========================= North Carolina - Primary Election Runoffs (Second Primary) Polls close at 7:30p EDT (2330 UTC) or 8:30p EDT (0030 UTC). Since no candidate received 40% or more of the vote in the 20 July primary, the 2 top vote getters will participate in an 17 August runoff election. for U.S. House of Representatives (109th Congress)--- CD 5: Republican: Virginia Foxx vs. Vernon Robinson CD 10: Republican: David Huffman vs. Patrick McHenry for State Superintendent of Public Instruction: Democrat--- June Atkinson vs. Marshall Stewart http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/NC.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recap ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 14 August 2004 ========================= Vox Populi - A Letter to the Editor Do Something Worthwhile Instead of Going Off about Democratic Ignorance by Jeff Kuhl http://www.thegreenpapers.com/Vox/?20040814-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday 13 August 2004 ========================= Commentary SUNLIGHT ON A SHADOW WORLD Two events highlight a still somewhat taboo subject by RICHARD E. BERG-ANDERSSON, TheGreenPapers.com Staff http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCom/?20040813-0 ========================= Congressman William O. Lipinski (Democrat Illinois CD 3) will retire at the end of his current term. His son, Daniel, is likely to be named the replacement candidate. Congressman Lipinski received his party's nomination for re-election in the 16 March 2004 Primary. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G04/IL.phtml#H03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 12 August 2004 ========================= New Jersey Governor to resign, effective this November, to keep his sexual preference from impacting upon the State's highest office In an emotional press conference at the State House in Trenton this afternoon, held only days after his 47th Birthday, Governor James E. "Jim" McGreevey (D-New Jersey) announced his resignation from that office effective 15 November 2004, on which date State Senate President Richard James Codey (D-Essex County, NJ) will become "acting Governor" (New Jersey being one of the few States in the Union without a Lieutenant Governor). The reason the Garden State Governor gave for his resignation was his desire to keep his office from being adversely affected by his sexual preference, also publicly acknowledged by the Governor for the first time at this same press conference. "My truth", Governor McGreevey said, "is that I am a gay American" and that, while "I am blessed to live in the greatest Nation with the greatest tradition of Civil Liberties in the world", he noted that the fact of his homosexuality is not at all in line with the traditional values of most of his fellow countrymen. Acknowledging the pain he has caused "my beloved family: my parents, my wife, my friends", McGreevey further acknowledged that "shamefully, I engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man", adding that "I accept total and full responsibility for my actions". McGreevey said that he felt that, while "it makes little difference, as Governor, that I am gay", in order to keep the Office of Governor from being "vulnerable to rumors, false allegations and threats of disclosure", the only right thing to do would be for him to resign that office. The date of McGreevey's resignation is evidently so timed as to allow for a smooth post-General Election transition (though the New Jersey Governor's office would not normally be up for election until November 2005, there are elections for Members of Congress and, of course, the American Presidential Election this coming 2 November, all with major ramifications for politicians within the Governor's Party) but, at the same time, to take care of a rather arcane bit of New Jersey succession law. Had Governor McGreevey's resignation taken effect prior to this coming 16 September, there would have had to be a Special Election to fill out the remaining year or so of his term (which ends in mid-January 2006); by resigning after that date, State Senator Codey can- once McGreevey's resignation takes effect- serve as "acting Governor" for the remainder of McGreevey's term without an intervening election for that office other than the one regularly scheduled for November 2005. The resignation of Governor McGreevey seemingly ends a rather up-and-down career for a politician still so relatively young. McGreevey was first elected to the State Assembly (the lower house of New Jersey's bicameral Legislature) in the wake of then-Congressman James "Jim" Florio's narrow victory in the 1989 Gubernatorial Election. McGreevey was then summarily swept out of office two years later in the anti-Florio "tax revolt" legislative election in which one-fourth of the seats in both houses of the Legislature switched over from the Democrats to the Republicans, an event which would help give Republicans control of the State House for the ensuing decade. In the meantime, McGreevey was elected Mayor of the suburban Township of Woodbridge, his hometown in Middlesex County, a position in which he would serve for the next ten years until he became Governor. In 1993, McGreevey was elected to a four-year term in the State Senate (in New Jersey, it is legally permissible for someone to hold State or County legislative and local executive office simultaneously), a seat he gave up come 1997 in order to- unsuccessfully, as it turned out- run for Governor (the Democratic Party nominee, McGreevey lost to incumbent Republican Governor Christine Todd Whitman in the General Election that November). On his second try for the State's highest office, in November 2001, McGreevey defeated Republican former Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler. This will be the second time in only four years that a State Senate President will have become "acting Governor" of New Jersey in the wake of a Gubernatorial resignation. In early 2001, Governor Christie Whitman resigned to become then-newly inaugurated President George W. Bush's first Enviromental Protection Agency head, after which then-State Senate President Donald DiFrancesco (R- Union County, NJ) served almost all the remainder of Whitman's four-year term. The last week of that term was finished up alternately by then-co-State Senate Presidents Codey and John Bennett (R-Monmouth County, NJ) because a newly elected Legislature (with an evenly divided State Senate) took office just before McGreevey was inaugurated as Governor. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/NJ.phtml#G ========================= The Pennsylvania Republicans nominated Mike Fitzpatrick as a replacement candidate for Congressman James C. Greenwood (Republican Pennsylvania CD 8). Congressman Greenwood was renominated by primary on 27 April 2004 however, on 22 July 2004 the Congressman announced that he is retiring on 5 January 2005 and is no longer a candidate for re-election. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/PA.phtml#H08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 11 August 2004 ========================= Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez (Democrat Texas CD 28) conceeded defeat in his bid for renomination after the Texas Supreme Court rejected his latest appeal regarding the irregularities with the 9 March 2004 primary. Henry Cuellar, who won by 58 votes, is the Democratic Nominee. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/TX.phtml#H28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 10 August 2004 ========================= The Bush Administration has nominated Congressman Porter Johnson Goss (Republican Florida CD 14) for the position of Director, Cental Intelligence Agency. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/Hx/BushAdministration.html#pgoss ========================= Colorado - Primary (Senate Class 3, 7 U.S. House Seats) Results: All incumbents running for re-election (2 Democratic and 4 out of 5 Republican U.S. House Members) received their party's nomination for re-election. Republican Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell and Republican Congressman Scott McInnis (CD 3) are not running for re-election. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/CO.phtml ========================= Connecticut - Primary (Senate Class 3, 5 U.S. House Seats) Results: All incumbents (Democratic Senator Christopher J. Dodd, 2 Democratic U.S. House Members, and 3 Republican U.S. House Members) received their party's nomination for re-election. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/CT.phtml ========================= Georgia - Runoffs (Senate Class 3: Democrat, U.S. House CD 6: Republican, U.S. House CD 8: Republican) Results: Congressman Denise L. Majette received the Democratic nomination for the Class 3 Senate Seat. Tom Price received the Republican nomination for U.S. House CD 6. Lynn Westmoreland received the Republican nomination for U.S. House CD 8. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/GA.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 8 August 2004 Alan Keyes to run for Illinois Senate Class 3 Seat. Jack Ryan, who was nominated in the 16 March 2004 Republican Primary, withdrew his candidacy on 25 June 2004 and officially removed his name from the ballot on Thursday 29 July 2004. On 4 August the Illinois Republican State Central Committee asked Alan Keyes to run as the replacement candidate. Mr. Keyes accepted the offer on 8 August 2004. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/IL.phtml#S3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference Pages ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Parties' Presidential Nomination Process (Democrats, Republicans) http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/ Elections for Statewide offices and Congress http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G04/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming 2004 Federal and Statewide Primary and Runoff Elections http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/events.phtml?format=chronological ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 24 August 2004 ========================= Alaska - Primary (Senate Class 3, U.S. House At-Large) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/AK.phtml ========================= Oklahoma - Runoff Should no candidate receive 50% or more of the vote in the 27 July primary, the 2 top vote getters will proceed to a 24 August runoff election. There are no runoffs for statewide offices. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/OK.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 30 August - Thursday 2 September 2004 ========================= 38th Republican National Convention http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/R.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 31 August 2004 ========================= Florida - Primary (Senate Class 3, 25 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/FL.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 4 September 2004 ========================= Guam - Primary Election (Delegate to the House of Representatives) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/GM.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 7 September 2004 ========================= Nevada - Primary (Senate Class 3, 3 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/NV.phtml ========================= Arizona - Primary (Senate Class 3, 8 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/AZ.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 14 September 2004 ========================= District of Columbia - Primary (Delegate to the House of Representatives) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/DC.phtml ========================= Massachusetts - Primary (10 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/MA.phtml ========================= Minnesota - Primary (8 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/MN.phtml ========================= New Hampshire - Primary (Senate Class 3, 2 U.S. House Seats, Governor) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/NH.phtml ========================= New York - Primary (Senate Class 3, 29 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/NY.phtml ========================= Rhode Island - Primary (2 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/RI.phtml ========================= Vermont - Primary (Senate Class 3, At-Large U.S. House Seat, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor of Accounts) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/VT.phtml ========================= Washington - Primary (Senate Class 3, 9 U.S. House Seats, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor, Commissioner of Public Lands, Insurance Commissioner, Superintendent of Public Instruction) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/WA.phtml ========================= Wisconsin - Primary (Senate Class 3, 8 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/WI.phtml |