{"id":4400,"date":"2005-06-08T11:57:48","date_gmt":"2005-06-08T15:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/4400.html"},"modified":"2005-06-08T11:57:48","modified_gmt":"2005-06-08T15:57:48","slug":"wednesdays-political-round-up-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wednesdays-political-round-up-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s political round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn&#8217;t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:<\/p>\n<p>* Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) announced yesterday that <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/wireStory?id=828803\">she will run<\/a> the Senate next year, taking on incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson (D). If today&#8217;s news about her campaign is any indication, her role in &#8220;helping&#8221; Bush win the presidential election in 2000 will dominate the race.<\/p>\n<p>* With Harris giving up her House seat, the race to replace her is on. Former Sarasota County Republican Chairman Tramm Hudson is getting some <a href=\"http:\/\/nationaljournal.com\/pubs\/congressdaily\/am050608.htm#11\">early support<\/a> from GOP leaders.<\/p>\n<p>* As expected, Democratic Sen. Jon Corzine and Republican businessman Doug Forrester <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/wireStory?id=829453\">won their respective primaries<\/a> in the New Jersey governor&#8217;s race yesterday. Forrester ended up with 36%, beating former Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler, who had 31%. Corzine faced miminal opposition and won 88% of the support of Dem primary voters.<\/p>\n<p>* Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe (D) said yesterday that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwanews.com\/story.php?paper=adg&#038;section=News&#038;storyid=118699\">he will run<\/a> for governor next year and will make a formal announcement during a statewide tour next week.<\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalwire.com\/archives\/2005\/06\/08\/roemer_considering_challenge_to_lugar.html\">Rumor has it<\/a> that former Rep. Tim Roemer (D-Ind.), after high-profile stints on the 9\/11 Commission and the DNC chairmanship&#8217;s race, is seriously considering a campaign against Sen. Richard Lugar (R) next year. Despite the fact that Lugar is considered one of Indiana&#8217;s most popular figures, Roemer has apparently seen an internal poll showing him within a couple of points in a hypothetical match-up.<\/p>\n<p>* Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Peter Beilenson (D) announced this week that <a href=\"http:\/\/wjz.com\/localstories\/local_story_157220512.html\">he&#8217;s planning<\/a> to run for Congress in Rep. Ben Cardin&#8217;s (D) district. Cardin is running for the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>* Speaking of filling House vacancies, John Hanson, Rep. Tom Osborne&#8217;s (R-Neb.) senior agricultural adviser and district director, has said he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/issues\/50_126\/atr\/9525-1.html\">intends to run<\/a> for his boss&#8217; House seat next year, now that Osborne is running for governor. Hanson will likely face State Sen. Adrian Smith (R) in a GOP primary.<\/p>\n<p>* And speaking of Nebraska, Omaha businessman Dave Nabity this week became the latest Republican to announce a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalstar.com\/articles\/2005\/06\/06\/local\/doc42a4b79dc45fe741992342.txt\">run for governor<\/a>. He faced an uphill climb &#8212; Nabity will face Rep. Tom Osborne and acting Gov. Dave Heineman in a Republican primary, where he&#8217;ll be expected to finish third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn&#8217;t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) announced yesterday that she will run the Senate next year, taking on incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson (D). If today&#8217;s news about her campaign is any indication, her role [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}