Word: governorship
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...direct passage of law by majority vote, was originally envisioned as a check on legislative power. Yet the initiative system has become more than a check; in the last generation, the voting public has done more than anyone in the state capital to enact innovative legislation. While the governorship is still a vaunted position--if only as a potential springboard to the Presidency--the State House and Senate have done little more than keep the books balanced and administer existing programs...
...some obscure Democrat running for Governor of Texas and 50 percentage points behind in the polls wouldn't be able to corral a lot of high-class national Democratic talent to help in his campaign. But land commissioner GARRY MAURO, who announces his candidacy for the Lone Star State governorship this week, attracted some pretty impressive folks to his book-signing soiree in Washington not too long ago. We're talking fellow authors Bill and Hillary Clinton as well as best-selling scribe Al Gore. In addition, the First Lady has played host at a fund-raising dinner for Mauro...
...income-tax cut that gave her a winning margin of 26,093 votes. This time, though, it is the feisty McGreevey who seems to be connecting with New Jersey's dollars-and-cents voters. The closeness of the race has already hurt Whitman's national reputation. To save her governorship, she will need to show voters she understands that their lives, even in these prosperous times, are not a walk in the country...
Symington's governorship was tainted almost from its inception. Soon after taking office, he was sued by the Resolution Trust Corporation for his role in directing the failed Southwest Savings & Loan Association in Phoenix. Two years later, Symington, who had campaigned as a successful business mogul, declared himself broke. Despite his troubles, he won re-election in 1994. But the litany of scandal never stopped. In 1995, after a court ruled that Symington was personally liable for a $10 million loan from six pension funds to his now defunct real estate company, he declared personal bankruptcy. Then last year...
...Weld aides--who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity--said Weld will likely resign from the governorship as soon as his name is submitted to the Senate for confirmation...