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Representative David Gomberg Democrat - District 10 - Central Coast
Biography Education: BS in Political Science from Oregon State University. Graduated with Honors in 1976. Elected as Student Body President MAIS from OSU in Political Science, Economics, and...
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Democrat Valarie Wilson picked up a big endorsement Friday when EMILYs List announced it will support her candidacy for Georgia superintendent.
EMILYs List is a high-profile, national group that backs female Democratic office-seekers. Support from EMILYs List often opens up national fundraising opportunities for a candidate.
Wilson faces retired Irwin County educator Richard L. Woods in the superintendents race. As a Democrat, she is in a tough battle to win election in a state that currently has no Democrat in statewide office.
A poll of 1,578 likely voters conducted Aug. 24-25 for WRBL-TV and The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer showed that Wilson trails her Republican rival by about 4 percentage points just beyond the polls margin of error.
A spokeswoman for EMILYs List said the group would be providing a financial donation to the Wilson campaign, but she did not say how much or when that donation would be made. Wilson said she will work to get voters to see beyond party labels and that the EMILYs List endorsement will help with that effort.
I think party identification is real, Wilson said. We are looking at Rs and Ds instead of who is the best candidate. Ive got to get my message out.
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Republican Party Values - an Atlas Summit panel discussion
This special luncheon event was held at the 2014 Atlas Summit featured a panel discussing what fundamental values should be guiding the American right wing. ...
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Freeholder Joseph Howarth is abandoning his re-election campaign because of his ongoing fight with Crohns disease.
The Evesham Republican, who has served on the Burlington County Board of Freeholders since 2012, announced his decision to drop out of the race late Friday.
In a letter to the media, Howarth disclosed that he has long battled the digestive condition, but that his condition now requires him to undergo surgery this week and his expected recuperation would prevent him from campaigning with the same passion and energy that have been hallmarks of my past successful campaigns.
A competitor by nature, and someone who is immensely proud of the work done by our Republican majority of the freeholder board to cut property taxes, reduce county spending and still provide key services to middle-class families, seniors and veterans, this is not an easy decision. But it is the right one, Howarth said in the letter. I wish the best to my running mate and friend, Bruce Garganio, and trust that the County Republican Committee will find a strong candidate to replace me on the ballot.
Howarth, a school aide with the Lenape Regional High School District, said he intends to remain on the board and serve out the remaining four months of his three-year term.
The Burlington County Republican Committee will meet Monday night to name a replacement candidate in time to meet the Burlington County Clerks Office's printing deadline, GOP Chairman Bill Layton said Friday.
First off, I applaud Joe for all the work hes done on the freeholder board, Layton said. Hes been an outstanding freeholder whos done wonderful work, and were hoping he makes a full recovery.
Layton said that the full committee was notified Friday about Howarths decision and that several people have expressed an interest in running for the seat. He declined to identify the possible candidates.
Sources familiar with the inner workings of the party said former Freeholder Mary Ann OBrien, of Medford, was a possibility, along with former Freeholders Aubrey Fenton, of Willingboro, and Bill Haines, of Medford.
OBrien served as a freeholder from 2010 to 2013. She and Garganio, of Florence, were unseated during the 2012 election by Democrats Aimee Belgard, of Edgewater Park, and Joanne Schwartz, of Southampton.
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Published September 05, 2014
This March 25, 2014 file photo shows House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., leaving a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.AP
A top House Republican is urging the Obama administration to consider sending U.S. ground forces as part of its strategy against the Islamic State, saying we will have to risk Americans" to defeat the terrorist group.
The call by Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers R-Mich., puts him out in front of even his Republican colleagues, many of whom echo the administration line that the U.S. should not commit boots on the ground in Iraq.
Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated that stance on Friday in Wales ahead of a meeting among allies on how to address the Islamic State threat.
I think thats a red line for everybody here, no boots on the ground, Kerry said.
But Rogers, in a forceful op-ed published in Time, said the U.S. must not let the standard trope that there be no boots on the ground become a mantra of self-defeat or a definition of intelligence operations and special capabilities.
The column comes as even Democrats take a tougher stance toward ISIS. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., while not supporting U.S. boots on the ground, plans to introduce a bill authorizing U.S. airstrikes in Syria.
Rogers, who also supports taking the fight to Syria, stressed that American infantry and tanks rolling back into Iraq or Syria are not needed. But it is not enough simply to send a few hundred troops to defend American diplomatic compounds, Rogers wrote.
This is a terrorist organization that has an army, and we need to treat it that way. To defeat this enemy, we will have to risk Americans who will be operating in the fight. But lets be clear, American lives around the world are presently at risk from ISISs brutality, Rogers said.
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Top Republican warns 'boots on the ground' may be needed to defeat ISIS