Word: governorship
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After an unsuccesful bid for the governorship of Maine in 1974, he served as a federal judge, en route to succeeding his political mentor Edmund Muskie (D—Me.) as a U.S. senator...
Racicot has wielded clout as a lobbyist since leaving the governorship a year ago. Representing a coalition of power companies, Racicot met with vice-presidential aides on Dec. 3, sources tell TIME, and argued to relax a clean-air law requiring utilities to install new pollution controls when they upgrade plants. In November he sent promotional material for Siebel Systems software to Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, according to Siebel executive Frank Bishop. Racicot, a Siebel director, followed up with a phone call to Ridge. Racicot says it is "insulting" to suggest his political role might help his lobbying...
...looking for something not too complicated — talented people with integrity who would be good partners” for Swift, the search hasn’t been without controversy. Earlier this year, former GOP party chair and millionaire James Rappaport announced that he would seek the lieutenant governorship against the wishes of Swift, who would prefer to choose her own running mate for the Republican convention to confirm...
...colleagues in Pennsylvania are cheering the President?s nomination. Ridge, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, is both respected and well liked in an area where other politicians have seen their mandates stymied by the state's starkly divided urban and rural ideologies. Before returning to Pennsylvania to win the governorship in 1994, Ridge served in the U.S. House from 1983 to 1995. The Harvard graduate (and lawyer) also served as an assistant district attorney in Erie County...
...Inside, more fans are lining up. Public relations is Tanaka's forte, and upon taking the governorship, he moved his office to a ground-floor room where he installed curtain-less plate-glass windows. Outside is a public lounge, with tables, chairs and vending machines. The public is allowed?more than that, they're encouraged?to come and watch Tanaka. Watch him do what? Work, ostensibly, at being Governor. But Tanaka spends most of his day working the crowd. "Politicians usually stay so far away from us," says 19-year-old Shinya Urayama, a college student from Tokyo...