Arizona: Dean Martin

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The Accidental Governor will find that succession to office is so much easier than election to office.

Jan Brewer will announce today that she intends to run for governor in 2010. Apparently she believes that gross incompetence and abject failure are to be rewarded.

The Arizona Capitol Times (subscription required) reports:

Gov. Jan Brewer is expected to put an end to the questions about her candidacy this evening (Nov. 5) with an announcement that she will seek a full term as governor. Brewer is scheduled to speak at Westmarc's 17th annual Best of the West awards dinner. One source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the Arizona Capitol Times the announcement would be made at the event.

State Sen. Thayer Verschoor  is the latest lawmaker to set sail upon the choppy political seas with an exploratory committee. The probable destination: The state treasurer's seat in 2010.
Verschoor, a Gilbert Republican, is one of 10 senators hitting their eight-year term limit, and thus looking at other job prospects.
The senator said he won't seek the treasurer job if the current occupant, Dean Martin, seeks a second term. Verschoor said he would have other options if that were the case, although he didn't elaborate. However, Martin is widely expected to get into the governor's race.
Andrei Cherny, a former assistant attorney ...

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Time once again to update the early filers with the Arizona Secretary of State for 2010. You can play along at home at http://www.azsos.gov/cfs/CommitteeSearch.aspx

Since the last update, Paradise Valley Mayor Vernon Parker, a Republican, has been receiving a lot of media attention as he explores running for goveror PV mayor forms exploratory panel on run for governor, not all of it welcome PV Mayor Vernon Parker: Accused by Feds of false filing « Seeing Red AZ. State Treasurer Dean Martin, a Republican, is also considering running for governor State Treasurer Dean Martin considers a run for governor. Former Arizona Republican Party Chairman and Republican National Commiteeman John Munger told Bill Buckmaster of KUAT's Arizona Illustrated on Monday that he is leaving the segment "Face Off" and would have an announcement shortly about a new direction in his life, looking like the cat who swallowed the canary.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The Arizona House and Senate reconvene at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, beginning the eighth week of the Special Session. The Arizona Capitol Times reports that there has been no progress since 5-way talks began last Friday.

The Accidental Governor has until the end of Wednesday to either sign or veto the budget package sent to her last week -- unless the Legislature adjourns sine die today or tomorrow; this would extend the time the Accidental Governor has to act on bills sitting on her desk for another ten days. If there are genuine bipartisan negotiations underway, this may be what occurs today.