New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte — one of the two most impressive Republican AGs*, in my opinion — has announced, per the Nashua Telegraph, that she will be resigning on July 17 to consider a run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Judd Gregg. This is big news. Ayotte always impressed me, both for her moderate positioning and her office’s smart work. This could not be happy-making for U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, the announced Democrat in the race.
* = The other, if you care, is Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, running for the Senate against incumbent GOP Sen. Bob Bennett.
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Chris Geidner is the senior political writer at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found
Seriously Chris?
What about her asking for CA to stay the marriage decision last year — pretty damn poor! — esp when she had no legal reason for doing.
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