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Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Campaign 2006: A Rep. Who Wants to be the Gov.
There are a number of Representatives around the country who have set their eyes on becoming governors of their states -- Ted Strickland in Ohio, Jim Nussle in Iowa, Jim Davis in Florida. Now a Nevada Congressman has joined the ranks, as the Associated Press reports.
Rep. Jim Gibbons, a conservative Republican, announced Wednesday he will run for governor next year with an agenda emphasizing education and government restraint.Gibbons' pending retirement from the House will leave the Democrats with an opportunity to pick up a seat from a state that is increasingly palatable to their views. Although Bush carried Gibbons' district with 57 percent of the vote in both 2000 and 2004, this is by no means an insurmountable margin for the Dems to overcome. Now they just have to come up with a strong candidate...
"We can always do better and we will by making sure government respects the wishes of those who fund it — the hardworking taxpayers," Gibbons told supporters.
Polls indicate Gibbons is the early GOP front-runner to succeed Gov. Kenny Guinn, a moderate Republican who will leave office at the end of 2006 after two, four-year terms.
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