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Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Ind. Gov't. - Valpo mayor Costas enters GOP attorney general field
So reports Patrick Guinane in this story today in the NWI Times. Some quotes:
VALPARAISO | Mayor Jon Costas hopes to appear on the Republican ticket in November as the party's nominee for Indiana attorney general, the two-term city leader announced Tuesday.Costas said he began considering the statewide post three weeks ago, after Republican Attorney General Steve Carter announced he would forgo a third term. * * *
Four other prominent Republican lawyers have expressed interest in the nomination. But one of them, Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita, on Tuesday said he'd step aside for Costas
"I would support his candidacy 100 percent, not only for the strong leadership he will provide to another corner of the Statehouse, but (because) it would allow me to continue my current service as secretary of state and spend more time with our newborn this year," Rokita, a Munster native, said in a statement.
Costas, who drew no Democratic opponent on the way to a second mayoral term last year, could help bring regional balance to the November GOP ticket. It will be headlined by Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, who has no primary opponent. * * *
Costas, now a part-time attorney specializing in elder law for the Valparaiso office of Burke Costanza & Cuppy, said he would stay on as mayor if he secures his party's nomination. Local Republican precinct officials would select a new mayor if Costas ultimately were elected attorney general in November.
Greg Zoeller, Carter's chief deputy, also has expressed interest in the GOP nomination for attorney general, along with Kyle Hupfer, a former director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, and Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Indiana Election Commission.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 9, 2008 04:19 PM
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