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Governor Blanco decides to not run for re-election
| 2007-03-23 | |
| Even as she gave up her bid for re-election Tuesday, Gov. Kathleen Blanco took care to tout her “bold and sweeping education agenda” as the centerpiece of her last legislative session. | |
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| Gov. Kathleen Blanco could use her $3 million campaign fund to try to influence the political climate in the coming months. After weeks of saying she would seek a second term, Blanco said Tuesday she would not run for re-election this fall. That leaves her with a lot of campaign cash with which she can do a number of things. | |
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| 2007-03-22 | |
| Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said Wednesday he will seriously consider running for governor if former U.S. Sen. John Breaux does not seek the job. Landrieu is among several Democratic leaders waiting to see what Breaux does now that Gov. Kathleen Blanco is no longer a contender in the Oct. 20 race. | |
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| Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s decision not to seek re-election will cripple her power to push her agenda through an increasingly hostile Legislature, politicians and others said Wednesday. | |
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| The general tenor of comments on Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s decision not to seek re-election from public officials in her home turf of Acadiana was a mixture of sympathy for her decision and for the position hurricanes Katrina and Rita put her in as governor. | |
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| 2007-03-21 | |
| Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Tuesday that she won’t seek re-election but will spend the rest of her term helping Louisiana recover from two hurricanes that devastated much of the state and plagued her administration. Blanco said removing herself from the race for governor will lessen the partisan politics that she fought from her Legislature to the White House and derailed much of her program. | |
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| A time line for Kathleen Blanco. | |
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| Good evening. I speak to you tonight not only as your governor, but as your fellow citizen. When we began our journey together three years ago, it was a time of optimism and hope. We embarked on sweeping reforms and improvements. These efforts were well under way when catastrophe struck our state. | |
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| Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s stunning announcement Tuesday not to seek re-election turned the race for governor upside down and ignited new speculation on whether former Democratic U.S. Sen. John Breaux will enter the contest. | |
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| Gov. Kathleen Blanco worked hard in some of the most challenging times any Louisiana governor has faced, friends and detractors said Tuesday. “She’s been as tenacious as any governor’s ever been. No one can accuse her of not giving it all she had,” said former Republican Gov. Mike Foster upon learning that Blanco would not seek re-election this fall. | |
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| With so many people disparaging her political prospects in the fall election, Gov. Kathleen Blanco took control of her own destiny by deciding to forgo a race for re-election. The political calculations are one thing, and will be endlessly debated over the next couple of weeks. | |
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| 2007-03-20 | |
| UPDATE 8:15 P.M. FROM ADVOCATE CAPITOL NEWS BUREAU Gov. Kathleen Blanco announced tonight that she will not seek re-election after a term darkened by two natural disasters and plagued by partisan politics. Blanco broke the news to her staff and supporters shortly before broadcasting her decision on television airwaves across the state. Family and friends crowded into the foyer of the Governor’s Mansion for her statement. Afterward, they ate gumbo while the governor’s grandchildren scampered through the mansion. She again touted her sweeping education budget, which include pay raises for teachers and college professors. She said she has “devoted every waking hour” to hurricane recovery. | |
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