Democrat Felecia Rotellini wants another shot at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
Rotellini, who lost to current Attorney General Tom Horne by less than 4 percentage points in 2010, officially filed as a candidate this morning for a run for AG.
“I want to return the focus of the AG’s Office to prosecuting crime and criminals and protecting Arizonans,” Rotellini says. “The Attorney General’s Office should not be in the business of politics but in the business of protecting and serving.”
Rotellini, who has worked as a prosecutor in the AG’s Office under Republican Grant Woods and Democrats Janet Napolitano and Terry Goddard and as superintendent of the State Banking Department in the Napolitano administration, tells the Weekly she wanted to get an early start on the campaign.
“I want to build a campaign, gather the endorsements and raise the money I need to raise to get my message out,” Rotellini says.
She has tapped Richard Carmona, the former U.S. surgeon general and 2012 Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, as a campaign chair.
“I’m honored to have him as my campaign chair,” Rotellini says. “He exemplifies the kind of hard-working public servant and problem solver that I aspire to be as well.”
Rotellini, who raised nearly $700,000 for her 2010 campaign, will not be using the state’s Clean Elections program.
“Clean Elections simply does not provide sufficient funds to run the type of robust campaign that needs to run statewide,” she says.
Whether she’ll face a Democratic primary remains to be seen. Goddard, who lost a gubernatorial bid in 2010 after serving two terms as AG from 2002 to 2010, is seriously contemplating a run for the AG’s office as well.
Horne is eligible to seek a second term, but is facing political and legal troubles.
This article appears in Feb 21-27, 2013.
Horne should be prosecuted for not filing voter fraud charges against his buddy, Russell Pearce. Pearce promoted a sham candidate to get re-elected after being impeached from his AZ legislative seat, the only person ever. A latino who wouldn’t speak to the press as a candidate. His nieces canvassed fliers for her.
Pearce promoted the bigoted bill SB 1070 about immigration status that has hurt Arizona tourism, movies and concerts.
Thank God she’s running again! The only thing Tom Horne has screwed up more than being AG for AZ was when he was the AZ Superintendant of Education. He’s being tailed by the FBI, does a fender bender in a parking lot and scoots off while his well-paid girlfriend is in the vehicle with him. I’m just waiting for the divorce announcment.
Felecia Rotellini did an outstanding job as the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and will do another outstanding job as A.G. All voters should support her.
VOTE FOR FELECIA.
If Democrats were not so damn “Socialistic” in nature … maybe I would consider them. However, until such time as they embrace and uphold their Oaths of Office to protect the US Constitution. Fat chance in hell that I will support one!