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Artur Davis Loses in Ala. Gov. Race

By Jeralyn

Democrat Artur Davis has lost his bid to become Governor of Alabama. I don't know anything about his challenger, Ron Sparks, but I'm glad Davis lost. Back in 2008, when his name was mentioned as a possible Attorney General pick for Obama, I researched his record and found it terrible on crime. He was a total crime warrior.

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From his then website:

From 1994 to 1998, Congressman Davis established a 98 percent conviction rate as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama fighting white-collar criminals and the scourge of drugs and violence on our streets and in our neighborhoods....[he was]the co-chair of the centrist New Democrat Caucus.

Also,

On issues, in 2006, NORML rated him -20,indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance. The National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) rated him at 88 for being tough on crime.

He voted for the bankruptcy reform bill....He also voted for class action reform (as did Obama, by the way, breaking with progressive Democrats), the Real ID act, the marriage amendment and the bill banning partial-birth abortions. And he voted yes on removing the need for a FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad. He voted yes on continuing military recruitment on college campuses.

He also voted against the health care reform bill. Sounds to me like Alabama dodged a bullet. Sparks, the State Agriculture Commissioner, campaigned hard in favor of legalizing gambling.

Sparks, 57, won the nomination in large part by campaigning on a single issue: his support for legalizing, regulating and taxing Las Vegas-style gambling in Alabama. Sparks stumped the state, telling would-be voters that taxing gambling proceeds would go a long way toward helping pay for a variety of needs -- from improving schools, better funding medical care for the needy and paying for college scholarships for deserving students.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 02, 2010 (boomark / email).