For over a year State Senator Jeff Denham has been running for the GOP nomination for Lt. Governor. Senate Republican Leader Dennis Hollingsworth had endorsed his colleague in his bid for higher office.
Today off the transom came a release from the campaign of State Senator Sam Aanastad, who recently announced that he, too, is seeking the GOP nomination for LG. The release announced the endorsement of Hollingsworth of his candidacy.
Needless to say, it seemed like an interesting story if Hollingsworth was dropping his support for Denham in favor of Aanestad. Were Hollingsworth not the leader, that wouldn’t be too shocking. Between Aanastad and Denham, the former is more ideologically conservative. But because he is the leader, it would have been a head-turned.
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October 21st, 2009 at 12:00 am
Note to leaders: When in command, take command. Make decision and stick to them. This isn’t magnanimous. It’s squishy.
October 21st, 2009 at 12:00 am
Hollingsworth absolutely did the right thing. A leader backs his caucus members even when they compete with each other. The unity of the caucus for the big public policy issues is far more important than which Senator becomes our next Lt. Governor.