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really cares what decision he makes. While Democrats argue that most attorney generals who ran for governor resigned to do so (Andrew Miller, Gerald Baliles, Mary Sue Terry), candidate John Marshall Coleman did not during his ill-fated 1981 run against Charles S. Robb. And, though Coleman lost, it had little or nothing to do with his retaining the office while running for governor.
Gilmore would like to stay on* in the $97,000 a year job because, unlike his prospective Democratic opponent Donald Beyer, he is not a wealthy man and has family obligations.
If Gilmore, who is weighting his options, decides to stay put then he can quote the wisdom of Robert Holsworth, a VCU political science teacher, who said, “It seems to be that if somebody was elected to serve four years, it’s certainly reasonable that they ought to be able to serve out their term.” Did anyone hear any Democrats complaining when Bill Clinton while serving as Governor of Arkansas ran for President?
Then, too, are any Democrats demanding that Beyer step down from his job as lieutenant-governor. They keep saying it’s not fair to compare the two since lieutenant-governor is an undemanding part-time job while the attorney-general supervises 260 employees.
If that’s so, then why does Beyer keep boasting that he has made the job a full-time one during these past seven years and claim that he has played a key role in helping to improve education, economic development and other things. If the job is as non-essential as his fellow Democrats say it is, then it has obviously done little to prepare Beyer for taking over the highly demanding job of Governor.
Gilmore, in short, can campaign for the governorship while still attending to his duties as attorney general. The defense rests.
Now for the “flat earth” version.
Gilmore is the chief law officer of
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