Have you heard about the Republican candidate for Secretary of State ( the person in charge of running elections) that State Senator Tony Strickland endorsed?

He only bothered to vote once in his life and that was last year in the May special election.

He couldn't even bother to vote in the historic McCain/Obama contest.

But now he wants to be in charge of registering voters and running elections?

The people most seriously pushing him to run are those that want something out of him. The professional political class looking to cash in on a candidate. They will make money when he loses and then they will use the network he builds to support their campaigns.

Tony Strickland supports him which is a great political move for Strickland. After Dunn loses Tony Strickland can call on him to send him a check or to use his mailing list. I will take the endorsement seriously if Strickland bothers to write him a large check. Until then this endorsement is a disappointment.

Say what you want about Audra Strickland but she is more qualified to be Secretary of State. She was more qualified to be County Tax Collector because of her years in the state legislature than he is to be in charge of registering voters.

If you think this is a joke check out his website. His plan to register people to vote? He is going to go and ask people personally.

I have said many nice things about Tony Strickland but promoting this candidacy is disappointing.

Congratulations to Secretary of State Debra Bowen on drawing Damon Dunn as a candidate.

Assembly Member Audra Strickland has filed to start raising money to run for Secretary of State. She is termed out and I have heard rumors that she is thinking of running for another office, but the screen shot above shows she is strongly considering statewide office. Current incumbent Debra Bowen is up for re-election in 2010.

Click here for the filing page showing Audra Strickland's filing.

Debra Bowen is very popular with grassroots Democrats and she will be able to call upon them if she runs for Secretary of State or another office. Can we admit that term limits hasn't stopped career politicians? You should join Debra Bowen on Facebook, even if only to watch how the technology is being used by innovative politicians.

Click here for Debra Bowen's website.

Click here for a Wikipedia page on Audra Strickland. If you include additional information on Audra Strickland, her legislative record, and her past campaigns, send me an email so that I can post that it has been updated.

By the way: Did you see that Audra Strickland is preparing to run for Secretary of State on any blog or in any newspaper before my blog? Thanks for reading.