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Vincent Gray
Issa Launches Probe of D.C. Mayor's Spending
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray
Mayor Vincent Gray and Council Chairman Kwame Brown spilled blood in the water when they started spending taxpayers' money on apparently nepotistic hiring, extravagant travel and luxury SUVs.
Incoming House Republicans are dead set on cutting spending anywhere they can, including vulnerable D.C. city services, and now Gray and company will have a tougher time defending them while fending off investigators from Rep. Darrell Issa's (R-CA) Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Buddy Roemer, Budget, DC-MAYOR, Darrell Issa, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, House Republicans, House of Representatives, Vincent Gray
2010 elections
Tonight's Primaries: The Last Big Election Night Before November
Christine O'Donnell
Tonight marks the last major night of the 2010 primary season. And what a wild and wacky season it's been -- and could still prove to be tonight.
This is the last multi-state primary night this year. After tonight, the only one primary left is Hawaii's this Saturday.
So let's take a look at some of tonight's races. There are Tea Party insurgents against establishment GOP moderates, Dems fighting it out to keep their jobs, and a whole lot of fun throughout.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: 2010 elections, Adam Clayton Powell IV, Bill Binnie, Bob Ehrlich, Brian Murphy, Carl Paladino, Charlie Rangel, Christine O'Donnell, DC-MAYOR, DE-SEN, David Cicilline, Doug Hoffman, House '10, Jim Bender, Kelly Ayotte, MD-GOV, Mark Neumann, Matt Doheny, Mike Castle, NH-SEN, NY-15, NY-23, NY-GOV, Ovide Lamontagne, RI-01, Rick Lazio, Sarah Palin, Scott Walker, Senate '10, Vincent Gray, WI-GOV
DC-MAYOR
Showdown In The City: Incumbent D.C. Mayor Fenty On The Ropes
Vincent Gray and D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty (D)
One of the biggest political shockers this fall is happening right here in TPMDC's own backyard, as D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray is poised to unseat D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty on Tuesday.
In a Democratic primary race that has a lot to do with race and neighborhood gentrification, the incumbent Fenty has struggled all summer. With the election now just a few days away, Gray leads every poll -- even though Fenty is earning all the big newspaper endorsements.
Fenty admitted in an interview on WTOP yesterday he's phoned the White House to ask for his buddy President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to formally back him and come out on the campaign trail or appear in mailings. But TPMDC is hearing the president won't be saying a peep before Tuesday -- and so is Fenty.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: 2010 elections, Adrian Fenty, DC-MAYOR, Vincent Gray
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