Post by Logan on Feb 16, 2016 20:03:28 GMT -6
Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane of Pennsylvania said on Tuesday that she will not seek re-election this fall, the latest twist in a political potboiler that has shamed a succession of state officials, destroyed several careers and left Ms. Kane facing felony charges and impeachment.
At a news conference in her hometown, Scranton, Ms. Kane, 49, rejected calls to resign from Republicans and some fellow Democrats, including Gov. Tom Wolf, saying she would continue battling what she has called a corrupt “old-boys’ network” that has plotted to remove her from office.
Although she suggested that she could have won the Democratic nomination for a second term, she said she had decided to place her two children first.
“While I love Pennsylvania, I love my sons first,” she said. “I hope that history judges me well, but that’s for time to tell. I hope more that God and my sons judge me well. They will be the ones with me towards the end.”
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/us/embattled-pennsylvania-attorney-general-says-that-she-will-not-seek-re-election.html
At a news conference in her hometown, Scranton, Ms. Kane, 49, rejected calls to resign from Republicans and some fellow Democrats, including Gov. Tom Wolf, saying she would continue battling what she has called a corrupt “old-boys’ network” that has plotted to remove her from office.
Although she suggested that she could have won the Democratic nomination for a second term, she said she had decided to place her two children first.
“While I love Pennsylvania, I love my sons first,” she said. “I hope that history judges me well, but that’s for time to tell. I hope more that God and my sons judge me well. They will be the ones with me towards the end.”
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/us/embattled-pennsylvania-attorney-general-says-that-she-will-not-seek-re-election.html