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Who is Joe Nation?
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| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Edited | Craverguy Apr 19, 2008 01:47am |
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| News Date | Monday, April 14, 2008 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Who is Joe Nation?
By Randy Shaw‚ Apr. 14‚ 2008
Since entering the State Senate race against Mark Leno and Carole Migden, former Marin Assemblymember Joe Nation has benefited from positive San Francisco Chronicle stories that largely ignored his political record. But as voters start paying attention to the race, they will learn that when progressive Marin Congressmember Lynn Woolsey was rallying national opposition to the Iraq War, Nation forced her to divert attention from this work by mounting a primary election challenge against her in 2006. Voters will also find out that Nation was a major recipient of campaign donations from the healthcare, pharmaceutical and insurance industries while in the Assembly. Nation voted against single payer health care and did not support former State Senator Jackie Speier’s landmark consumer and financial privacy bill. One might be hard-pressed to find such information about Nation in the Chronicle, since Nation was formerly a regular contributor to its editorial pages and the paper endorsed him over the staunchly progressive and anti-war Woolsey in 2006.
The next State Senator representing progressive District 3 will be either Joe Nation or Mark Leno, as incumbent Carole Migden is essentially out of the race. The outcome of this contest will either keep the seat in progressive hands, or have one of the state’s most liberal Senate districts shift to a pro-business moderate, Joe Nation. Here are some key aspects of Nation’s record: |
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