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Richard Pombo
Richard Pombo's Comeback Bid Founders
Justin Elliott | June 9, 2010, 9:14AM
Former Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA)
The comeback hopes of ethically-challenged former congressman Richard Pombo were dashed Tuesday, with the anti-environmentalist from California coming in a disappointing third place in the GOP primary in the state's 19th district.
Pombo was ousted from Congress in 2006 with assists by a big push from conservationist groups and his own myriad ethical problems. (TPMmuckraker's ethics retrospective on Pombo is here.)
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (9) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)Topics: 2010 Elections, California, Jeff Denham, Republicans, Richard Pombo
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Richard Pombo: An Ethics Retrospective
Justin Elliott | January 4, 2010, 6:31PM
Former Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA)
Tomorrow, former Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) is set to burst back onto the national political scene with a new bid for Congress in California.
Luckily, TPM's archives are bursting with stories of Pombo's ethical troubles -- the very troubles that helped sink his 2006 reelection bid after seven terms in office.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (10) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)Topics: Bush Administration, CREW, Comeback, House Committee on Natural Resources, Jack Abramoff, Pac/West Communications, Richard Pombo, Tom DeLay, WWF
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