2014 AG’s Race: Felecia Is In!

Posted by Bob Lord

Felecia Rotellini officially entered the 2014 race for Attorney General today. That's great. She'll be a great candidate and will make a great AG.

Full press release follows after the jump.

ROTELLINI ANNOUNCES 2014 ATTORNEY GENERAL RUN;

VETERAN FRONTLINE PROSECUTOR TO “FIGHT CRIMINALS WHETHER THEY CARRY A GUN OR A PEN”

DR. RICHARD CARMONA TO CHAIR CAMPAIGN;

ROTELLINI LOOKS TO RESTORE FOCUS, DIGNITY TO AG’S OFFICE

PHOENIX, AZ – Saying she intends to return the focus of the state’s top law enforcement office to fighting crime and protecting Arizona consumers and small businesses, career frontline prosecutor Felecia Rotellini today announced her candidacy for Arizona Attorney General in the 2014 election. Rotellini, a Democrat and a former Superintendent of the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions, worked for 17 years as an Assistant Attorney General and agency head under both Republican and Democrat governors and attorneys general.

“I want to make Arizona safer for families, children and law-abiding businesses,” said Rotellini. “We need new direction in the Attorney General’s Office – a top law enforcement officer committed to rising above partisan politics. We need an Attorney General to fight criminals whether they carry a gun or a pen, human smugglers and traffickers, those who don’t play by the rules, and scammers who defraud our seniors.  

“The Attorney General should be an independent watchdog, not a career politician that promotes himself or is accused of violating laws he is supposed to enforce. The circus act has to stop; we must restore integrity back into the Attorney General’s Office.”  

Among the issues Rotellini says will form the crux of her campaign: cracking down on consumer fraud and elder abuse; prosecuting securities and investment fraud; advocating for Arizona’s children on a host of issues, including education, health care and domestic violence.

Dr. Richard Carmon serves as the campaign’s chairman. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik called
Rotellini the right candidate for Arizona in 2014: “In 2010, Felecia won more votes than any Democrat on the ballot. Her no-nonsense message and prosecutor’s bona fides mark her as the real deal – an Attorney General who will go after criminals with the integrity Arizona voters expect from the state’s top prosecutor.”

In 2010, Rotellini lost a close race to Republican Tom Horne, who remains the subject of civil prosecution over an illegal shadow campaign that pumped more than $500,000 into the race at the last minute.

Said Rotellini:
“This race is about who will be the best independent watchdog for Arizona.  That’s why I feel confident. And I’m looking forward to getting to work.”

For interviews or for more information, please contact Rodd McLeod at (347) 387-1010.