GOP Assemblyman Anthony Adams won’t seek reelection

Battered by a failed recall attempt, Republican state Assemblyman Anthony Adams of Hesperia announced today he will not run for reelection this year.

Adams said he wanted to focus on the state's budget problems in his remaining year without the distraction of running a campaign that he acknowledged would have been difficult and likely to feature strong opposition.

"It would have been a very contentious campaign,'' Adams said. "I'm confident I would have won reelection, but that's not important. What's important is getting California out of the political and budget mess we are in.''

Adams, 38, was elected in 2006 to the Assembly, representing portions of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. After he voted with the Democratic majority for tax increases last year, fellow Republicans launched a recall attempt, but it fell short of the signatures needed to put the recall on the ballot.

As for plans after he leaves office at the end of the year, Adams said he wanted to finish a suspense novel he was writing and may take the bar exam so he can become a practicing attorney.

-- Patrick McGreevy in Sacramento

Comments

[Head on Stick]

Good riddance to bad rubbish!

"I'm confident I would have won reelection..." Yeah, right! Adams knew he was finished and if (or When) the recall corruption scandal breaks, he wants no part of it.

Hopefully this will send a message to the other RINO's out there, get with the program or get out!

[John&KenFan]

This guy must be from Mars to think he would get re-elected after his tax raising stunt. Glad to see him go. If we can only get some of the real dimwits (both partys) to not run for re-election.