In 1976 Alfred ran as Republican for District Attorney in Democratic Madison--a lost cause from the start.
Though President Bush repeatedly nominated Mr. Bradbury as the Office of Legal Counsel's assistant attorney general, Democratic senators have blocked the nomination.
He is the son of Sydney Marovitz, an attorney, longtime Democratic precinct captain and Park District commissioner, appointed by Richard J. Daley.
"ICE is just doing whatever they want to do to remove people," said Dan Canon, a civil rights attorney and Democratic candidate for US Congress in Indiana.
Democrats have targeted Rep. Steve Knight (R-Palmdale), who faces Democratic attorney Bryan Caforio in the 25th Congressional District that includes parts of north Los Angeles County and Simi Valley.
The Democrats' best shot of a gain might be in North Carolina, where the Democratic attorney general, Roy Cooper, is challenging Pat McCrory, the Republican governor.
A wide-open field of Democratic attorney general prospects.
Chris Koster, the state's Democratic attorney general, wrote a letter last week opposing the bill.
Lisa Madigan, the Democratic attorney general of Illinois, said she would oppose any effort to divert the funds.
Mr. Blumenthal, the Democratic attorney general of Connecticut, is a respected, if somewhat colorless career public servant.
Ms. Whitman is, according to most polls, in an extremely tight race with Jerry Brown, the Democratic attorney general.
