Tag Archives: Sean Parnell

Politico reports: Pennsylvania Republican Sean Parnell is suspending his campaign for Senate, according to a person told of the decision. Parnell, who was endorsed in the race by former President Donald Trump, lost a fight for custody of his children earlier Monday to his estranged wife, who had accused him of abuse in court testimony. Parnell called Trump to inform …

The Pittsburgh Tribune reports: The judge presiding over the custody case of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sean Parnell on Monday awarded primary custody of his three children to his estranged wife. Laurie Snell and Parnell separated in 2018. They have three children, ages 12, 11 and 8. During her testimony on the first day of the Butler County custody trial …

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: The estranged wife of Republican Senate candidate Sean Parnell testified under oath Monday that he choked her until she bit him to escape, that he hit their children and verbally lashed out at her with obscenities. In tears, Laurie Parnell said that her husband, endorsed by former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary, called …

Pittsburgh’s CBS News affiliate reports: Former congressional candidate Sean Parnell, who lost narrowly to U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb last November, is tossing his hat back into the ring. But this time it’s for a different office. Republican Parnell, the father of three, hasn’t given up on his desire to serve, but this time he’s aiming higher for the Senate seat …

Alaska’s gubernatorial race has finally been called. Bill Walker [above right], an attorney and former mayor of Valdez, is the first candidate unaffiliated with a party to be elected governor since statehood. Walker’s mentor, Wally Hickel, served a term as governor with the Alaskan Independence Party, a recognized third-party in the state, before going back to the GOP. Walker, who …

Parnell (above left) was lieutenant governor under Palin. From the National Journal: Palin rebuked her Republican successor in her home state, endorsing independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker, who is running on a “unity ticket” with Democratic running mate Byron Mallott, instead. Palin’s endorsement goes against her former lieutenant governor, Gov. Sean Parnell, who assumed office in 2009 when Palin abruptly …

Last night Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell filed an en banc marriage ruling request with the Ninth Circuit Court. Two days ago Idaho Gov. Butch Otter did the same. From Parnell’s filing: Compelled by Latta v. Otter, (9th Cir. Oct. 7, 2014), the district court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment requires Alaska to license and recognize same-sex marriages, contrary to its …

From the filing: Should the Ninth Circuit decline to grant en banc hearing to reconsider Latta, then Alaska would have strong grounds to seek certiorari before judgment from this Court. 28 U.S.C. § 1254(1). By the time that petitioners’ en banc petition will have been decided by the Ninth Circuit, there is a reasonable likelihood that there will be a …

Marriages were to begin tomorrow morning. Ruling.

Yesterday Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell asked a federal district court to stop same-sex marriages while he appeals to the Ninth Circuit Court. Tonight the lower court told Parnell to suck it. The final briefs in the appeal are due before the Ninth on February 20th. We can probably expect Parnell to now ask the Ninth for a stay. Same-sex marriage …

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today set the briefing schedule in Alaska’s doomed to attempt to stop same-sex marriages, which will continue despite the efforts of the GOP governor and attorney general. The state’s final briefs are due on January 21st and the good guys then have 30 days to file their final response.

“As Alaska’s governor, I have a duty to defend and uphold the law and the Alaska Constitution. Although the district court today may have been bound by the recent Ninth Circuit panel opinion, the status of that opinion and the law in general in this area is in flux. I will defend our constitution.” – Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell.