Disclosing economic interests on a form may be a turnoff for some lawyers contemplating a run for statewide office, but at least two who ran said the form was the least of their worries. Bigger deterrents to seeking office are the time and effort devoted to campaigning, the loss of earnings and the chance of political mudslinging, said a lawyer who ran for attorney general in 2010. "Running for office is really, really tough, and you're asking someone to take a professional sacrifice, a pay sacrifice, and it's tough to get people from big law firms to do it," said Leighton Lord (pictured).
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