Fri., May 28, 2010 5:27pm (EDT)

Ethics Hearing Set For Oxendine
By Associated Press
Updated: 3 years ago

ATLANTA  —  
Oxendine is considered a GOP front runner and currently faces six challengers. (photo courtesy of Office of Insurance and Safety)
Oxendine is considered a GOP front runner and currently faces six challengers. (photo courtesy of Office of Insurance and Safety)
Insurance Commissioner and Republican candidate for Governor John Oxendine is scheduled to go before the state ethics commission less than a month before a crowded primary.

The hearing is set for June 24; the primary elections July 20th. Oxendine is considered a GOP front runner and currently faces six challengers.

Last year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that two insurance companies funneled almost 10 times the legal limit to Oxendine, using 10 Alabama-based political action committees.

Georgia law forbids public officials from taking money from the companies they regulate.

Oxendine later returned the money.