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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\">Attorney General Drew Edmondson</p>                                <p class=\"imgtitle\">Sen. Randy Brogdon</p>           OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline)-Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson is urging state lawmakers to reject a term-limits bill that would block him from seeking re-election.<br /><br />Edmondson, a fourth-term Democrat, argued that the bill would make the mandated 12-year limit on terms retroactive, The Associated Press reported Monday.<br /><br />State legislators in the Sooner State are currently limited to 12 years in office, while the governor is limited to two 4-year terms.<br /><br />The House-approved bill, co-authored by state Rep. Trebor Worthen, would impose a 12-year limit on statewide officeholders, including attorney general, state treasurer and superintendent of schools.<br /><br />Worthen says his proposal would not apply to current officeholders, but only those elected in 2010 and after, the AP reported.  <br /><br />Worthen, the chairman of the House Committee on Elections and Redistricting, has said the intent of the bill is not to block the attorney general from seeking re-election. <br /><br />Worthen, an Oklahoma City Republican, has said he will not seek another term.<br /><br />The proposal must be approved by the Senate and approved by voters in November before it could go into effect.<br /><br />Edmondson said in addition to him, Superintendent of Schools Sandy Garrett and Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony would be prevented from running again.<br /><br />In a statement Monday, state Sen. Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso, a principal backer the term-limits proposal, criticized Edmondson for breaking his tradition of not weighing in on pending legislation.<br /><br />\"General Edmondson's stated practice is to avoid commenting on pending legislation,\" Brogdon said. \"It is very disappointing that in this case he is deviating from his usual practice.\"<br /><br />Edmondson was first elected as Oklahoma Attorney General in 1994, and re-elected unopposed in 1998. <br /><br />He was elected to a third term in 2002, defeating state Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode, and elected to a fourth term in 2006, beating Republican James Dunn. <br /><br /><i> From Legal Newsline: Reach reporter Chris Rizo by e-mail at chrisrizo@legalnewsline.com. </i><br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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