Jim Rogan

This is not Jim Rogan's political obituary. He is too smart, too tenacious and too beloved by many in his party for that. We'll hear from James E. Rogan again, if not here, somewhere. Rather, it is a look at the career of a man whose star shone so brightly it dominated the local legislative landscape. And at why it faded. It's astonishing to recall that just six years ago, Rogan was a judge in sleepy Glendale Municipal Court.

Call it the incredible shrinking campaign. Over the last two weeks, more potential candidates have bowed out than jumped at the chance of succeeding Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Newport Beach), nominated this month by President Bush to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission.

James E. Rogan has wedged his 6-foot-1 frame into a phone booth between the men's room and a kitchenette in a House office building. The air stinks of stale cigar smoke and there's no place to sit. But who cares? His 20 minutes in this cramped closet will be rewarded handsomely. On the other end of the line is radio talk show host G. Gordon Liddy, broadcasting live to a syndicated audience of hard-right Clinton haters.

"Ailing Doctor Groups in Critical Need of Remedy" [Nov. 5] was fairly comprehensive in its analysis but failed to mention several key components of the problems facing California's medical groups. Capitation rates by commercial HMOs to medical groups for commercial patients in California are roughly half the rates found in the rest of the nation, and are only slightly higher than those paid by Medi-Cal HMOs for their managed-care patients. Is this reimbursement really what employers and their employees want for their care?

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It's official. With primary wins Tuesday, Rep. James E. Rogan (R-Glendale) will take on state Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) for the 27th Congressional District seat. The results dressed the field for what could be one of the most closely watched House battles in the country. Rogan was a House prosecutor in the impeachment of President Clinton, and the Democratic Party is steering massive resources to Schiff in an effort to unseat Rogan.

Rep. Jim Rogan (R-Glendale) criticized FAA Administrator Jane Garvey on Tuesday, accusing her of playing partisan politics in the Burbank Airport terminal controversy. Garvey agreed to meet today with Rogan's November reelection opponent, state Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) over the terminal issue.

Rep. James E. Rogan will announce plans to seek reelection at a barbecue today with supporters, setting up a showdown with an old nemesis, state Sen. Adam Schiff, that is expected to receive national attention as a revisiting of President Clinton's impeachment. One of the House prosecutors in Clinton's Senate impeachment trial, Rogan (R-Glendale) had pondered a run against Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, but quickly bowed out, disappointing state GOP leaders.

Locked in one of the most closely watched congressional races in the country, Rep. James Rogan (R-Glendale) and state Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) finally agreed Thursday to meet in their first debate Sept. 15, even as the two contenders dueled from a distance over who has more endorsements from law enforcement.

Rep. Jim Rogan (R-Glendale) turned up the heat on the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday, criticizing the agency for delaying a decision on the legality of a mandatory curfew at Burbank Airport. FAA Administrator Jane Garvey wrote Rogan on March 4 that the agency would determine whether local government entities could impose noise restrictions such as mandatory curfews without FAA approval.

This is not Jim Rogan's political obituary. He is too smart, too tenacious and too beloved by many in his party for that. We'll hear from James E. Rogan again, if not here, somewhere. Rather, it is a look at the career of a man whose star shone so brightly it dominated the local legislative landscape. And at why it faded. It's astonishing to recall that just six years ago, Rogan was a judge in sleepy Glendale Municipal Court.

Locked in one of the most closely watched congressional races in the country, Rep. James E. Rogan (R-Glendale) and state Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) finally agreed Thursday to meet in their first debate Sept. 15, even as the two contenders dueled from a distance over who is the candidate of law enforcement. Rogan, seeking his third term in Congress, will face off against challenger Schiff at the 7 p.m.

Locked in one of the most closely watched congressional races in the country, Rep. James Rogan (R-Glendale) and state Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) finally agreed Thursday to meet in their first debate Sept. 15, even as the two contenders dueled from a distance over who has more endorsements from law enforcement.

A month after the California Democratic Party began running television ads attacking Rep. James E. Rogan's record on education, the Republican incumbent launched a cable counteroffensive, portraying himself as a backer of school reform. The ad was unveiled Tuesday as Democratic challenger Adam Schiff, a state senator from Burbank, announced that he would be unable to attend the first scheduled debate between the two candidates.

A key supporter of Rep. Jim Rogan (R-Glendale) on Wednesday sharply criticized the manager of his reelection campaign for saying a Los Angeles Muslim community leader "seems to be an apologist for Muslim terrorists." Irshad Ul-Haque, who has raised campaign money for Rogan, said it was "mind-boggling" that the congressman's campaign manager, Jason Roe, made the remark about Salam Al-Marayati, the executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.

Glendale Republican Rep. James E. Rogan, locked in one of the nation's pivotal, most hotly contested congressional campaigns, has launched a cable television commercial blitz--almost six months before the Nov. 7 election. Rogan is believed by congressional campaign leaders in both major parties to be the first House of Representatives candidate to turn to paid television in this fall's general elections.

First impressions are important here. And the first impression people have upon visiting James E. Rogan's new office in the fifth-floor "freshman ghetto" of the Cannon Building is to understand that this is a man who'd been dreaming of becoming Congressman Rogan since childhood. This office, 502 Cannon, was once Lyndon Johnson's, he says. Richard Nixon had a place just around the corner. John Kennedy was down the hall and Gerald Ford started here too.

Locked in one of the most closely watched congressional races in the country, Rep. James E. Rogan (R-Glendale) and state Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) finally agreed Thursday to meet in their first debate Sept. 15, even as the two contenders dueled from a distance over who is the candidate of law enforcement. Rogan, seeking his third term in Congress, will face off against challenger Schiff at the 7 p.m.

Rep. Jim Rogan (R-Glendale) criticized FAA Administrator Jane Garvey on Tuesday, accusing her of playing partisan politics in the Burbank Airport terminal controversy. Garvey agreed to meet today with Rogan's November reelection opponent, state Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) over the terminal issue.

It's official. With primary wins Tuesday, Rep. James E. Rogan (R-Glendale) will take on state Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) for the 27th Congressional District seat. The results dressed the field for what could be one of the most closely watched House battles in the country. Rogan was a House prosecutor in the impeachment of President Clinton, and the Democratic Party is steering massive resources to Schiff in an effort to unseat Rogan.