What a placid environment is the Democratic primary for attorney general. While the Republicans heave knives at one another, the Democrats are positively tranquil.

Whoever the Republicans deliver to the general election will be badly damaged by accusations. If those GOP hopefuls are paying attention - and, rest assured, they are - there is one Democrat they don't want to face: Felecia Rotellini. She will bring it on.

In this field, she is the ferociously smart prosecutor who has clocked significant time in the courtroom taking down lawbreakers and unwinding the complex strands of financial fraud.

As superintendent of the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions, she slapped $5 million in fees and fines on Western Union for violating laws meant to cut off funds to Mexican cartels. In 1999, she was lead litigator in the successful case against accounting giant Arthur Andersen for failing to protect investors from the Baptist Foundation fraud.

We like her opponents. David Lujan is one of the very decent people and leaders at the Legislature. And former Assistant Attorney General Vince Rabago has a ground-level knowledge of border issues.

But they lack Rotellini's breadth of experience as a prosecutor and manager.

The Republic recommends Felecia Rotellini.
 

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