EMBATTLED PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRAT KATHLEEN KANE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL:

Ms. Kane faces criminal charges, and the state Supreme Court has suspended her license to practice law. Senate Republicans fell short last week in an attempt to remove her from office, securing a majority of votes but not the two-thirds supermajority needed to send the removal process on to the governor.

The House, also last week, approved an investigation that could lead to an impeachment effort. Steve Miskin, spokesman for House Republicans, said the investigation will continue.

In August 2015, Montgomery County prosecutors charged Ms. Kane with perjury, obstruction of justice and other crimes, saying she had orchestrated the disclosure of confidential information in an effort to retaliate against former state prosecutors she believed had embarrassed her in a newspaper story. Her trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 8.

She’s going with the proverbial spending more time with her family route as her excuse for not running for a second term:

“While I love Pennsylvania, I love my sons first,” she said. “I am a mother first and foremost, because at the end of my life, I hope that history judges me well, but that’s for time to tell. I hope more that God and my sons judge me well.”

Whatever gets you through the night.