Oh, election-year politics under the Gold Dome.

State Rep. Austin Scott, R-Tifton, has scheduled a press conference for 1:30 p.m. tomorrow to announce proposed changes to campaign finance law aimed at the office of insurance commissioner.

Scott, as it happens, is running for governor as a reform candidate. The current insurance commissioner, coincidentally, is John Oxendine, the Republican frontrunner in the governor’s race. Oxendine, wouldn’t you know, is accused of accepting illegal campaign contributions from an insurance company executive who’s also his hunting buddy.

Meanwhile, House Appropriations Chairman Ben Harbin, R-Augusta, took a shot today at another reform-minded Republican gubernatorial candidate, Karen Handel, for not furloughing her staff like other state agencies. Handel’s spokesman says she found other things to cut besides employees’ pay, and the criticism is payback for her “sex, lies and lobbyists” quip about legislators’ ethics.

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