Scott Gessler by Moonlight | Face the State: "But to make big bucks, it's better to be governor—or Buescher
January 27, 2011
By Peter Blake
Scott Gessler won the battle but may have lost the war.
He was sworn in Jan. 11 as secretary of state, a job that pays $68,500 a year. Just one week later, Democrat Bernie Buescher, the man he defeated, was appointed deputy attorney general in charge of the state services section. That job pays $124,740 a year—nearly twice the money for half the grief."
