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Cory Booker Hints at N.J. Governor Run
Newark Mayor Corey Booker has floated another hint that he’ll run for Governor in 2013, challenging Republican Chris Christie in what would be a high-profile clash of rising political stars. more
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Legislatures May Soon See Many New Faces
An extraordinary number of state legislators may lose their seats this year, but neither Republicans nor Democrats are likely to make big gains in the number of state legislative chambers each controls. more
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In Kansas Primary, Results Could Advance Governor’s Agenda
On a busy primary day in four states, conservatives in Kansas are looking to oust moderate Republicans, freeing up room for the governor to push his ambitious agenda. more
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Walker Win in Wisconsin Tops Historic Primary Day
In one of the busiest election days of 2012 and one of the most historic, voters in Wisconsin decided not to recall their Republican governor who set off a national debate by curtailing collective bargaining rights for state public employees. Voters in six other states also went to the polls. more
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Alabamans Consider Cutting Segregation Language
Alabama voters this fall will get another chance to rid its state constitution of segregation language that was adopted along with other Jim Crow laws. more
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Democrats, Republicans Both Win Key Victories
Republican Phil Bryant will be the next governor of Mississippi, Democrat Steve Beshear was reelected as governor of Kentucky and Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce was removed from office in yesterday's off-year elections.more -
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Travel Woes for Missouri's Leaders
TODAY'S TAKE: Missouri's Democratic governor and its Republican lieutenant governor are expected to face off in next year's gubernatorial race. For now, both are facing allegations of improper taxpayer-funded travel. more
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Wisconsin Judicial Race Is Test for GOP
TODAY'S TAKE: Wisconsin voters go to the polls today (April 5) to select a state Supreme Court justice. Many see the election as a referendum on the state's Republican majorities after the bitter fight over collective bargaining. more
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Seeing Red, Louisiana Democrats Become Republicans
TODAY'S TAKE: The only Democratic attorney general to formally oppose the Obama administration's health care law in court, Louisiana's James "Buddy" Caldwell, has switched parties. He becomes the latest in a string of Louisiana Democrats to switch to the GOP. more
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2010 Governor Races Broke $1 Billion Mark
TODAY'S TAKE: Last year was a revolutionary year for statewide elections, resulting in new governors in 28 states, more than at any time in this century. But the revolution came at an enormous cost. For the first time, the price of electing governors and lieutenant governors topped $1 billion. more
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Massachusetts: The State That Forgot to Turn Red
BOSTON - Bay State Republicans saw a big year ahead when they won Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in January. It didn't turn out that way.more -
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Judge Fights in Iowa, Illinois Signal New Era for Retention Elections
2010 may go down as the year when an obscure type of judicial election became a big-money battle.more -
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Big Money Invades Small Legislative Districts
COLUMBUS, Ohio - With political map-making on the agenda next year all over the country, the national parties are taking an unprecedented interest in who controls the state legislative chambers where the maps will be drawn.more -
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Republican Wave Expected in Statehouses
There's a lot riding on state legislative races this year because both parties want to be in control when the legislatures get to work on redistricting in 2011. While Democrats could lose chambers in nearly a dozen states, they are hoping for important victories in New York, Ohio and Texas.more -
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Death Penalty Remains Big Issue in California
The Golden State doesn't execute many people, but capital punishment can be the decisive issue when the state elects an attorney general. more
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Will Rhode Island Go Independent?
Most people think of Rhode Island as the bluest of the blue states, but it may decide to bypass both major parties when it votes for governor in 2010.more -
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State AGs: Aspiring Governors
TODAY'S TAKE: Confirming what the New York Post deemed "Albany's worst-kept secret," New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced over the weekend that he is running for governor. Cuomo, a Democrat, is one of at least 10 attorneys general running for governor this year in states such as California, Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania.more -
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Tea on the Menu
Long-time advocates of limited government hope the anti-tax fervor of the Tea Party movement will breathe new life to initiatives aimed at reining in state spending and will reverse a string of ballot box defeats in recent years. Opponents speculate that tea partiers' influence on ballot measures may be limited since their focus is on Washington. Either way, no one is taking Tea Party activists lightly, and the first big test will come next month in Arizona, where voters will consider a temporary sales tax increase - anathema to Tea Party groups everywhere. more
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Arizona Conservatives Flex Their Muscle
TODAY'S TAKE: The Arizona House of Representatives has advanced legislation that would require future presidential candidates to produce a birth certificate before their names can appear on a statewide ballot. The so-called "birther bill" is a reaction to unproven accusations that President Obama is not a U.S. citizen, and is the latest display of conservative power in Arizona following the departure of Democratic former governor Janet Napolitano.more -
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The Return of Martha Coakley
TODAY'S TAKE: The woman who would have been Democrats' crucial 60th vote in the U.S. Senate is focusing on the economy as she gears up for her second campaign of 2010: her bid to remain the attorney general of Massachusetts.Martha Coakley's seat is one of 31 races for state attorney general to be decided by voters this year, including 23 where incumbents are in the running. At least nine other attorneys general have an eye on the governor's mansion.more