Louis Jacobson

Recent Articles

• Strong Night for GOP Governorships, 7 Races Too Close to Call
• Nov 3, 2010
• As expected, the Republicans had a strong night in the battle for the nation's governorships. Seven close races could decide the final net gain for the GOP.

• Gubernatorial Tossups Proving To Be Very Close
• Nov 3, 2010
• Several gubernatorial races – most of them tossups going into Election Day -- are proving to be extraordinarily close.

• Few Surprises in Gubernatorial Races So Far
• Nov 2, 2010
• The nation’s gubernatorial races have mostly kept to script tonight. But there may be a few surprises in Connecticut, Vermont and more.

• Updated: 2010 State Attorneys General: GOP Moves A Notch Closer
• Nov 1, 2010
• With this analysis, most of the races stay as is, but two contests shift a notch toward the Republican candidate and one moves from lean Republican to tossup.

• Update: 2010 State Legislatures
• Nov 1, 2010
• How will November 2 change your state's legislature? PolitiFact's Louis Jacobson is assessing and rating the political climates surrounding the 50 statehouses in this interactive feature.

• 2010 State Legislatures: An Unprecedented GOP Lean
• Nov 1, 2010
• While local factors have played a role in certain cases, the major reason for the continuing shift to the Republicans has been the national GOP wave. Be sure to check www.governing.com/politics for live election coverage.
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• Updated: 2010 State Elections: A Republican Gubernatorial Majority?
• Nov 1, 2010
• PolitiFact's Louis Jacobson ranks the governor's races, and predicts a strong election night could leave the GOP with better than two-thirds of the governor's seats.
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• Updated: Attorneys General Race Ratings
• Oct 29, 2010
• As the office grows in stature, so do the races to claim the post. Find out who your next attorney general may be. PolitiFact's Louis Jacobson provides an update to the political climates surrounding the 30 AG races in this interactive feature.

• Forecasting the Redistricting Fight
• Oct 22, 2010
• Using a quantitative model, a professor predicts which party will have a greater influence on state legislative redistricting than ever before.
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• 2010 State Elections: Ranking the Governors
• Oct 18, 2010
• If the Republican wave is realized this Election Day then the gubernatorial picture will be grim indeed for the Democrats.
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• Democrats Struggle to Generate Hispanic Participation
• Oct 14, 2010
• A lower Latino vote would signal trouble for the Democratic Party in November. So far, there are few signs of the confidence and hope that prevailed at the polls in the high-turnout year of 2008.
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• 2010 State Attorney General Elections: Shift in GOP Direction Continues
• Oct 12, 2010
• Since our last rating in August, four more state attorney general contests are favoring Republicans.

• Democrats May Lose Control in 2010 State Elections
• Oct 1, 2010
• Democrats are poised to lose a slew of state legislative chambers and attorney general offices.

• 2010 State Legislatures: Forecast Worsens for Democrats
• Sep 29, 2010
• The Democratic peril is especially high this year because it's a midterm election, and some of the biggest landslides for the legislatures have come during midterm elections.
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• 2010 Election: State Attorneys General Battle for Control
• Aug 30, 2010
• A potent force in local and national politics, no less than 30 state attorney general offices are being contested this fall.
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