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VA-GOV: Deeds Dominating Among Unlikely Voters
Posted By: Josh Goodman | August 18, 2009
If you want to measure Democrats' motivation problem in Virginia, it's helpful to think about a little-discussed category in polling: the unlikely voter. Polls, ...
Categories: Polls , State Offices

CA-GOV: More Democrats Besides Brown and Newsom?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | August 17, 2009
California Democrats have Attorney General (and former governor) Jerry Brown and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom as gubernatorial candidates. The question, as the Contra Costa ...
Categories: State Offices

You Know You've Been Reading Too Much Political News When...
Posted By: Josh Goodman | August 17, 2009
...you read the headline "Bill Becomes Hurricane" and expect an article about health care legislation. (Yes, this really happened to me earlier today.) ...
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Doyle Out, Otter In
Posted By: Josh Goodman | August 17, 2009
Two governors made big announcements about their political futures over the last few days. Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, a two-term Democrat, announced he would not ...
Categories: State Offices

The Mayor to Replace Willie Herenton...Willie Herenton?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | August 14, 2009
After months of indecision, all we know is that Willie Herenton doesn't know whether he wants to be mayor of Memphis or not. Herenton ...
Categories: Local Offices

NJ-GOV: Chris Daggett, an Independent with Impact
Posted By: Josh Goodman | August 13, 2009
A rule of American politics: The number of votes that third-party candidates receive usually reflects how much voters dislike the major-party candidates more than it ...
Categories: State Offices

VA-GOV: Another Slow Start for Deeds
Posted By: Josh Goodman | August 13, 2009
As Democrat Creigh Deeds has fallen behind in the Virginia governor's race, I've been wondering in the back of my mind whether he ...
Categories: State Offices

NY-GOV: Why Giuliani Probably Won't Run
Posted By: Josh Goodman | August 12, 2009
New York Democrats are increasingly nervous about running on the ballot with Gov. David Paterson, according to the New York Times. That's not surprising, ...
Categories: State Offices

Will Mark Sanford Be Impeached?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | August 11, 2009
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is facing new allegations of travel improprieties, but Chris Good of the Atlantic explains some of the obstacles to impeachment: ...
Categories: State Offices
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Deeds Mixes Things Up
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | August 11, 2009
The Virginia governor's race has been a sleepy affair since the two candidates won their nominations a couple of months back. For the first ...
Categories: Social Issues , State Offices

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