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The Decision That Might Cost David Paterson His Job
Posted By: Josh Goodman | February 26, 2010
Could one of New York Gov. David Paterson's best decisions be what costs him the governorship? Now that Paterson has announced he isn't ...
Categories: State Offices

Texas Board of Education: More Drama Than the Governor's Race
Posted By: Josh Goodman | February 25, 2010
Increasingly, the Texas Republican gubernatorial primary has all of the suspense of Groundhog Day (the day, not the movie). If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, ...
Categories: State Offices
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Selling State Buildings: The Perfect Time for a Bad Idea?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | February 25, 2010
Here's a wacky idea that seems to be spreading as states confront budget shortfalls: selling state buildings to private investors, then leasing them back ...
Categories: Economic & Fiscal Issues , State Offices

NV-Governor: Gibbons' Comeback Cut Short
Posted By: Josh Goodman | February 24, 2010
I was all set to write a blog post that said, "Jim Gibbons still has a chance!" But, recent events haven't been ...
Categories: Polls , State Offices

New York Senate: Helen Sears Is Out
Posted By: Josh Goodman | February 23, 2010
Helen Sears, the Democrat who Republicans wanted to nominate for the special election in New York's 13th Senate District, has dropped her bid. Republicans ...
Categories: State Offices

Question Time in Arizona?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | February 23, 2010
The idea seems to have fizzled on the federal level, but leave it to the states to be laboratories of British-style democracy. Arizona is looking ...
Categories: State Offices

A Ballot-Order Gambit from West Virginia Democrats
Posted By: Josh Goodman | February 22, 2010
Ballot Access News has a fun little story out of West Virginia: West Virginia lists parties on the ballot in order of how well they ...
Categories: State Offices , Voting Process & Voting Rules

New York's Strange Senate Race
Posted By: Josh Goodman | February 22, 2010
Following up on my post from Friday: It's looks as though New York will have a strange election for state senate next month, one ...
Categories: State Offices

A Race to Control the New York Senate Next Month?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | February 19, 2010
Liz Benjamin of the New York Daily News has some interesting news: A fascinating wrinkle has developed in the fight for Hiram Monserrate's Queens ...
Categories: State Offices

D.C. Mayor: Will Snowstorms Freeze Out Fenty?
Posted By: Josh Goodman | February 19, 2010
Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty's reelection bid this year probably will be of national interest primarily as a referendum on Michelle Rhee. Fenty ...
Categories: Local Offices , Polls

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