• Ballot Measures
  • Jennie Bowser of NCSL sums up the major measures here. I checked that site to see what else was happening on abortion, after we've noted ...
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  • Governors Race Update
  • Here's the latest on the four that MSNBC hasn't called: AK: Palin (R) 52%, Knowles (D) 37% (43% reporting) ID: Otter (R) 54%, Brady (D) 43%  (35% reporting) MN: Pawlenty (...
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  • Black in a Landslide
  • Jim Black, the scandal-prone speaker of the North Carolina House, will doubtless face a recount after winning reelection by -- get this -- 7 votes. That's ...
  • Categories: Politics

  • Dem Senate Hopes
  • Jim Webb is speaking now, sounding a lot more upbeat than George Allen did a while ago. That one will drag on for weeks, I'm ...
  • Categories: Politics


  • More California Results
  • California voters, having rejected every measure on the special election ballot last November, are feeling in a more positive frame of mind, it seems. As ...
  • Categories: Politics

  • State Spending Limits Failing
  • Nebraska, Oregon and Maine are all rejecting TABORs. No matter how often Colorado Governor Bill Owens makes the point that his state saved, rather than ...
  • Categories: Politics

  • Thoughts from Kansas
  • I asked Burdett Loomis, a political scientist at the University of Kansas, his thoughts on the results there. (Note that Loomis has worked for Governor ...
  • Categories: Politics


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