• Jump Ball
  • There's been a tied chamber after every election going back to the 1980s. It looks like the Oklahoma Senate will have that distinction this time ...
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  • Protecting Property Rights
  • Eminent domain measures are passing all over the country. Our friends at NCSL say ballot measures have passed in six states, with Arizona looking good ...
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  • Toting Up the Governors
  • Dem gains: New York (of course), Ohio, Colorado. Hatch is ahead in Minnesota, 47-45. AP has called Maine for incumbent John Baldacci, with an unimpressive 40 ...
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  • Gubernatorial Nailbiters
  • We've had a lot of easy calls tonight, but there are at least a few extremely close races for governor: Minnesota, Nevada and Rhode Island (...
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  • Four More Years of Arnold
  • AP calls California for incumbent Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. No surprise there, but still it's one of the amazing political comeback stories of the year.
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  • Maryland: The New Florida?
  • Note that the Washington Post has withdrawn its call for Ben Cardin in the Maryland Senate race. Republican Governor Bob Ehrlich still leads the governor's ...
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  • Maybe Beebe
  • Have we called Arkansas for Beebe yet? He'll be yet one more AG-turned-governor. Despite a successful 10-year run by outgoing Republican Mike Huckabee, Democrats have ...
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  • SD: Abortion Ban Loses
  • CNN has the call, that the abortion ban in South Dakota will fail. Let me be the first to suggest that this is a blessing ...
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