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Alan Greenblatt

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Alan Greenblatt — Editor. He is the coauthor of a standard textbook on state and local governments. He previously worked as a reporter for NPR and CQ and has written about politics and culture for many other outlets, print and online. He can be found on Twitter at @AlanGreenblatt.

Don Carcieri survives the Democratic storm in Rhode Island, winning another term 51-49. Note that AP still is not calling Maryland gov.
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 ...
These are all early results, about 11 percent of precincts: Voters are overwhelmingly approving Proposition 83, one of the toughest versions of the tough-on-sex-offenders "Jessica's Law&...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Still no Dem losses. As of now, Democrats are up 19 seats, with about three dozen yet to be called. Nick Lampson has just been declared ...
In addition to their House seat gains and Chet Culver's election -- the first time Iowa has elected one Democrat to succeed another as governor ...
No change in Tennessee Senate. Democrats pick up a minor party seat in the House. Democrats pick up 10 seats in the Vermont House, plus one ...