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HARTFORD, Conn. - Gov. M. Jodi Rell will not run for re-election next year, saying Monday that she plans to dedicate her last 14 months in office to solving Connecticut's ever-darkening economic problems. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Attorney General Jerry Brown is by far the most popular candidate for governor in next year's election, but most voters in his party are unhappy that he is the only major Democrat running, according to a new poll on Sunday. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - Oh, how the tables have turned. Full Story »
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SALEM, Ore. - Chris Dudley's free throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena taking aim at a governor's chair — and Oregon's Republicans think he can score. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - Southern Democrats who watched the trouncing of their party's gubernatorial nominee in Virginia this week are starting to worry that a rising anti-Democratic tide in the South may reverse their hard-fought gains from the last two national elections. Full Story »
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Weeks after Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman was criticized over her poor voting record, U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina tried to fend off a similar line of questioning by owning up to her spotty past. Full Story »
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has announced her candidacy for a full term in next year's elections, saying she'll be the strong leader the state needs to tackle its budget crisis. Full Story »
Emboldened by the results in the race for Virginia governor, Republicans are expressing renewed confidence about unseating one or more of the state's Democratic House incumbents in the 2010 midterm elections. Full Story »
Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Republican Chris Christie’s election as New Jersey Governor stymied plans by the Democratic Legislature to raise the fourth-lowest gasoline taxes in the U.S. to finance the state’s depleted highway trust fund. Full Story »
Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Republican victories in the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races may make some congressional Democrats more leery of backing key elements of President Barack Obama’s agenda because of the political price they could pay, analysts said. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - The White House says that Republican wins in two governors' races were not referendums on the president. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats pushing for healthcare reform shrugged off their losses in two governors races and said on Wednesday the results made it more imperative to deliver on campaign promises to overhaul a failing system. Full Story »
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RICHMOND, Va. - Last year, 23-year-old Rashida Hill watched the presidential debates, visited the college political party meetings and put a Barack Obama bumper sticker on her townhouse door. She voted for Obama because she felt like the election was about "being a part of something." Full Story »
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RICHMOND, Va. - A Republican who promised to create jobs won the Virginia governor's office just a year after state voters helped a Democrat who promised change — and jobs — win the White House. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important midterm election year. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - An ebullient Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele asserted Wednesday that GOP victories in governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia demonstrate "a transcendent party" on the move again. The White House said the elections were not a repudiation of President Barack Obama. Full Story »
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TRENTON, N.J. - Republican Chris Christie, a former corruption-busting prosecutor, tapped into deep voter discontent over stubbornly high taxes and chronic financial problems to unseat New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday, despite being outspent by $12 million in a heavily Democratic state. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican Bob McDonnell has won the Virginia governor's race, sweeping his party to power in the pivotal swing state after nearly a decade of Democratic control. Full Story »
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