MORE OF THE SAME AHEAD? FASCISM? Such was not the case in the governor contests, however. Elections were held in nine states that President Barack Obama carried in both of his presidential races, and Republicans prevailed in eight of them. The results will have significant implications not just for how those states are governed, but for the shape of the electoral map and the personalities involved as the 2016 presidential race gears up in the coming months. In national battleground states like Florida, Maine, Ohio, Michigan, New Mexico and Wisconsin, incumbent Republicans carried the day. Democrat Gov Pat Quinn was defeated in Barack Obamas home state of Illinois, while solidly Democratic Maryland and Massachusetts both elected Republicans to open seats. The sole bits of silver lining for Democrats come from Pennsylvania, where Tom Wolf defeated deeply unpopular incumbent Republican Tom Corbett, and Colorado, as incumbent Gov John Hickenlooper eked out a narrow win.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 18:56:49 +0000
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