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...Another Democratic Harvard Law grad, incumbent Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, held off a challenge from the millionaire Richard DeVos...
Deval L. Patrick ’78 handily defeated Lt. Gov. Kerry M. Healey ’82 yesterday, reclaiming the Massachusetts governorship for Democrats after 16 years of Republican administrations. Patrick will be the first black governor of Massachusetts and the only black governor in the nation...
...bluest of blue states: Maryland. That's ironic in a year that has been so bad for Republicans almost everywhere else. But where most of the other key Senate races appear to be trending the Democrats' way, key officials say a last-minute surge by Maryland's Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele could be what stands in the way of their taking back the Senate...
...legislature’s transparency to raising education standards to reducing state spending. While she does makes reference to her 50-point plan—almost always in the context of attacking Patrick for having vague proposals in contrast—she speaks little about her service in Gov. W. Mitt Romney’s administration. Though she aligns herself with parts of the administration’s record, especially the health care legislation passed in April, she has faced a dilemma in appearing too close to the governor, whose approval rating is 43 percent according to an October Survey...
...races that will help illuminate whether any wave this year is anti-incumbent, or just anti-Republican. The G.O.P. is also making offensive moves in New Jersey, where Tom Kean Jr. is profiting from corruption charges against incumbent Robert Menendez, and Maryland, where Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele is running on change against Democrat Ben Cardin, a 10-termer in the U.S. House...