Top 10 Gubernatorial Races in 2006

Human Events Online ^ | Mar 14, 2006 | John Gizzi

[ChessExpert]

Ranked by HUMAN EVENTS Political Editor John Gizzi.

10. Wisconsin Conservative Rep. Mark Green is the Republican favorite to go up against Democratic Gov. James Doyle, Jr., who polls show is increasingly unpopular.

9. Iowa Former House Budget Committee Chairman Jim Nussle will carry the GOP banner against Democratic Secretary of State Chet Culver. Incumbent Democrat Tom Vilsack is leaving office.

[ChessExpert]

This is old, but still interesting. I could not see that it had been posted before.

[billorites]

I'm quite interested in the Massachusetts Gubernatorial race.

I'll admit to feeling a little bitter about Mitt Romney having decided to walk away rather than run for easy reelection.

[ChessExpert]

Here is some supplementary material.

10. Wisconsin.
http://www.votemarkgreen.com/

Green for Wisconsin
P.O. Box 22366
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54305

9. Iowa
Former House Budget Committee Chairman Jim Nussle will carry the GOP banner against Democratic Secretary of State Chet Culver. Incumbent Democrat Tom Vilsack is leaving office.
http://www.jimnussle.com

Iowans for Nussle
PO BOX 7701
Urbandale, IA 50323

8. Oregon
http://www.votesaxton.com
Supports charter schools

Friends of Ron Saxton
P.O. Box 163
Portland, OR 97207

7. Florida
http://www.charliecrist.com

Charlie Crist for Governor
2032 Thomasville Rd., Suite C
Tallahassee, FL 32308

6. Arkansas
With GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee stepping down, former Rep. and Clinton impeachment manager Asa Hutchinson is the certain GOP nominee against Democratic State Atty. Gen. Mike Beebe. asa@asaforgovernor.org

Asa Hutchinson for Governor
1501 N Pierce Suite 102
Little Rock AR 72207

5. Alabama
http://www.bobrileyforgovernor.com/
Bob Riley for Governor
P.O. Box 59708
Birmingham, AL 35209

4. Oklahoma
Clinton-style Democrat Brad Henry won the governorship in ’02 in a freakish three-way race. Now he faces a stiff GOP challenge, most likely from conservative Rep. Ernest Istook.
http://www.istook.com

Friends of Ernest Istook
712 North Broadway Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73102

3. Michigan
http://www.devosforgovernor.com

Dick DeVos For Governor
P.O. Box 22216
Lansing, MI 48909

2. Pennsylvania
Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell will face a close race with former football great Lynn Swann, another black conservative on social and economic issues.
http://www.swannforgovernor.com

 Swann for Governor
P.O. Box 3501
Pittsburgh, PA 15230-3501

1. Ohio $50
With financial scandal swirling around lame-duck Republican Gov. Bob Taft, Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, a black conservative, is the favorite for the GOP nod. Blackwell is considered the Republicans’ best chance of beating the certain Democratic nominee, Rep. Ted Strickland.
http://www.kenblackwell.com/

Ken Blackwell for Governor
172 E State Street, 6th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215

[operation clinton cleanup]

Any recent polls on the Pennsylvania and Ohio races?

[ChessExpert]

I'm quite interested in the Massachusetts Gubernatorial race.

I'll admit to feeling a little bitter about Mitt Romney having decided to walk away rather than run for easy reelection.

I don’t blame you. I don’t really know about most Gubernatorial races. So, to find out who is running, I go to:

http://www.rga.org/Campaigns/

For example, it shows the Republican candidate for Massachussetts as:

• Kerry Healey
Website: http://www.healeyforgovernor.com

[slick8790]

Pennsylvania:

http://rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/September%202006/PennsylvaniaGovernor.htm

Ohio:

http://rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/September%202006/OhioGovernor.htm

Doesn't look as good as the article makes it sound. There's still 6 weeks, and a lot can happen in that time.

[billorites]

Yes, Kerry Healey is known locally as "Muffy" Healey.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Thanks! Not looking good in either case. I live in Ohio and don't recall seeing a single Blackwell campaign ad yet.

[Faith]

I live in Ohio and don't recall seeing a single Blackwell campaign ad yet.

Are you talking about TV ads? They are on all the time where I live.

[operation clinton cleanup]

I live in Cincinnati. Have seen a few anti-Blackwell ads on TV.

[MassachusettsGOP]

STOP!

Howie Carr is trying to hush that nickname now as we can't let Deval get elected.

[BillyBoy]

Good, Judas Barf Toopinka vs. her clone Rod Bag-o-$hit in Illinois didn't make the list. Neither did the Kennedy clones in California.

Nice to Human Events acknowledge where mediocre candidates have robbed voters of a choice.

[JohnnyZ]

Mitt Romney having decided to walk away rather than run for easy reelection.

Mitt was struggling in the polls. A lot of people were getting tired of his two-facedness, and that was even before he decided to give himself a makeover for the presidential race.

[billorites]

Don't you think Mitt could have cake-walked to reelection as governor?

If not, would he have any business running for president?

[JohnnyZ]

Don't you think Mitt could have cake-walked to reelection as governor?

Absolutely not -- is this a joke??? He might have won, might have lost, impossible to know, but things were looking sketchy for him.

If not, would he have any business running for president?

He doesn't.

[billorites]

Well, he'd be in a better position to run for national office as a governor rather than an ex-governor.

I think reelection would have been his for the asking.