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In West, GOP no longer a shoo-in
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 26, 2006 03:30pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - USA Today |
| News Date | Tuesday, September 26, 2006 06:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the West became the most reliably Republican region in the country. But in 2002, Democrats won gubernatorial races in Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona. In 2004, at least below the president on the ballot, more splotches of blue appeared in the largely red region, as moderate Democrats with strong local ties won key races.
In 2004, Montana Democrats won the race for governor, took control of the state Senate and tied for control of the state House. In Colorado, Democrats won control of the Legislature for the first time in more than 40 years, and Hispanic brothers Ken and John Salazar won seats in the U.S. Senate and House that had been Republican.
If Ritter wins, Democrats could be governor in five of the eight Mountain West states. Before the 2002 election, all these states — Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — had Republican governors. |
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