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THE GOVERNOR'S RACES: IT'S A GOP YEAR
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| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Edited | User 13 Nov 05, 2003 08:11pm |
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| Category | Commentary |
| News Date | Wednesday, November 5, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Today It Sucks To Be Terry McAuliffe
At the start of the year, there were three states planning to hold gubernatorial elections: Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Each had a long history of electing Democratic Governors:
Since Reconstruction, of the 29 men who have served as Governor of Kentucky, just seven were Republicans. No Republican has won the Governor's mansion in Frankfort since LOUIE B. NUNN won a 51-48 percent victory in 1967. And no Republican in Kentucky had ever won more than 53.8 percent of the vote in a Governor's race (that honor goes to EDWIN P. MORROW, who won in 1919 over Democrat J.D. BLACK).
Since Reconstruction, of the 28 men who have served as Governor of Mississippi, just one was a Republican -- KIRK FORDICE, whose 51-48 percent 1991 victory over Democrat RAY MABUS ended one of the longest losing streaks in American politics -- 114 years.
Since Reconstruction, of the 23 men who have served as Governor of Louisiana, just two were Republicans (DAVE TREEN, elected to one term in 1979, and MIKE FOSTER, first elected in 1995, and then reelected in 1999).
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