Despite Primary Loss, Big Sugar Still a Player in Governor's Race
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By David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Sep. 10--The sugar industry lost a huge bet on the governor's race last week, spending almost $5 million to back the loser in the Democratic primary.   United States Sugar Corp. and Flo-Sun Inc.
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Both John McCain and Mike Huckabee have vowed not to go negative in the battle for the state's primary, but it looks like they will have a hard time keeping that promise
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ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana  - The primary elections have been called the most gripping in recent years but not in the Deep South state of Louisiana where parties struggled to motivate voters on Saturday.
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Bill Richardson &#151; governor, presidential candidate, hunter &#151; is a good shot, and he has the prey to prove it.
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The announcement by former Democratic Gov. Jeanne Shaheen that she will challenge New Hampshire Republican Sen. John E. Sununu already has prompted one potential primary competitor, Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand, to withdraw his bid and support her candidacy.
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Rasmussen Reports - Having emerged victorious from a three-way primary on September 19, Democrat Deval Patrick leads the field of official candidates vying to be Massachusetts&#39; next governor.&nbsp; The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey shows Patrick in the lead with 57% followed by Republican Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey (24%) and Independent candidate Christy Mihos (9%).
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OLYMPIA, Wash_ Edged out of the closest governorÂ´s race in state history, Republican Dino Rossi urged his opponent to accept a revote, saying the uncertainty surrounding the back-and-forth election was bad for the state.
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Results in the Granite State mean frontrunners in both parties will continue to duke it out for the nomination.
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Biotech got the long-term tax breaks it wanted most out of Olympia last February, but if the candidates for governor are serious, the young industry can expect to continue getting its way.
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Rasmussen Reports - Now that Republican State Senator Jim Barnett has won the August 1 primary, Governor Kathleen Sebelius leads her challenger 48% to 37%, a drop from seventeen percentage points in our last survey,&nbsp;to eleven.The Governor&#39;s support has yet to rise much above 50% in any case. But the decline reflects the closer competition we often see in a final campaign stretch and have been seeing in races around the country.
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For Dino Rossi, a 42-vote lead was enough to declare victory in the Washington governor's race. Christine Gregoire, however, begged to differ. And so, with a slim margin and a candidate unwilling to concede Wednesday, the state probably has another recount &#151; a third &#151; to look forward to.
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Texas voters will get &quot;Kinky,&quot; but they won&#039;t get &quot;Grandma.&quot; The state elections chief on Monday rejected gubernatorial candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn&#039;s request to be called &quot;Grandma&quot; on the November ballot, but he decided her fellow independent candidate Kinky Friedman could use his nickname as long as it was accompanied by his given name &amp;#151; Richard.
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Gov. Charlie Crist took a gamble on John McCain that could pay off for some time to come.
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Mexico's main opposition party fought to hold on to one of its oldest electoral bastions ahead of 2006 presidential elections, in a close governor's race on Sunday in Veracruz state.
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Rasmussen Reports - As support for Republican Governor Rick Perry continues to droop, Independent candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn has again captured second place in the unusual four-way race for Texas Governor.
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Randy Graf, a conservative activist and former state representative, won a bruising Republican primary in ArizonaÃ¢ÂÂs open 8th Congressional District, despite the opposition of popular retiring Republican Rep. Jim Kolbe and much of the state and national Republican Party establishment.
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For the Broward County Democratic chairman, Bill Richardson's presidential campaign has meaning far beyond how well the New Mexico governor fares against better known 2008 rivals.