Governors See Influence Wane in Race for Presidency
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In one of the fastest-starting presidential campaigns in history, one group of politicians has not kept pace: the nation's governors.
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A tight race for governor is under way in Iowa, with both national parties intent on capturing the top job in a state that plays a major role in setting the country's political agenda during the presidential campaign season.
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Despite Republicans' demands for a new statewide vote and their new radio advertising campaign, the Democratic leaders who control the state Legislature say the governor's election is over.
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Three days after Election Day, Democrat Christine Gregoire clung to a narrow lead Friday in the nation's last undecided race for governor &#151; a cliffhanger contest that could drag on for weeks while the votes are counted.
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Hurricanes have crippled the campaign season in Florida, and candidates are only now starting to make up for lost time.
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President overshadowed by race to choose successor attempts to reassert primacy
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Voters in 11 states will elect  governors on Nov. 2 in contests that test both the drawing  power of the presidential candidates dominating the ticket and  the down-home strength of the two major parties.
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The Republican "brand" has been tarnished by corruption and poor performance and governors from the party who have presidential ambitions must return to its traditions of tight spending and smaller government.
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Across the nationÂs 36 races for governor, Republican candidates are playing up their liberal positions.
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When Gov. George E. Pataki left office last January, he was the dominant Republican politician in New York. Today the former governor is virtually absent from the political scene.
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The presidential election has deeply divided many Americans, but in six states with close races for governor, local concerns prevail.
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Washington&#39;s seemingly endless election for governor, uncomfortably similar to the Florida presidential morass four years ago, has the state&#39;s election system under a magnifying glass.
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The former first lady's imposing national lead among Democratic voters faded leading up to the 22-state sweepstakes.
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Rasmussen Reports - The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows little change at the top of the Republican Presidential field, but former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has gained some ground on the frontrunners.
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Democrats have a shot at taking control of a majority of governorships for the first time since 1994.
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The Pennsylvania governor's race tightened slightly from August to September but Gov. Ed Rendell still holds a lopsided lead over Republican challenger Lynn Swann, a poll released Wednesday found.
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The crowded field for the Republican nomination for the 2008 U.S. presidential election shrank by one on Saturday when former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore announced he was withdrawing.