GOP Keeps Its Edge in Governors’ Seats

Here are the latest returns in the gubernatorial races nationwide. For California results, see tables on state returns. (i)=incumbent.

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Party Vote ALABAMA Donald Siegelman D 58% Fob James (i) R 42% ALASKA Tony Knowles (i) D 65% John Lindauer R 22% ARIZONA Paul Johnson D 36% Jane Hull (i) R 61% ARKANSAS Bill Bristow D 39% Mike Huckabee (i) R 60% COLORADO Gail Schoettler D 49% Bill Owens R 49% (Owens won by fewer than 5,000 votes) CONNECTICUT Barbara Kennelly D 35% John Rowland (i) R 63% FLORIDA Buddy MacKay D 45% Jeb Bush R 55% GEORGIA Roy Barnes D 53% Guy Millner R 44% HAWAII Ben Cayetano (i) D 50% Linda Lingle R 49% IDAHO Robert Huntley D 29% Dirk Kempthorne R 68% ILLINOIS Glenn Poshard D 47% George Ryan R 51% IOWA Tom Vilsack D 52% Jim Ross Lightfoot R 47% KANSAS Tom Sawyer D 23% Bill Graves (i) R 73% MAINE Thomas Connolly D 12% James Longley R 19% Angus King (i) I 59% MARYLAND Parris Glendening (i) D 56% Ellen Sauerbrey R 44% MASSACHUSETTS Scott Harshbarger D 47% Paul Cellucci (i) R 51% MICHIGAN Geoffrey Fieger D 38% John Engler (i) R 62% MINNESOTA Hubert Humphrey III D 28% Norm Coleman R 34% Jesse Ventura Ref 37% NEBRASKA Bill Hoppner D 46% Mike Johanns R 54% NEVADA Jan Laverty Jones D 42% Kenny Guinn R 52% NEW HAMPSHIRE Jeanne Shaheen (i) D 66% Jay Lucas R 31% NEW MEXICO Martin Chavez D 46% Gary Johnson (i) R 54% NEW YORK Peter Vallone D 33% George Pataki (i) R 54% OHIO Lee Fisher D 45% Bob Taft R 50% OKLAHOMA Laura Boyd D 41% Frank Keating (i) R 58% OREGON John Kitzhaber (i) D 63% Bill Sizemore R 31% PENNSYLVANIA Ivan Itkin D 31% Thomas J. Ridge (i) R 57% RHODE ISLAND Myrth York D 42% Lincoln Almond (i) R 51% SOUTH CAROLINA Jim Hodges D 53% David Beasley (i) R 45% SOUTH DAKOTA Bernie Hunhoff D 33% William Janklow (i) R 64% TENNESSEE John Hooker D 29% Don Sundquist (i) R 69% TEXAS Garry Mauro D 31% George W. Bush (i) R 69% VERMONT Howard Dean (i) D 56% Ruth Dwyer R 41% WISCONSIN Ed Garvey D 39% Tommy Thompson (i) R 60% WYOMING John Vinich D 40% Jim Geringer (i) R 56%

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