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Governors: Dems win 7 of 11
By The Associated Press
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 | No comments posted.
Democrats celebrated the re-election of Washington state’s Gov. Chris Gregoire and wins in two open gubernatorial contests, including the election of the first woman governor of North Carolina.
Republicans said they were lucky to hold onto three incumbent governorships amid a national Democratic onslaught.
At the end of an Election Day in which 11 governorships were decided, the Democrats won seven.
Gregoire beat Republican Dino Rossi in a rematch of their historically close 2004 election. She thanked supporters in a victory speech, saying she looked forward to working with president-elect Barack Obama in January. The campaign, she said, had been “a long haul.”
Gregoire, a former state attorney general, also emerged the victor against Rossi in their 2004 contest by the closest percentage margin of any governor’s race in U.S. history — just 133 votes out of about 2.8 million cast, after two recounts and an unsuccessful Republican court challenge.
Alaska weighs Palin’s loss, Stevens’ future
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After a sometimes thrilling, sometimes bumpy run in the national spotlight, Alaska saw its governor defeated for vice president Tuesday. Still uncertain was the future of the state’s senior senator, his standing as a political giant hammered by corruption convictions.
“Forever, I’m going to be Sarah from Alaska,” Gov. Sarah Palin said as she voted in her hometown of Wasilla before flying to Phoenix, where Tuesday night she watched her running mate, Republican Sen. John McCain, concede defeat to Barack Obama in the presidential race.
In the Senate race, voters were deciding whether to overlook Ted Stevens’ convictions and re-elect the Republican who has represented Alaska in Washington, D.C., for 40 years.
He was challenged by Democrat Mark Begich, the popular mayor of Anchorage.
Stevens led with 48 percent of the vote compared with 47 percent for Begich, with 96 percent of precincts reporting. With more than 40,000 absentee ballots to be counted within 10 days of the election, Stevens went home late Tuesday to get some sleep, his political future uncertain.
Republicans said they were lucky to hold onto three incumbent governorships amid a national Democratic onslaught.
At the end of an Election Day in which 11 governorships were decided, the Democrats won seven.
Gregoire beat Republican Dino Rossi in a rematch of their historically close 2004 election. She thanked supporters in a victory speech, saying she looked forward to working with president-elect Barack Obama in January. The campaign, she said, had been “a long haul.”
Gregoire, a former state attorney general, also emerged the victor against Rossi in their 2004 contest by the closest percentage margin of any governor’s race in U.S. history — just 133 votes out of about 2.8 million cast, after two recounts and an unsuccessful Republican court challenge.
Alaska weighs Palin’s loss, Stevens’ future
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After a sometimes thrilling, sometimes bumpy run in the national spotlight, Alaska saw its governor defeated for vice president Tuesday. Still uncertain was the future of the state’s senior senator, his standing as a political giant hammered by corruption convictions.
“Forever, I’m going to be Sarah from Alaska,” Gov. Sarah Palin said as she voted in her hometown of Wasilla before flying to Phoenix, where Tuesday night she watched her running mate, Republican Sen. John McCain, concede defeat to Barack Obama in the presidential race.
In the Senate race, voters were deciding whether to overlook Ted Stevens’ convictions and re-elect the Republican who has represented Alaska in Washington, D.C., for 40 years.
He was challenged by Democrat Mark Begich, the popular mayor of Anchorage.
Stevens led with 48 percent of the vote compared with 47 percent for Begich, with 96 percent of precincts reporting. With more than 40,000 absentee ballots to be counted within 10 days of the election, Stevens went home late Tuesday to get some sleep, his political future uncertain.
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