Democrats win governors seats across key states
Democrats claimed governorships in Massachusetts, Ohio, and New York with Deval Patrick, Ted Strickland, and Eliot Spitzer winning. Michigan re elected Jennifer Granholm, while Republicans held Florida with Charlie Crist and incumbents in Connecticut, South Carolina, Nebraska, Georgia, and South Dakota. Ed Rendell won in Pennsylvania. several states elected Democratic or Republican leaders as part of a broad statehouse shake up.
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Massachusetts
New York
Michigan
Deval Patrick
Imis
Ohio
Ted Strickland
Ken Blackwell
Eliot Spitzer
Jennifer Granholm
Dick DeVos
Ney
Wisconsin
Oregon
Florida
Jeb Bush
Charlie Crist
Jim Davis
Illinois
Rod Blagojevich
Connecticut
South Carolina
Nebraska
Georgia
South Dakota
New Mexico
Arizona
Kansas
Tennessee
New Hampshire
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Ed Rendell
Lynn Swann
Ballot battles shape abortion and gay marriage across states
Across 37 states 205 measures faced voters including bans on gay marriage in eight states with Wisconsin amid hopes of defeating one. Arizona and Colorado weighed English official language and immigration rules while Missouri Ohio Nevada boosted minimum wage. California's Prop 87 drew a record $133 million toward oil tax funding energy initiatives. tobacco taxes rose in California, Ohio saw public smoking bans, and marijuana measures surfaced in several states. Rhode Island restored felon voting rights. Michigan eyed race and gender in college admissions and hiring.
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Wisconsin
Arizona
South Dakota
Colorado
Idaho
Missouri
Montana
Ohio
Nevada
Senate
Jim Talent
Claire McCaskill
California
Califor
Nia
Big Tobacco
RJ. Reynolds Tobacco
Rhode Island
Michigan
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