[EL] looking for list of governor's races

[Rob Richie]

Richard is right, of course. I'll note that one of the interesting changes
in our elections was a massive move from two-year gubernatorial terms to
four-year terms in the years after World War Two.

I'll also note that as recently as 2002, gubernatorial election results
were often quite different than presidential outcomes in that state and had
their own patterns based on factors like state economic performance. 2002
was a super incumbent-friendly year on the federal level, but half of
governor's mansions changed changes -- including a large number of
Democrats winning in deeply red state and vice versa. We wrote about that
history here:
http://www.fairvote.org/press/new-jersey-virginia-and-other-states-of-flux/

Rob


On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> During that period, Vermont and New Hampshire have been the only states to
> have 2-year gubernatorial terms.  All others are 4 year terms.
>
> 4-year term states that have elections in odd years are New Jersey and
> Virginia in the year after a presidential election, and Kentucky and
> Louisiana and Mississippi in the year before a presidential election.
>
> 4-year term states that hold gubernatorial elections in presidential years
> are Delaware, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota,
> Utah, Washington, and West Virginia.
>
> All states not mentioned above elect their governor in mid-term years such
> as 2014, 2010, etc.
>
> Richard Winger
> 415-922-9779
> PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
>
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>  *From:* "Hess, Doug" <HESSDOUG at Grinnell.EDU>
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> *Sent:* Thursday, August 7, 2014 7:29 AM
> *Subject:* [EL] looking for list of governor's races
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a list of which states had governor's races in which
> years, going back to 1992 or so.
>
> Any thoughts on where to look or can anybody send me such a list?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Doug
>
> Douglas R. Hess
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