July 5, 2009
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GOVERNOR BREAKDOWN
There were 36 governor seats up this cycle. The post-election breakdown:

• Republicans: 22
• Democrats: 28

AD SPOTLIGHT
• 2006 Ad Archive
• 2006 Governor Ads

POLL TRACK
• 2006 Campaign Polling
• 2006 Governor Polling

OFFICIAL LINKS
• DGA
• RGA

Latest Governor Race Rankings
Governor seats ranked by likelihood to switch party control. The top-ranked race is the seat most likely to flip.

Full Rankings & Analysis
Links below lead to individual tip sheets for each state.

  1. N.Y. (Open-R)
  2. Ohio (Open-R)
  3. Mass. (Open-R)
  4. Colo. (Open-R)
  5. Ark. (Open-R)
  6. Minn. (Pawlenty-R)
  7. Md. (Ehrlich-R)
  8. Ore. (Kulongoski-D)
  9. Nev. (Open-R)
  10. Idaho (Open-R)
11. Wis. (Doyle-D)
12. Fla. (Open-R)
13. Alaska (Murkowski-R)
14. Maine (Baldacci-D)
15. Iowa (Open-D)
16. Mich. (Granholm-D)
17. Ill. (Blagojevich-D)
18. Texas (Perry-R)
19. R.I. (Carcieri-R)
20. S.C. (Sanford-R)
21. Calif. (Schwarzenegger-R)
22. Okla. (Henry-D)
23. Ariz. (Napolitano-D)
24. Pa. (Rendell-D)
25. Ga. (Perdue-R)
26. Vt. (Douglas-R)
27. Conn. (Rell-R)
28. Ala. (Riley-R)
29. Tenn. (Bredesen-D)
30. Kansas (Sebelius-D)
31. S.D. (Rounds-R)
32. Wyo. (Freudenthal-D)
33. N.H. (Lynch-D)
34. N.M. (Richardson-D)
35. Neb. (Heineman-R)
36. Hawaii (Lingle-R)


Click on a state for additional information about ads, polls and related news.


  Incumbents are listed in bold.

States Candidates Background
Alabama Bob Riley (R)
Lucy Baxley (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Alaska Sarah Palin (R)
Tony Knowles (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Arizona Janet Napolitano (D)
Len Munsil (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Arkansas Asa Hutchinson (R)
Mike Beebe (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
California Arnold
Schwarzenegger (R)
Phil Angelides (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Colorado Bob Beauprez (R)
Bill Ritter (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Connecticut M. Jodi Rell (R)
John DeStefano (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Florida Charlie Crist (R)
Jim Davis (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Georgia Sonny Perdue (R)
Mark Taylor (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Hawaii Linda Lingle (R)
Randy Iwase (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Idaho Butch Otter (R)
Jerry Brady (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Illinois Rod Blagojevich (D)
Judy Baar Topinka (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Iowa Chet Culver (D)
Jim Nussle (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Kansas Kathleen Sebelius (D)
Jim Barnett (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Maine John Baldacci (D)
Chandler Woodcock (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Maryland Bob Ehrlich (R)
Martin O'Malley (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Massachusetts Kerry Healey (R)
Deval Patrick (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Michigan Jennifer Granholm (D)
Dick DeVos (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Minnesota Tim Pawlenty (R)
Mike Hatch (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Nebraska Dave Heineman (R)
David Hahn (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Nevada Jim Gibbons (R)
Dina Titus (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
New Hampshire John Lynch (D)
Jim Coburn (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
New Mexico Bill Richardson (D)
John Dendahl (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
New York John Faso (R)
Eliot Spitzer (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Ohio Ken Blackwell (R)
Ted Strickland (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Oklahoma Brad Henry (D)
Ernest Istook (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Oregon Ted Kulongoski (D)
Ron Saxton (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Pennsylvania Ed Rendell (D)
Lynn Swann (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Rhode Island Don Carcieri (R)
Charlie Fogarty (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
South Carolina Mark Sanford (R)
Tommy Moore (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
South Dakota Mike Rounds (R)
Jack Billion (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Tennessee Phil Bredesen (D)
Jim Bryson (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Texas Rick Perry (R)
Chris Bell (D)
Kinky Friedman (I)
Carole Keeton
Strayhorn (I)
Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Vermont Jim Douglas (R)
Scudder Parker (D) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Wisconsin James Doyle (D)
Mark Green (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Wyoming Dave Freudenthal (D)
Ray Hunkins (R) 		Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile

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