By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  February 6th at 08:04 PM  | 

Here’s an early take on the 2011 Gubernatorial races: Mississippi: Incumbent GOP Governor Haley Barbour is term-limited. Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant is the only announced GOP candidate. Potential candidates for the Republicans are Commercial Building Contractor Dave Dennis, former Lieutenant Governor Amy Tuck, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann Jr., State Auditor Stacey Pickering, State Treasurer Tate Reeves, State Agriculture & Commerce Commissioner Lester Spell Jr., | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  February 5th at 11:09 PM  | 

Here’s an early take on the 2012 Gubernatorial races: Unknown Incumbents: NH, UT, and VT. Montana: Incumbent Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer is term limited. Potential candidates for the Democrats include Lieutenant Governor John Bohlinger, Secretary of State Linda McCullough, Attorney General Steve Bullock, State Auditor Monica Lindeen, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau, Senator Jon Tester, and State Democratic Party Chairman Dennis McDonald. Potential | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  February 5th at 11:05 AM  | 

Here’s a rundown of how I think the KS races will go: Governor: Incumbent Democratic Governor Mark Parkinson is retiring. The Democrats have unified behind Disabled Paramedic Herb West III. The GOP has unified behind US Senator Sam Brownback. I expect Brownback to roll West 72-28. GOP GAIN. Secretary of State: Incumbent GOP Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh is retiring. On the GOP side, former | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  February 2nd at 11:31 PM  | 

Here’s a rundown of how I think the WY races will go: Governor: Incumbent Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal is currently challenging the term-limit laws in the state. If he succeeds, the Democrats will unify behind Freudenthal. If he fails, potential candidates include Attorney, former State Pipeline Authority Chair, and son of former Governor JJ Hickey Paul Hickey and State Senate Minority Leader Mike Massie. On | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  January 31st at 02:00 PM  | 

Here’s a rundown of how I think the KY races will go: US Senate: Incumbent GOP Senator Jim Bunning is retiring. On the GOP side, Secretary of State Trey Grayson, Business Executive Bill Johnson, World War II Veteran Gurley Martin, Physician Rand Paul, Jon Scribner, and former State Superintendent of Public Instruction John Stephenson are in the running. On the Democratic side, Physician James Buckmaster, | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  January 30th at 02:52 PM  | 

Here’s a rundown of how I think the CT races will go: Governor: Incumbent GOP Governor Jodi Rell is retiring. On the GOP side, former Congressman Larry DeNardis, Lieutenant Governor Michael Fedele, and former US Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley are in the running. On the Democratic side, former State House Speaker Jim Amann, former State Representative Juan Figueroa, Simsbury First Selectman Mary Glassman, Businessman | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  January 28th at 06:30 PM  | 

Here’s a rundown of how I think the ME races will go: Governor: Incumbent Democratic Governor John Baldacci is term-limited. On the Democratic side, former Biddeford Mayor Donna Dion, State Senate President Libby Mitchell, former Attorney General Steve Rowe, former State Conservation Commissioner Pat McGowan, State Economic/Community Development Commissioner John Richardson, Affordable Housing Company CEO Rosa Scarcelli, and former State Representative Peter Truman are in | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  January 26th at 10:21 AM  | 

Here’s a rundown of how I think the WV races will go: WV-01: Incumbent Democratic Congressman Alan Mollohan is running for re-election. On the Democratic side, Mollohan and Steel Worker RJ Smith are in the running. On the GOP side, Realtor Cindy Hall, GOP Activist Patricia Van Gilder Levenson, former State GOP Chair David McKinley, Coal Mine Contracting Company Executive R. Scott Smith, Custom Furniture | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  January 23rd at 08:02 PM  | 

Here’s a rundown of how I think the UT races will go: Governor: Incumbent GOP Governor Gary Herbert is running for re-election. The GOP has unified behind Herbert. The Democrats have unified behind Salt Lake City Mayor Peter Corroon. Herbert will defeat Corroon 61-39. GOP HOLD. Lieutenant Governor: Incumbent GOP Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell is running for re-election. The GOP has unified behind Ball. The | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  January 21st at 07:07 PM  | 

Here’s a rundown of how I think the NH races will go: Governor: Incumbent Democratic Governor John Lynch is running for re-election. The Democrats have unified behind Lynch. On the GOP side, Businessman Jack Kimball and Religious Right Activist and Author Karen Testerman are in the running. I expect Kimball to prevail 63-37 and lose by a lesser than expected margin(59-41) to Lynch. DEM HOLD. | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  January 19th at 11:39 PM  | 

Here’s a rundown of how I think the VT races will go: Governor: Incumbent GOP Governor Jim Douglas is retiring. The GOP has unified behind Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie. On the Democratic side, State Senators Susan Bartlett, Mat Dunne, Doug Racine, and Peter Schumlin and Secretary of State Deb Markowitz are in the running. The Second VT Republic Party has unified behind Dennis Steele. The | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  January 18th at 04:20 PM  | 

Moderator’s note. This diary is, prior to my truncating the quoted text, was a massive violation of Fair Use. There is also no link provided to the original article which is just bad manners. Don’t do this again or your account will be terminated. This diary is closed. –streiff If true, this will confirm what I’ve been thinking for a year. Via Infowars: An Obama | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  January 14th at 11:53 AM  | 

Here’s a rundown of how I think the ND races will go: Secretary of State: Incumbent GOP Secretary of State Alvin Jaeger is running for re-election. The GOP has unified behind Jaeger. The Democrats have no announced or potential candidates. GOP HOLD. Attorney General: Incumbent GOP Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is running for re-election. The GOP has unified behind Stenehjem. The Democrats have no announced | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  January 9th at 10:34 PM  | 

Here’s a rundown of how I think the SC races will go: Governor: Scandal mired incumbent GOP Governor Mark Sanford is term-limited, setting up a free-for-all on both sides. On the GOP side, Congressman Gresham Barrett, Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer, State Senator Larry Grooms, State Representative Nikki Haley, and Attorney General Henry McMaster are in the running. On the Democratic side, Attorneys Dwight Drake and | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  January 7th at 06:08 PM  | 

Here’s a rundown of how I think the AL Races will go: Governor: Incumbent GOP Governor Bob Riley is term-limited, thus setting up a free-for-all on both sides. On the GOP side, State Representative Robert Bentley, former State Community College System Chancellor Bradley Byrne, State Treasurer Kay Ivey, Real Estate Developer Tim James, former State Economic Development Director Bill Johnson, former State Supreme Court Chief | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  January 5th at 09:49 PM  | 

Via The Fix: Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D) will not seek a second term this fall, according to Democratic sources briefed on his decision. Ritter, elected in a landslide in 2006, had seen his political fate dip considerably in the intervening years, and faced an extremely difficult re-election race against former Rep. Scott McInnis (R) in November. “Bill Ritter was literally the weakest incumbent in | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  January 4th at 10:05 PM  | 

Here’s a rundown of how I think the GA Races will go: Governor: Incumbent GOP Governor Sonny Perdue is term-limited, thus setting up a free-for-all on both sides. On the GOP Side, In the GOP Primary, Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine, Secretary of State Karen Handel, former State Senator Eric Johnson, Congressman Nathan Deal, State Senator Jeff Chapman, Ray McBerry, and State Representative Austin Scott | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  November 24th at 06:55 PM  | 

(Note: I thought that since there is a movement afoot to refound our country for the better, I thought I would chronicle the life of a person who helped found this country in the first place) Benjamin Franklin, who would later become one of the first great Americans and inventors, was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston, Massachussets. He was the 15th out of | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  September 8th at 09:57 AM  | 

In the 2010 GA-GOV race that is currently underway, my chosen candidate is Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, and here are the issues that I base my support of Oxendine on: FairTax: If elected, John Oxendine has stated that he would implement the Fair Tax. For those who don’t know, the Fair Tax is a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American | Read More »

By: SE-779 (Diary)  |  September 7th at 04:32 PM  | 

We have just about moved into the fall of 2009 and with that, Election day 2009 is coming closer and closer. So far, Republicans have a reason to be optimistic about making two Gubernatorial pickups in states that Obama won. Here are my race ratings: NJ-GOV: This race was over once NJ Democrats couldn’t get any strong primary challengers to take out embattled incumbent Governor | Read More »