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By Joseph Ryan, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)
Nearly a week has now passed with no clear winner in the Republican primary for Illinois governor.
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By Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press
Two gubernatorial candidates from opposing parties who are introducing themselves to voters share something: Both are running as antiestablishment candidates.
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AK: Parnell takes hit for TV ad
By Sean Cockerham, Anchorage Daily News
Candidate for governor Ralph Samuels is calling for a halt to a television ad featuring Gov. Sean Parnell that's being aired by a nonprofit advocating against domestic violence and sexual assault.
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AZ: Plan -- Lawmakers pick US Senate candidates
By Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services, Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
A freshman Southern Arizona lawmaker is leading the effort to strip Arizona voters of the right to decide who should be a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
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CA: Fixing seasons of California discontent
By Stu Woo, The Wall Street Journal
The prospect of more California-statehouse dysfunction this year is adding momentum to two efforts to overhaul California's budget process — including one that could rewrite much of the state's constitution.
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FL: Candidate calls for full disclosure
By Bill Cotterell, Tallahassee Democrat
A Republican candidate for governor challenged both major contenders for her party's chairmanship to disclose all of the Florida GOP's finances, including credit-card bills of party officers.
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FL: Meek adds name to NASCAR race car
By Anthony Man, Sun-Sentinel, The Miami Herald
U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek is adding some horsepower to his campaign. Fans in the stands and watching ESPN2 cable coverage of Saturday's NASCAR race in Daytona Beach will see Mike Wallace's No. 01 race car emblazoned with the ``Kendrick Meek for U.S. Senate'' logo.
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IL: Former Peorian for lieutenant governor?
By Karen McDonald, Peoria Journal Star
PEORIA, Ill. -- Former Peorian and comptroller candidate Raja Krishnamoorthi wants to be considered for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor and says he can bring the votes to help clinch victory.
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IL: Police called to Cohen party
By Chris Fusco and Frank Main, Chicago Sun-Times
Pawn shop owner Scott Lee Cohen's election-night party at the Palmer House Hilton had some unexpected guests -- Chicago Police -- who arrived within an hour after Cohen gave his victory speech in the Democratic lieutenant governor's race.
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IL: Democrats prepare to pick new lieutenant governor
By Rick Pearson and Ray Long, Chicago Tribune
Democratic Party leaders began the delicate dance of picking a new running mate for Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday, while emphasizing there was no horse-trading involved to get a scandal-ridden Chicago pawnbroker to abandon the primary nomination for lieutenant governor.
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KS: Kansas secretary of state resigns
By David Klepper, Kansas City Star
Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh will leave office a year early to take a private-sector job, giving Democrats a possible leg up ahead of November's election.
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LA: Landrieus' Washington hot line
By Gerard Shields, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
WASHINGTON — Having a sister that serves as the chairwoman of the U.S. Senate disaster recovery subcommittee can't be too bad for a guy who will soon become mayor of a city still reeling from a disastrous hurricane nearly five years ago.
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ME: Legislators debate bills on petitions
By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News
Lawmakers heard conflicting testimony Monday about whether proposals to change Maine's citizen initiative process would discourage fraud by signature gatherers or gut the 100-year-old law intended to empower voters
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NC: Winners will get to draw the map
By Rob Christensen, The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The 2010 political season formally opened Monday, with the next nine months potentially having an outsized influence on Tar Heel politics for the next decade.
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NM: State law stalls decision in Block case
By Jason Auslander, Santa Fe New Mexican
Lawyers in the criminal case against state Public Regulation Commission member Jerome Block Jr. argued the finer points of an unusual state law during a hearing Monday, including the meanings of "shall" and "or."
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NY: Paterson to announce campaign for governor
By Jacob Gershman, The Wall Street Journal
Amid churning doubts over his political future, New York Gov. David Paterson has told one of his closest advisers that he will officially announce his campaign for governor next week.
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NY: Paterson responds to 'sleazy' rumors
By The Associated Press, Times Union (Albany)
New York Gov. David Paterson on Monday lashed back at what he called a "callous and sleazy" assault on his character in statehouse rumors and media reports that include accusations about womanizing and drug use, allegations he denied.
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PA: Jack Wagner's strong state committee showing a surprise to some
By Mike Wereschagin, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Elections are won at the ballot box, not the bank teller's window, and Auditor General Jack Wagner's majority support from the state Democratic Committee over the weekend served as a reminder that the governor's race is just getting started, observers said Monday.
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RI: Candidates back gay marriage
By Jim Baron, The Pawtucket Times
Three of the four announced candidates for governor — Democrats Frank Caprio and Patrick Lynch and Independent Lincoln Chafee — are pledging to sign a bill allowing same-sex marriage if they are elected governor.
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SC: Scott joins race for 1st District
By Robert Behre, The Post and Courier (Charleston)
Republican Tim Scott announced Monday he will halt his bid for lieutenant governor and run for the 1st Congressional District instead. He not only becomes the seventh Republican in the race but also is vying to become the first black Republican in Congress in six years.
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TX: Bius charges conflict, Ogden fires back
By Mike Ward, The Austin American-Statesman
Texas Senate wannabe Ben Bius charged today that veteran Sen. Steve Ogden has been hiding "a glaring conflict of interest" for years: That Ogden's daughter, Kristen, is a lobbyist for a road-builders' trade group.
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TX: Hutchison calls education a priority
By Jenny LaCoste-Caputo, The San Antonio Express-News
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison visited San Antonio's KIPP Aspire Academy Monday along with former first lady Barbara Bush and former Congressman Henry Bonilla to talk about what she calls her No. 1 issue in her campaign for governor: education.
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TX: A fact check of the Democratic governor debate
By James Drew and Terrence Stutz, The Dallas Morning News
THE CLAIM: Farouk Shami said that over the past few years, the state has executed a few people who were innocent. He then added, "We have killed lots of innocent people in the state of Texas."
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