Election 2010: Gubernatorial Scorecard
Scorecard Ratings: Wisconsin Moves From Toss-Up to Leans Republican
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New polling in Wisconsin moves the governor race from Toss-Up to Leans Republican in the Rasmussen Reports Gubernatorial Scorecard.
Voters will elect governors in 37 states this November. Nineteen of those governorships are now held by Democrats, while Republicans sit in the governor’s chair in 18 of the states.
The Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Gubernatorial Scorecard shows Democrats solidly ahead in three states, with three more leaning their way. Republicans are running strongly in 14 states, and five more are leaning GOP.
Hawaii is the only state with a Republican governor that is considered likely to elect a Democrat in November. But five states now headed by Democrats – Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wyoming – are seen as likely GOP pickups.
Twelve states are currently viewed as Toss-Ups, including California, Florida, Illinois and Ohio. The Toss-Up states include six currently with Republican governors and six with Democrats as their chief executives.
Adding spice to the political mix is the fact that these governors will all be in place as the states redistrict on the basis of new Census figures, a process that sets the boundaries of congressional districts and generally benefits the party in power.
The state results and overall projections will be updated whenever new polling data justifies a change.
In the table below, the states marked in red currently have a Republican governor. Those in blue currently have a Democratic governor.
Solid Dem Lean Dem Toss-Up Lean GOP Solid GOP
Hawaii
Arkansas
California
Maine
Alabama
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Colorado
Michigan
Alaska
New York
Massachusetts
Florida
Nevada
Arizona
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Idaho
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Maryland
Kansas
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Ohio
South Carolina
Oregon
South Dakota
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Vermont
Texas
Utah
Wyoming
Recent changes include:
Date
State
Shift From
Shift To
Dem
Ind
GOP
Toss-up
8/12/10
Wisconsin
Toss-Up
Leans GOP
13
0
25
12
8/10/10
Scorecard Published - Initial Ratings
13
0
24
13
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Gubernatorial
Scorecard Tables:
Current Projected Result
Democrats
13
Independents
0
Republicans
25
Toss-Up
12
Election 2010 To Date
Solid Democratic
3
Lean Democratic
3
Solid Independent
0
Lean Independent
0
Lean Republican
5
Solid Republican
14
Toss-Up
12
No Gubernatorial Race In 2010
Democrats
7
Independents
0
Republicans
6
Overall Snapshot:
Held/Solid Democratic
10
Leans Democratic
3
Held/Solid Independent
0
Leans Independent
0
Leans Republican
5
Held/Solid Republican
20
Toss-Up
12
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