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...Rhode Island, moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee was defeated by former state attorney general Sheldon Whitehouse. And in Massachusetts, Democrat Deval L. Patrick ’78 won the state’s governorship. In addition to campaigning for Patrick at home, the Dems had taken several trips to Rhode Island to campaign for Whitehouse. And the club also stumped for Democrat Bob Casey Jr. in his successful bid to oust Republican Sen. Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania...
According to Breaux, “all of the Class of ’78 have broad aspirations for Deval beyond the governorship of Massachusetts...
...eighth term over Republican Kenneth Chase, a lawyer and businessman who ran against Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) in 2004 and took 21 percent of the vote. A member of the Senate since 1962, Kennedy won 73 percent of the vote in his last election. Apart from the governorship, the attorney general is the only statewide office that is likely to change hands tomorrow. Republican Larry Frisoli, a former Cambridge vice mayor, and Democrat Martha Coakley, the veteran Middlesex County district attorney, are vying to replace outgoing Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly. Coakley, who is heavily favored...
...broke, Ohio's Republicans were facing a stiff headwind from a struggling economy, a G.O.P. scandal in the statehouse and increasing opposition to the war. At the moment, political strategists of both parties say, the Republicans who have dominated Ohio politics in recent years would likely lose both the governorship and a Senate seat. As many as five House seats are also at risk, including that of indicted Congressman Bob Ney, who pleaded guilty to corruption charges stemming from his involvement in the Jack Abramoff investigation, and who is likely to be expelled from Congress...
...state of Massachusetts’ future also hinges on the results of the November election. Almost all major state offices are up for reelection, most notably the governorship, which is a race between Democrat Deval M. Patrick ’78 and Republican Lieutenant Governor Kerry M. Healey ’82. These state contests will have just as large of an impact on Harvard students’ daily lives as the more glamorous national races. Among the many important decisions in the hands of state officials are how to deal with the Big Dig fiasco, whether to build roads...