How often are governor elections held?
All states hold gubernatorial elections on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November. The earliest possible date for the election is therefore November 2 (if that date falls on a Tuesday), and the latest possible date is November 8 (if November 1 falls on a Tuesday). 2 states hold their gubernatorial elections every even numbered year. Recent years are 2006, 2008, and 2010. New Hampshire and Vermont The other 48 states hold gubernatorial elections every four years. 34 states hold their gubernatorial elections in even numbered years which are not divisible by four (i.e. concurrent with congressional, but not presidential elections). Recent years are 2002, 2006, and 2010. Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming. 9 States and a territory hold their gubernatorial elections in years divisible by four (i.e. concurrent with presidential elections). Recent years are 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. Delaware, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Puerto Rico 3 States hold their gubernatorial elections in the year before a year divisible by four. Recent years are 2003, 2007, and 2011. Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi 2 States hold their gubernatorial elections in the year following a year divisible by four. Recent years are 2001, 2005, and 2009. New Jersey and Virginia
Under normal circumstances, no.Senate seats have three “classes” of election cycles. In 2018, the Class 1 senators are up for re-election. The Class 2 senators will be up in 2020 and the Class 3 senators in 2022.For example, I live in Pennsylvania, so my senators are Bob Casey Jr. (Class 1) and Pat Toomey (Class 3). Toomey was up for re-election in 2016 and will be up again in 2022. Casey is up for re-election this year. Pennsylvania isn’t scheduled to have any Senate race in 2020.However, sometimes special elections are held at the same time as regular elections. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) resigned due to a scandal and Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) due to health problems, so there are special elections this year to fill both of their seats in addition to the regular elections for the Class 1 seats in those states.
I was a high school student in Louisiana at the time. Remember, that 1991 race was on the heels of his 1990 run for U.S. Senate, where he won 60 percent of the white vote statewide against J. Bennett Johnston.The governor's race was a new level of calamity, since he took out a sitting governor and set up the match with EWE. But Duke was closer to election in 1990 (losing 53-44, with another Republican in the mix) than in 1991 (losing 61-39).Running against Duke was a lot like playing football defense against the Wildcat. At first, it's disorienting — you're not sure how to respond. But over time, you see the unconventional weak points, adapt, and learn how to snuff it out.In 1990, the national parties got involved in saying Duke was a bad guy, and I think that actually helped him seem more like an underdog and a fighter for the little (white) guy. In 1991, Edwards realized the key was to make fun of Duke as a laughable figure who dressed up in robes, wanted to send the Cajuns up to Maine, and didn't know what he was talking about. Edwards could out-populist the Klansman-turned-populist.It turned into a laugher, even though Johnston in 1990 was a far less controversial figure than Edwards in 1991.One last note: That 1991 race was one of the greatest mobilizations of black political power since the civil rights movement. Once Duke had been established as a real threat, voter registration among blacks skyrocketed and turnout was very high.
Criteria :-Citizen of india , above 35 years, not an mp or mla and should not hold an office of profit By convention :-generally natives of a state are not given governor's post of the same state. Practically :- the central Govt has a total monopoly on appointment and removal of governors. It was used selfishly many times when proclaimation of president rule, by dismissing the state Govt was easy. But after several legislative and judicial steps, such immoral practices are now hardly heard. Current status :-governors post is seen as a plum posting for elders who have served the ruling party at centre. The post gives the governor substantial immunity regarding court proceedings.
How many people feel the election is a race debate more then Presidential ?
I ask myself, how many Americans are voting, for McCain because of his race, now that an African american is running for President. If Obama was any race other then African american, preferrably Caucasian, would he recieve more votes, more suppot etc... at this very moment with the polls. I honestly think this whole election is a joke !! I honestly feel, the US still has major race issues. It really sickens me, that the media compares Palin to Obama. When will the race issue in this country ever change ? Do Americans truly desire to elect a President, to benefit the US ? Or do Americans see two different race of people running for President. I never cared about Politics much, but from all I've read, I'm disgusted. No one has provided any real answers as to why, they desire a particular Presidential candidate. All I read is stupidity. When I see polls, such as how many blacks voted for McCain opposed to Obama, it really sickens me. Any opinions ?
What really is at stake in this election?
So this is basically a long-winded rant about abortion rights. The Constitution of The United States has a privacy provision that states that important personal decisions such as these are a RIGHT best left to the individual, their family, their doctor, and their god. Why won't you stay out of the private decisions that people make and honor and respect the US constitution? +++RESPONSE: First, it's nice that you do not care a whit about the constitution. No Infants were slaughtered- ever. "Consider how they would have helped slow down the crumbling Social Security system." You would have people be forced to procreate to build up Social Security? That's what SLAVE OWNERS did to build up their work force! "Consider how many scientists, artists, musicians and even politicians of note could have come from this group." How about murderers, rapists, and others? "If you believe abortion is not a holacost that surpasses the brutality of Hitler you are indeed morally bankrupt!" Whose morals? Yours? Please don't tell me how to live my life and I won't tell you how to live yours.
Who won the last GOP debate before Super Tuesday?
In this particular debate, I thought Huckabee did well, even though I would not vote for him due to his policies. Unlike Romney and McCain, Huckabee and Paul both came across as if they actually care about what happens to ordinary Americans, though their personalities and viewpoints are different. Huckabee is a people person, and Paul comes off like a professor. McCain shows signs of leadership ability but is too aggressive, Romney seems like a narcissistic overachiever. I've been following the Republican race because it illustrates the ways our system needs to be changed before we will get a decent candidate: 1. we need ALL 50 states to vote in the primaries on the same day. I live in California, and the media has more or less decided that McCain is the winner, and I haven't even voted yet. California is one of the early (Super Tuesday) states 2. TV debates need to be moderated in such a way that ALL candidates currently running, for either party, are allowed on stage, and ALL candidates need to be given an equal number of questions and equal air time, in ALL debates. 3. Let's not have Wolf Blitzer and his counterparts at other TV stations endlessly discuss the debates as if there were only two people participating. Last I checked we were allegedly a democracy. I'm beginning to doubt that. Even Romney has been saying things like "let the people decide" lately. 4. candidates are dropping like flies because they run out of money. Corporate backing or substantial individual wealth appears to be a prerequisite for winning a primary. Again, are we a democracy? 5. enough with these winner-take-all primaries. It is a distortion of voter will. FYI I'm an independent who trends more Democrat than Republican, but mainly because the Repubs only offer up these hawkish neocon types for the general elections. I'm an anti-war, fiscally conservative, pro-environment, socially moderate, anti-Patriot Act kind of gal. The system is so screwed up I donated to the Paul campaign as an act of protest, and I only agree with about half his ideas. Will probably vote Democrat in the general election...again.
No Washingtonian has come as close to the brink of defeat as former Governor Christine Gregoire. A Democrat in a reliably blue state, Gregoire was originally declared the loser of the 2004 gubernatorial election. However, state law triggered an automatic recount, since Republican Dino Rossi's lead of 231 votes out of some 2.8 million votes cast was way, way less than the 0.5% threshold for an automatic recount.The machine recount narrowed the gap to just 42 votes (0.0015%) in Rossi's favor--still a loss for Gregoire, but by far small enough to mandate a hand recount, which ultimately delivered a narrow win for Gregoire.Understandably, the Rossi campaign sued the hell out of everyone they could get their hands on, especially King County, which, as home to Seattle, went for Gregoire by over 150,000 votes. While many precincts handled their absentee ballots with a significant level of incompetence, King County screwed up big-time in mailing 28,000 its absentee ballots to Washingtonians serving in Iraq two days after the federally mandated deadline of October 10. The Chelan County Superior Court, however, sided with Gregoire on most of the Republican allegations, and by June 2005 Rossi was forced to accept a loss. Chris Gregoire's victory by 129 votes, or 0.0045%, is still the closest gubernatorial election in U.S. history.
Who has the better record? Romney as governor or Obama as president?
Romney. Obama is a lazy ignorant fool, who is capable of talking his way into anything. He made people vote for him last time by promising people a change, there has been no change, and people are waking up to that. But he is definitely NOT a leader, while Romney is. He has proved that many times in the past. I watched the debate, if that's what they want to call it, but I think it was a bad way to introduce people to candidates. Romney ended up getting snowballed, as Obama made comments he could not react to, and vice versa. Proper debates should allow the candidates time to comment, and time for rebuttals. Otherwise it is just not correctly informative to the public.
Kennedy vs Nixon. Before an era of round-the-clock coverage of primaries and constant TV coverage, neither man was well known "personally". Their positions were laid out in newspapers, but not all Americans read the newspaper. Every human has a remarkable capacity for sizing up other humans when we see them "in person", so when four debates were scheduled for television, the chance to get to know both men presented itself.Seventy million Americans saw the first debate of four on television. (The next three had much smaller audiences.) Nixon had been in the hospital to treat an injury and was exhausted, hadn't shaved, and didn't wear makeup. Kennedy was young, fit, and rested. Viewers could see perspiration on Nixon's face. The content of their answers became secondary to the impressions they made on viewers. Given that Nixon eventually lost the race very narrowly, I think it's plausible to suggest that this debate decided the election.