Today must talk about Minnesota. Fist congratulations to Al Franken and to all democrats from Minnesota. Seems finally Al Franken defeat Norm Coleman. That is very important victory for all Democratic Party. Six years more with Norm Coleman in Senate would be hard for all we. All we wait legal process end and we can see Al Franken in this senate seat from Minnesota.
But today we not will talk about senate race. In this serie about 2009-2010 elections we have today MN-Gov election.
Until now, governor T Pawlenty not tell he will not run. We must think he will run. T Pawlenty not is weak candidate and can be hard defeat T Pawlenty, but i think is necessary because Pawlenty not seem will stop until be defeated.
Republican incumbent in blue state. Must be a clear target for democratic party. Maybe win or maybe lose, but i think democratic party must try defeat Tim Pawlenty governor, and i wish see the best candidate against Pawlenty.
He is the last high level republican in this state, and if not lose MN-Gov election, i think T Pawlenty will be the republican candidate for 2014 MN-Sen election. I think after this last victory over Coleman we will see democratic party try defeat Pawlenty with energy.
This is the list of possible candidates:
- Mark Brandt Dayton: MN 1947 Senator from Minnesota 01-07. MN State Auditor 91-95. Lost for Senate 82. Lost for Governor 98.
- Timothy James Walz: NE MN 1964 USHRep 07- .
- Keith Maurice Ellison: MI MN 1963 USHRep 07- .
- Collin Clark Peterson: ND MN 1944 USHRep 91- . Lost for House 84 86 and 88.
- Betty Louise McCollum: MN 1954 USHRep 01- .
- Richard Michael Nolan: MN 1943 USHRep 75-81.
- Gerald Edwards Sikorski: MN 1948 USHRep 83-93. Lost for House 92.
- David R Minge: MN 1942 USHRep 93-01. Lost for House 00.
- William Paul Luther: MN 1945 USHRep 95-03. Lost for House 01. Lost MN Attorney General 06.
- Marlene Johnson: MN Lieutenant Governor of MN 83-91. Lost for Mayor of St Paul 93.
- Lori Swanson: MN 1966 MN Attorney General 07- .
- Rebecca Otto: MN 1963 MN State Auditor 07- . Lost for MN House 04.
- Mark Ritchie: GA MN 1951 MN Secretary of State 07- .
- Chris Coleman: MN 1961 Mayor of St Paul 06- .
- Raymond Thomas Rybak: MN 1955 Mayor of Minneapolis 02- .
- John Marty: IL MN 1956 Lost for Governor 94.
- Steve Kelley: MN 1953 Lost for MN Attorney General 06.
- Thomas M Bakk: MN 19??
- Margaret Anderson Kelliher: MN 1968
- Matthew Entenza: MN 1961 Lost for MN Attorney General 06.
- Paul Thissen: MN 1966
- Susan Gaertner: MN 19??
- Oloveuse Scorpio Savior: MN 1949 Lost for Senate 84 96 00 and 08. Lost for Governor 98 02 and 06. Lost for House 88.
In this list of possible candidates M Dayton can be the strongest candidate, and he tell he is running for governor in 2010. For me is good new. I glad. I like encourage Dayton for run hard and defeat republican candidate. I think Dayton can be the best candidate for this last step against republicans in MN.
The list of candidates seem so good with young candidates for the future. New generation of democrats from Minnesota is here. I hope see too strong candidate for Lieutenant Governor in the ticket for this election.
2009-2010 ELECTIONS: All gubernatorial races.
In a 0-10 scale, like this:
--- 00,000 ---
Safe Republican
--- 01,429 ---
Likely Republican
--- 02,857 ---
Leans Republican
--- 04,286 ---
Toss-Up
--- 05,714 ---
Leans Democratic
--- 07,142 ---
Likely Democratic
--- 08,571 ---
Safe Democratic
--- 10,000 ---
The states with democratic incumbents what seems more easy for win again are:
NH-Gov: Incumbent J Lynch (D-1952) win in 2008 with 70%.
CO-Gov: Incumbent W Ritter (D-1956) win in 2006 with 56%.
IA-Gov: Incumbent C Culver (D-1966) win in 2006 with 54%.
WI-Gov: Incumbent J Doyle (D-1945) win in 2006 with 53%.
MA-Gov: Incumbent D Patrick (D-1956) win in 2006 with 55%.
We can see results for these states in next link:
2009-2010 ELECTIONS: Gubernatorial races. Democratic incumbents are safe?
More interesting races:
AR-Gov: Open R vs M Beebe (D-1946) ? after 13 votes = 09,231 => Safe Democratic
MD-Gov: R Ehrlich (R-1957) vs M O'Malley (D-1963) ? af 16 votes = 08,750 => Safe Democratic
IL-Gov: Open R vs P Quinn (D-1948) ? after 21 votes = 08,571 => Safe Democratic
NY-Gov: R Giuliani (R-1944) vs A Cuomo (D-1957) ? af 18 votes = 08,333 => Likely Democratic
OR-Gov: G Smith (R-1952) vs J Kitzhaber (D-1947) ? af 12 votes = 08,194 => Likely Democratic
2 OR-Gov: G Smith (R-1952) vs ? after 06 votes = 08,056 => Likely Democratic
OH-Gov: M DeWine (R-1947) vs T Strickland (D-1941) ? af 15 votes = 07,889 => Likely Democr
CA-Gov: Open R vs J Brown (D-1938) ? after 32 votes = 07,865 => Likely Democratic
ME-Gov: Open R vs ? after 12 votes = 07,778 => Likely Democratic
HI-Gov: J Aiona (R-1955) vs N Abercrombie (D-1938) ? af 11 votes = 07,727 => Likely Democr
VT-Gov: J Douglas (R-1951) vs H Dean (D-1948) ? aft 30 votes = 07,667 => Likely Democratic
2 HI-Gov: J Aiona (R-1955) vs ? after 16 votes = 07,396 => Likely Democratic
NJ-Gov: C Christie (R-1962) vs J Corzine (D- 1947) ? af 17 votes = 07,353 => Likely Democratic
NM-Gov: Open R vs D Denish (D-1949) ? after 22 votes = 07,273 => Likely Democratic
2 OH-Gov: M DeWine (R-1947) vs ? after 12 votes = 07,083 => Leans Democratic
2 CA-Gov: Open R vs ? after 44 votes = 07,045 => Leans Democratic
2 NY-Gov: R Giuliani (R-1944) vs D Paterson (D-1954) ? af 33 votes = 06,768 => Leans Democr
NV-Gov: J Gibbons (R-1944) vs ? after 21 votes = 06,746 => Leans Democratic
RI-Gov: Open R vs ? after 12 votes = 06,528 => Leans Democratic
PA-Gov: Open R vs ? after 15 votes = 06,000 => Leans Democratic
MI-Gov: Open R vs ? after 30 votes = 05,889 => Leans Democratic
VA-Gov: R McDonnell (R-1954) vs ? after 27 votes = 05,494 => Toss-Up
AZ-Gov: J Brewer (R-1944) vs ? after 18 votes = 04,907 => Toss-Up
MN-Gov: T Pawlenty (R-1960) vs M Dayton (D-1947) ? after 39 votes = 04,573 => Toss-Up
2 VT-Gov: J Douglas (R-1951) vs ? after 18 votes = 04,352 => Toss-Up
FL-Gov: C Crist (R-1956) vs B Graham (D-1936) ? after 22 votes = 03,561 => Leans Republican
CT-Gov: J Rell (R-1946) vs ? after 33 votes = 03,232 => Leans Republican
And for see about other difficult races for democrats like:
TN-Gov: Open seat. P Bredesen (D-1943) win in 2006 with 69%.
OK-Gov: Open seat. B Henry (D-1963) win in 2006 with 66%.
TX-Gov: Open seat?. R Perry (R-1950) win in 2006 with 39%. K Hutchison (R-1943) like run.
WY-Gov: Open seat. D Freudenthal (D-1950) win in 2006 with 70%.
KS-Gov: Open seat. K Sebelius (D-1948) win in 2006 with 58%. S Brownback (R-1956) like run.
SC-Gov: Open seat. M Sanford (R-1960) win in 2006 with 55%.
GA-Gov: Open seat. S Perdue (R-1946) win in 2006 with 58%.
AL-Gov: Open seat. B Riley (R-1944) win in 2006 with 58%.
SD-Gov: Open seat. M Rounds (R-1954) win in 2006 with 62%.
AK-Gov: Incumbent S Palin (R-1964) win in 2006 with 48%.
ID-Gov: Incumbent B Otter (R-1942) win in 2006 with 53%.
NE-Gov: Incumbent D Heineman (R-1948) win in 2006 with 73%.
visit next diaries:
2009-2010 ELECTIONS: Guvernatorial races in red states with republican incumbent or open seat
2009-2010 ELECTIONS: Gubernatorial races in red states with republican incumbent or open seat II
2009-2010 ELECTIONS: Hardest gubernatorial races.
All the polls are open if you like to vote.
PS: This diary will be updated when the number of votes go up and when end the procedure.