SpiderDem’s House of Denial – Governor’s Edition

Same drill as my prior efforts this week.  Net gain of 3 1/2 for the Republicans.  They pick up 10 seats.  Democrats pick up 6.  Indy Lincoln Chafee picks up RI.  Pickups in bold.

AK – Parnell (R) 53, Berkowitz (D) 42 – Bet Berkowitz wishes he had run for Senate.

AL – Bentley (R) 57, Sparks (D) 42 – Thanks for putting Davis out to pasture, Ron.

AR – Beebe (D) 60, Keet (R) 38 – Beebe a red state powerhouse.

AZ – Brewer (R) 52, Goddard (D) 44 – Few less deserving candidates will win this year than Brewer.

CA – Brown (D) 50, Whitman (R) 44 – What a turnaround for Brown.

CO – Hickenlooper (D) 48, Tancredo (C) 41, Maes (R) 8 – Hickenlooper seems to be fending off the Tanc.

CT – Malloy (D) 50, Foley (R) 48 – Furious comeback for Foley comes up just short.

FL – Sink (D) 49, Scott (R) 48 – This one’s in my backyard.  Please voters, come to your senses!

GA – Deal (R) 51, Barnes (D) 45 – Amazing that things are so bad that GA voters will elect a guy like Deal.

HI – Abercrombie (D) 53, Aiona (R) 45 – Not quite buying the massive enthusiasm gap.

IA – Branstad (R) 53, Culver (D) 44 – Culver keeps it barely close enough to avert statewide disaster.

ID – Otter (R) 57, Allred (D) 40 – Allred a decent statewide candidate for Idaho.

IL – Quinn (D) 45, Brady (R) 45 – Illinois Dems work magic with turnout.

KS – Brownback (R) 61, Holland (D) 38 – Poor Kansas.  Four years (at least) of Brownback.

MA – Patrick (D) 47, Baker (R) 42, Cahill (I) 9 – Patrick will be quite the survival story if he pulls it off.

MD – O’Malley (D) 54, Ehrlich (R) 44 – Nice job by O’Malley taking control of this one.

ME – LePage (R) 40, Cutler (I) 34, Mitchell (D) 24 – Cutler surging here, but hard to imagine a win.

MI – Snyder (R) 57, Bernero (D) 41 – This one was over the day Snyder was nominated.

MN – Dayton (D) 44, Emmer (R) 39, Horner (I) 14 – Dayton has maintained the lead since primary.

NE – Heineman (R) 70, Meister (D) 30 – No contest in this one.

NH – Lynch (D) 53, Stephen (R) 45 – Comfortable win for Lynch.

NM – Martinez (R) 54, Denish (D) 46 – Outgoing administration a huge drag on Denish.

NV – Sandoval (R) 53, Reid (D) 40 – Why did we nominate Reid the Younger again?

NY – Cuomo (D) 61, Paladino (R) 35 – What a piece of work Paladino turned out to be.

OH – Strickland (D) 49, Kasich (R) 48 – Surging Strickland takes it with base turnout.

OK – Fallin (R) 58, Askins (D) 42 – Will be interesting to see if Dems can compete in OK going forward.

OR – Kitzhaber (D) 49, Dudley (R) 46 – Amazing sign of the times that bricklayer Dudley is even in it.

PA – Corbett (R) 52, Onorato (D) 48 – Onorato growing on people, but too little too late.

RI – Chafee (I) 40, Robitaille (R) 31, Caprio (D) 27 – Off-message Caprio goes down hard.

SC – Haley (R) 54, Sheheen (D) 44 – Alvin Greene can’t be helping matters here.

SD – Daugaard (R) 59, Heidepriem (D) 41 – Heidepriem actually not a bad candidate.

TN – Haslam (R) 61, McWherter (D) 37 – Haslam’s strong candidacy may sink Dems throughout state.

TX – Perry (R) 53, White (D) 45 – Wrong year for White to try to pull this off.

UT – Herbert (R) 63, Corroon (D) 34 – Republicans still able to get by in Utah.

VT – Shumlin (D) 51, Dubie (R) 45 – Dubie gets smoked, as someone said yesterday.

WI – Walker (R) 54, Barrett (D) 45 – Outgoing administration a huge drag on Barrett.

WY – Mead (R) 63, Peterson (D) 35 – Wonder how Freudenthal would have done here.