CT Gov Moved to Toss-Up
Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell (R) announced she would not seek reelection, handing Democrats an excellent pick-up opportunity. It may be a little while before the candidate fields are set, so for now, the race moves from Clear Advantage for Rell to a Toss-Up.
With victories in New Jersey and Virginia, Republicans now control 24 governorships compared to 26 for the Democrats heading into 2010. Next year, 37 states will elect a governor including the nation's largest states such as California, Texas, New York, and Florida.
Here are our latest gubernatorial ratings.
# - Moved benefiting Democrats
* - Moved benefiting Republicans
Lean Takeover (4 R, 4 D)
- CA Open (Schwarzenegger, R)
- HI Open (Lingle, R)
- RI Open (Carcieri, R)
- VT Open (Douglas, R)
- KS Open (Parkinson, D)
- OK Open (Henry, D)
- TN Open (Bredesen, D)
- WY Open (Freudenthal, D)
Toss-Up (5 R, 6 D)
- Brewer (R-AZ)
- Gibbons (R-NV)
- CT Open (Rell, R) #
- FL Open (Crist, R)
- MN Open (Pawlenty, R)
- Culver (D-IA)
- Paterson (D-NY)
- Ritter (D-CO)
- MI Open (Granholm, D)
- PA Open (Rendell, D)
- WI Open (Doyle, D)
Narrow Advantage for Incumbent Party (1 R, 2 D)
- GA Open (Perdue, R)
- Patrick (D-MA)
- Strickland (D-OH)
Clear Advantage for Incumbent Party (2 R, 3 D)
- AL Open (Riley, R)
- SC Open (Sanford, R)
- Quinn (D-IL)
- ME Open (Baldacci, D)
- NM Open (Richardson, D)
Currently Safe (6 R, 4 D)
- Herbert (R-UT)
- Heineman (R-NE)
- Otter (R-ID)
- Parnell (R-AK)
- Perry (R-TX)
- SD Open (Rounds, R)
- Beebe (D-AR)
- Lynch (D-NH)
- O'Malley (D-MD)
- OR Open (Kulongoski, D)
