A History of Recent Off-Year Election Results
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I believe you'd have to go back to 1985 when Tom Kean (R) won the governorship of New Jersey and Gerald Baliles (D) won the governorship of Virginia to break the trend. The trend is this: the party that doesn't hold the Presidency wins both the Virginia and the New Jersey governorships. It's held for the last 5 elections.
2005: Corzine/Kaine (D)
2001: McGreevey/Warner (D)
1997: Whitman/Gilmore (R)
1993: Whitman/Allen (R)
1989: Florio/Wilder (D)
I believe you'd have to go back to 1985 when Tom Kean (R) won the governorship of New Jersey and Gerald Baliles (D) won the governorship of Virginia to break the trend. The trend is this: the party that doesn't hold the Presidency wins both the Virginia and the New Jersey governorships. It's held for the last 5 elections.
posted by Abram | 1:26 PM
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Huh. Amazing. I wonder why? What do you think? Does it have to do with Jersey's proximity to NYC and Virginia's to DC? Not that I know how those particulars would have a direct influence...but I guess that's why I'm asking...
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