The House and Senate are not the only prizes up for grabs next Tuesday. With 36 races for governor and several finely balanced state legislatures, the parties are also slugging it out over control of the states. A wave of anti-Republican voting would help Democrats in a number of closely divided statehouses; and although 28 of America's governors are Republicans, the party is bound to take some losses as it tries to defend 22 of those spots at the polls this year.
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