New Governors Elected in 7 of 11 States
Seven of the 11 states with governor's races this year have elected newcomers, bringing in fresh faces to offices that are pivotal in shaping education budgets and policies across the nation and to carrying out the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
As of the morning after the Nov. 2 election, Democrats and Republicans were each expected to win at least five of the 11 gubernatorial races. Democrats had scored a big upset in New Hampshire and gained control of Montana's highest office, while Republicans had won hard-fought contests in Indiana and Missouri. The gubernatorial election in Washington state was too close to call on the morning of Nov. 3.
In one of the races most closely watched in education circles, Republican Jon Huntsman Jr. easily won the race for Utah governor, after a bruising primary and general election that focused heavily on education issues. Mr. Huntsman supported a plan to offer private school vouchers for special education students, an issue many said was a driving factor in his defeat of Democrat Scott Matheson Jr. Mr. Matheson, the dean of the University of Utah's law school, was seen as the Democrats best hope in many years for taking control of an office that they have not held in...
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