As we close out the year here at the Decision Desk, I thought it would be worth taking one more look at the LA Governor’s race, which turned out to be probably the most interesting race of the cycle. While now-Governor John Bel Edwards (D) was generally posting commanding leads over Sen. David Vitter (D)… Read more »

With the political world gearing up for the Louisiana Gubernatorial runoff tomorrow, we’ll take one more look at the electoral landscape. For those who haven’t been following this race, last month, Louisiana had its unique “jungle primary.” As no candidate cleared 50%, a runoff was triggered. In this four-way contest, the top finisher was State… Read more »

Its been a while, but here’s the final installment of our Govrernor’s races by CD series! While this will be the last in the series, stay tuned for future diaries – we’ll be analysing this data a bit more and also looking at some of the important primaries of 2014 by CD. I’m pretty much… Read more »

‘Moving on with our 2014 Governor by CD series,we’re looking at the Great Lakes region. We’ll be looking at how six states voted. If you’re a Republican, this will probably put you in a good mood: All six voted for Obama, but four of them elected Republicans last year.   PENNSYLVANIA In Pennsylvania, the defeat… Read more »

‘Changing things up a bit here; while our last Governor by CD diary was on the west coast races, we’re moving over the northeast! MAINE Maine definitely had to be one of the sweetest results for the RGA last year. Going into the cycle, there were few targets for Democrats as tantalizing as Maine. In… Read more »