Last week the Crystal Ball conducted a historical overview of gubernatorial midterm elections in the past sixty years. Now we’ll continue our initial analysis of the statehouse battles to come by assessing the situation in each of the 36 states hosting a contest for Governor in 2010. Let’s start with the 20 Democratic statehouses on the ballot.
Mainers are pretty tired with Baldacci. He has spent far too much time trying to fix his Dirigo Health Care plan and let many things slide. Maine is one of the most highly taxed states (I have to pay over $500 bucks to register my damn car!), without a terribly low cost of living and a rather low average salary.
Maine needs a pick-me-up.