Scott Walker, Rick Snyder, Rick Scott All Win; Conn., Vt., Mass. Races Still Too Close to Call

As their prospects dimmed on the approach
to Election Day, Democrats shifted goal posts. They conceded they
wouldn’t win the House. They conceded they’d probably lose the
Senate. Over the last week they settled on making the election
about Scott Walker. If
Walker lost, the conventional wisdom went, it didn’t matter how
well Republicans did elsewhere. Well, Scott Walker won. So did

Rick Synder in Michigan and
Rick Scott in Florida, two other Republican governors who
dabbled in union reforms and were targeted by Democrats in close
races.

In the meantime, as of 11:00 p.m. ET, gubernatorial races in
solidly Democrat Vermont, Connecticut, and Massachusetts are all
too close to call. NPR called
the Vermont race for incumbent Democrat Peter Shumlin but no one
else has. Connecticut has an incumbent Democrat too, one that isn’t
so popular despite
raising taxes, increasing spending, and demonizing guns.

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