Sabato: Bevy of Gov. close contests as election day nears

[Barnes]

Great color choice for the "tossup/leans runoff" category, Larry.

I know, right?! Good old Georgia is alone in that regard. Although, by this point I'd say a runoff is almost certain, unless there's some kind of crazy rally to Deal in the last stretch - which I don't see happening. At least not enough to put him over the top.

[Barnes]

I think it's amazing that in this cycle, a majority (23/45) of states have demonstrated some relative and/or temporary tendency to be competitive at some point in either their Senatorial or Gubernatorial race. Also, the dynamic of these states being relatively split (10 conventionally Republican states, 9 conventionally Democratic states and 4 battleground states) makes it even more interesting.

Sorry, but your map is a little off. Several of those states (Washington, North Carolina, Kentucky) don't have elections this cycle. What is the white v purple?

The map shows competitive races for either Senate and/or Governor.  The white state are those without either a governor's race or senate race.