2006/07 Gubernatorial Predictions

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Key:

Dark Blue: Republican gains
Light Blue: Republican retains

Dark Red: Democratic gains
Pink: Democratic retains



Democrats should fare much better in the governors' mansions in the next two years than they will in trying to regain Congress, given that voters will likely have a much better opinion of Democratic governors than they have of the congressional Democratic Party.  Due in no small part to President George W. Bush's recently attained unpopularity, they could make a net gain of six new Democratic governors, especially in such states like New York, California, and Ohio. 

As far as Louisiana is concerned, Democrats will face a political disaster on top of the natural one as Republicans capitalize on Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco's flawed response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster, on top of the demise of the massive Democratic voting bloc in New Orleans as a direct result of the disaster.  They could possibly be in control of Louisiana's legislature by the time the dust clears, and the 2008 presidential campaign begins in earnest, as well as making gains in Iowa and Wisconsin.