Overall I see very little change in the current make up of the govenor's races. The three tossup races in Missouri, Washington, and North Carolina are just that tossups. I have no idea who will win in any of them and in fact either side could claim victory tomorrow. Having said all that here is my final prediction and thoughts on the various races.

New Hampshire - Lynch should have no trouble with his reelection. He won in 2004 with 51% of the vote and again in 2006 with 71%. His popularity remains quiet high and I feel that given the trends in the Northeast he's very safe. We get a Republican govenor in New Hampshire but it won't be in 2008.

Delaware - Minner is term limited and can't run for reelection. I expect the current Lt Governor, John Carney, to retain the seat. Delaware is a trough state for Republicans to get elected in and with Joe Biden on the national ticket I think all the state's races are safely in the Democratic column.

West Virginia - Manchin should have no trouble holding his seat. His popularity is very high and he won in 2004 with 64% of the vote. West Virginia will vote GOP on a national level but currently as far as state politics go it's a solid safe seat for Democrats.

Montana - Schweitzer is another popular incumbent who won in 2004 50%-46%. Given his high approval ratings and the fact that he is running against a weak opponent I'd say Schweitzer will have no trouble in getting reelected. He's just too popular to unseat at this time.

Vermont - The incumbent Governor Douglas looks to be in fine shape to win reelection. He won his last election with 58% of the vote and has no serious challengers. To date his approval is still pretty decent. He's a liberal Republican, very much a Rockefeller. Even though Vermont tends to go Democratic national I doubt Douglas has anything to worry about.

Indiana - Over the summer it looked like Daniels might have some troubles in getting reelected. However as the campign has continued it looks like the race has settled down. It could be closer than his last election where he unseated the then-current Democratic governor by a margin of 53%-45%. However, he still has a strong standing and seems to have weathered the worst of his political storms. I expect him to retain his office.

North Dakota - Wildly popular Governor Hoeven won in 2004 with about 71% of the vote. Hoeven has one of the best approval ratings of any govenor in the country and so I think he is very safe in his bid for reelected. A solid, safe seat for the GOP.

Utah - It looks like Governor Huntsman is going to have an easy reelection as well. He won in 2004 by a margin of 58%-41%. He, like Hoeven, remains quiet popular and is facing a weak, token Democratic challenger. The seat is solid for the Republicans.

Washington - Current Governor Gregoire won her 2004 race by about 133 votes against Dino Rossi. Now his back for a rematch and this race is going to be tight any way you slice it. This is one to watch and really could go either way. Currently I think that Rossi could eek out a very slim win over Gregoire but it could easily go the other way.

North Carolina - Though Easley was a popular govenor, the GOP has a good organization in North Carolina and this could be a pick up. Lt Governor Beverly Perdue is running a strong campign for the Democrats but the popular Mayor McCrory of Charlotte is also been gainning momentum. It could go either way and we've seen it slide back and forth for several weeks now. I'd say this race is similar to the one in Washington state but I think McCrory's chances are much better than Rossi's.

Missouri - This is a race I hate to call for the Democrats. Jay Nixon has a high amount of name recognition as he's been our Attorney General forever. Kenny Hulshof is a good guy and we here in the 9th congressional district (my home district) highly approve of him. However, I'm not sure that he is that well known outside of the 9th District and St Charles. While Kenny should do well along the I-70 corridor I worry about turnout in the southern parts of the state. Sarah Steeleman did a lot of damage to him during the primaries down there. We'll have to wait and see but for now I'm calling this race for Jay Nixon.

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