GOP Picks Up Governorships, Many In Swing States

by Larry Abramson, NPR

The Republican success in the U.S. House was matched by a run on governor's mansions across the country. The GOP had picked up 10 seats formerly held by Democrats, with some results still out. That gives many of them the power to rewrite political maps as their states go through redistricting. But they will also have to take on the same budget deficits and high unemployment that has bedeviled their Democratic predecessors.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, November 3, 2010