Kennebec Journal Blog Index

Larry J. Sabato, director of
University of Virginia Center for Politics, recently updated his
Crystal Ball list of governor's races for 2010, and Maine is in the
toss-up category.

Voters in Massachusetts may have surprised the nation in voting on Tuesday, opting for a Republican senator for the first time since 1972. Political observers sense the beginnings of a sea change in the leanings of the nation's electorate.