Election Inspection

Safe Democratic (3)

• Lynch (New Hampshire)
• Beebe (Arkansas)
• O’Malley (Maryland)

Democratic Potential Dark-Horse (2)

• Quinn (Illinois)
• Patrick (Massachusetts)

Likely Democratic (1)

• Open New Mexico (Richardson)

Leans Democratic (6)

• Ritter (Colorado)
• Open Maine (Baldacci)
• Open Oregon (Kulongoski)
• Culver (Iowa)
• Strickland (Ohio)
• Open Hawaii (Lingle)

Toss-up (12)

• Open Michigan (Granholm)
• Freudenthal (Wyoming)*
• Paterson (New York)
• Open Pennsylvania (Rendell)
• Open Wisconsin (Doyle)
• Open Rhode Island (Carcieri)
• Open Florida (Crist)
• Open California (Schwarzenegger)
• Open Minnesota (Pawlenty)
• Brewer (Arizona)
• Gibbons (Nevada)
• Open Vermont (Douglas)

Leans Republican (5)

• Corzine (New Jersey) (2009)
• Open Tennessee (Bredesen)
• Open Oklahoma (Henry)
• Open Virginia (Kaine) (2009)
• Open Georgia (Perdue)

Likely Republican (4)

• Open Kansas (Parkinson)
• Open Alabama (Riley)
• Open South Carolina (Sanford)
• Open South Dakota (Rounds)

Republican Potential Dark-horse (3)

• Rell (Connecticut)
• Perry (Texas)
• Parnell (Alaska)

Safe Republican (3)

• Otter (Idaho)
• Heineman (Nebraska)
• Herbert (Utah)

(7/16/2009) Governor race rankings created
(8/22/2009) Changed WI-Gov to open seat and to Toss-up from Leans Democratic, moved VA-Gov to Leans Republican from Toss-up
(8/27/2009) Changed VT-Gov to open seat and to Toss-up from Republican Potential Darkhorse