Elections: Gubernatorial

REUTERS NEWS PICTURES COVERAGE HIGHLIGHT ADVISORY MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2008. VARIOUS - Monitoring aftermath of Hurricane Gustav as well as expected landfall in the U.S. ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA - Start of the Republican National Convention. GEORGIA/RUSSIA - Monitoring developments in the region after Georgia said it was cutting diplomatic ties with Russia over the Kremlin's recognition of two Georgian rebel regions as independent states. BANGKOK - Anti-government protestors rally in Bangkok. SRINAGAR, KASHMIR - Continuing coverage as authorities relaxed a curfew from most of the areas which was imposed on August 24 to stop independence rallies. JAMMU, KASHMIR - Continuing coverage as protests are called off after an agreement with government over a land transfer transfer issue. SICHUAN - Monitoring earthquake relief efforts. TAIPEI - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou attends flag ceremony for Beijing Para Olympics Taiwan team. SEOUL - Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez meets South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. BAGHDAD - U.S. troops expected to hand over control of Iraq's Anbar province to Iraqi forces, once the heart of a bloody Sunni Arab insurgency. CASTELGANDOLFO, ITALY - Freed French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt visits Pope Benedict. ANKARA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to visit Turkey. ZARAGOZA, SPAIN - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to visit Expo Zaragoza. WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Bush departs the White House enroute to Texas to view hurricane damaged areas. CLEVELAND, OHIO - Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Obama (D-IL) attends a memorial service for the late Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH). DETROIT, MICHIGAN - Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Obama (D-IL) attends the Labor Day Parade. TEMPLATE OUT

Ohio governor sets special congressional election

AP - Wed Aug 27, 7:29 PM ET

CLEVELAND - Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has ordered a special election Nov. 18 to replace the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones.

  • Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, right, congratulates Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich on his nomination as the Democrat candidate for the U.S. Senate in Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday Aug. 26, 2008. Stevens won his primary with 63 percent of the vote. Begich easily won his Democratic primary over two minor challengers with 91 percent of the vote. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
    Indictments don't spoil Stevens' re-election bid AP - Wed Aug 27, 2:00 PM ET

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Don Young, Alaska's lone congressman for the last 35 years, remained locked in a tight race with the lieutenant governor Wednesday, a day after the state's primary election, and the winner may not be decided for days.

  • Virginia Gov. Mark Warner delivers the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
    Former Gov. Warner: Party must seize opportunity AP - Wed Aug 27, 12:31 AM ET

    DENVER - Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, keynoting the Democratic National Convention, said Tuesday that American voters "have one shot to get it right" by electing Barack Obama president to end Republican leadership that is stuck in the past.

  • Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (L) sits next to his attorney James Thomas during a hearing at Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, Michigan September 4, 2008. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)
    Detroit mayor faces ouster hearing next week AP - Tue Aug 26, 4:52 PM ET

    DETROIT - Mired in criminal charges for months, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick now finds his political future strapped to a little-used provision in the Michigan Constitution that allows a governor to remove an elected official for misconduct.

  • This Jan. 8, 2008 file photo shows Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire speaking at the annual Associated Press Legislative Preview in Olympia, Wash. Gregoire raised concerns earlier this year with a Seattle landlord whose tenants included sex offenders living near the campus of the University of Washington. The landlord ousted 13 of the 25 parolees. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
    Wash. primary results show tight race for governor AP - Tue Aug 26, 4:30 AM ET

    OLYMPIA, Wash. - Democrat Chris Gregoire beat Republican Dino Rossi in Washington state's governor's race by a mere 133 votes four years ago. The sequel looks like it might be just as tight.

  • US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama (L) and running mate Delaware Senator Joe Biden wave during a rally in Springfield, Illinois, on August 23. Obama's camp Sunday presented his vice presidential nominee Biden as the perfect attack dog to maul Republican rival John McCain on US voters' top concern: the economy.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)
    Kaine, Ritter Say Biden Helps Obama in Their States Bloomberg - Sun Aug 24, 3:23 PM ET

    Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The Democratic governors of two states that the party is targeting in the November presidential election said Barack Obama's choice of Senator Joseph Biden as a running mate will reassure voters who question the presumptive nominee's experience on foreign policy and national security.

  • Democrats Kaine, Ritter Say Biden Helps Obama in Their States Bloomberg - Sun Aug 24, 12:20 PM ET

    Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The Democratic governors of two states that the party is targeting in the November presidential election said Barack Obama's choice of Senator Joseph Biden as a running mate will reassure voters who question the presumptive nominee's experience on foreign policy and national security.

  • Washington state voters get a rematch for governor AP - Wed Aug 20, 7:36 PM ET

    OLYMPIA, Wash. - Their spots on the November ballot now secure, Democratic incumbent Chris Gregoire and Republican Dino Rossi enter the homestretch in what likely will be the nation's most competitive governor's race.

  • Who Bush is stumping for AP - Fri Aug 15, 3:48 AM ET

    Since January 2007, President Bush has raised money for the Republican Party and GOP candidates in 12 House races, 12 Senate races and one governor's race.

  • New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine talks about the new global warming pollution reduction bill signed at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, July 6, 2007. (Jeff Zelevansky/Reuters)
    NJ gov's approval rating hit by Turnpike plan: poll Reuters - Tue Aug 12, 6:53 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sizable percentage of New Jersey voters disapprove of Gov Jon Corzine, partly due to his plan to "monetize" the Turnpike, and he now faces a dead heat in a race with a possible Republican gubernatorial candidate, a new poll said on Tuesday.