Georgia 15 S
New Hampshire 4 GS
South Carolina 8 S
Vermont 3 GS
Virginia 13
South Carolina will begin to give us a feel for how the Senate is going. I predict Rep. Jim DeMint will pick up Fritz Hollings's seat for the GOP, but a Democratic win would disappoint Republican hopes of making significant gains. Republican Johnny Isakson should easily pick up Georgia's seat, now held by Democrat Zell Miller, and Sens. Judd Gregg (R., N.H.) and Pat Leahy (D., Vt.) will be re-elected easily.
New Hampshire and Vermont are the only states that elect governors to two-year terms, and both have freshman Republicans seeking re-election. Republican Craig Benson has a decent lead in the Granite State. In Vermont, Republican Gov. Jim Douglas has won plaudits for turning the state away from the liberalism of Howard Dean, his predecessor, and is expected to win.
As for the presidential race, New Hampshire may be John Kerry's best chance to pick up a state President Bush won in 2000--but its four electoral votes are unlikely to be decisive. The rest of these states will almost certainly play to type: Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia going for Mr. Bush, and Vermont for Mr. Kerry.
By now held by Democrat Zell Miller
New Hampshire 4 GS
South Carolina 8 S
Vermont 3 GS
Virginia 13
South Carolina will begin to give us a feel for how the Senate is going. I predict Rep. Jim DeMint will pick up Fritz Hollings's seat for the GOP, but a Democratic win would disappoint Republican hopes of making significant gains. Republican Johnny Isakson should easily pick up Georgia's seat, now held by Democrat Zell Miller, and Sens. Judd Gregg (R., N.H.) and Pat Leahy (D., Vt.) will be re-elected easily.
New Hampshire and Vermont are the only states that elect governors to two-year terms, and both have freshman Republicans seeking re-election. Republican Craig Benson has a decent lead in the Granite State. In Vermont, Republican Gov. Jim Douglas has won plaudits for turning the state away from the liberalism of Howard Dean, his predecessor, and is expected to win.
As for the presidential race, New Hampshire may be John Kerry's best chance to pick up a state President Bush won in 2000--but its four electoral votes are unlikely to be decisive. The rest of these states will almost certainly play to type: Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia going for Mr. Bush, and Vermont for Mr. Kerry.
By now held by Democrat Zell Miller
