Author: David Luchs
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Four state party records broken in 2018’s gubernatorial elections
In 2018, four winning gubernatorial candidates—two Democrats and two Republicans—received a record-high share of the vote for a gubernatorial candidate of their party in state history. Another three gubernatorial winners—all Republicans—came within five percentage points of breaking such a record. The candidate who surpassed his party’s state record by the greatest margin was Gov.…