Dems defeated Walker at a mixed night in the stands

Elections

Thirty-six governorates are up for grabs on election night, including 26 by Republicans.

Wisconsin Democrats snapped a major article on Wednesday morning beating Republican Governor Scott Walker, amid a mixed night in which Democrats elected half a dozen governors, but were disappointed at several races prestigious, including Florida. .

Democrats overthrew the governorates of Illinois, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, Wisconsin and – upset – Kansas on Tuesday night, as the party sought to defy Republican rule across the country. . But Republicans have held up well in Ohio, where Republican Mike DeWine will be the next governor, and Florida, where former GOP representative Ron DeSantis defeated Democrat Andrew Gillum.

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The GOP voted Tuesday night on 26 of the 36 governorates, including 13 seats to be filled and 13 Republican incumbents vying for re-election.

The Midwest has formed a sort of cooler for Democrats, who were hoping to silence Republicans in the epicenter of the governors' card after President Donald Trump rocked them with victories in the Midwest in 2016. In Illinois, Democrat JB Pritzker defeated Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrat Gretchen Whitmer defeated Attorney General Bill Schuette in Michigan. But in Iowa, the GOP governor, Kim Reynolds, dismissed the formidable challenge launched by the businessman Fred Hubbell and in Ohio, the Democratic Richard Cordray it's inclined in front of DeWine.

Early Wednesday morning, after an infusion of late decomposition absence votes that spurred Democratic Tony Evers, Walker lost his bid for a third term – the first time in four controversial rounds at the US-based level. State that the Democrats were able to defeat Walker, who was acclaimed by the Republicans. (and notoriety among Democrats) as he struggled to reduce public sector union power in Wisconsin.

And Democrat Laura Kelly delivered the surprise of the evening by beating Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a loyal ally of President Donald Trump in a traditionally red state.

But Gillum, who was considered one of the two prominent black Democrats who ran for governor, failed in Florida and Stacey Abrams was found in Georgia in front of the Republican Secretary of State. Brian Kemp, although the counting of votes in the state was to continue well before midnight. .

In Georgia, Lauren Groh-Wargo, head of the Abrams campaign, went to the ballroom during the Democratic Election Night, saying that there remained a significant number of votes in suspenseful to count and that it was unlikely we would have anything definitive to say the rest of the evening. "

Kelly's victory in Kansas was a reflection of the GOP's performance in some of the traditionally Democratic states of the east coast. Maryland governor Larry Hogan and Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker, moderate Republicans, were easily re-elected, defying any attempts by the Democrats to bind them to Trump.

But in Connecticut, Democrat Ned Lamont was ahead of Republican Bob Stefanowski by nearly 40,000 votes with 53% of the seats reported, a surprising margin as Democrats were optimistic about their ability to keep control of the state, despite the low approval rates of outgoing Democratic governor Dannel Malloy. Further north, the Maine Governor's mansion came under the democratic control of Attorney General Janet Mills defeating Republican Shawn Moody. Mills' victory marks the end of Republican Governor Paul LePage's eight-year tenure in the governor's residence.

The Democrats brought New Mexico back behind Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham's campaign, while Jared Polis' representative maintained the Democratic position on Colorado's governorship. Representative Tim Walz also won his governor's race in Minnesota, thereby preserving control of the Democrats.

Further west, Oregon Governor Kate Brown has prevented Republican candidate Knute Buehler from leading an unusually competitive campaign.

Meanwhile, Alaska has become one of the most unpredictable campaigns of 2018, with the independent governor having withdrawn in October to support former Democratic Senator Mark Begich, who will face the Republican Mike Dunleavy in a last minute race.