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State executive news headlines:
Edited by Bailey Ludlam
The November 8, 2011 general elections are just over three months away and state executive office races have begun heating up. Four states are scheduled to have state executive elections in 2011. A total of 13 state executive seats and 13 down ballot seats are on ballots.
Already, three of four primaries have come and gone. However, Mississippi's most recent primary resulted in the scheduling of a runoff for three offices. Louisiana's primary won't be held until October 22. The candidate filing deadline is September 8.
West Virginia, an anomaly in this year's elections, will hold its general election on October 4. Only the gubernatorial seat is up for a vote. Additionally, Louisiana's general election falls later than the norm - November 19.
Though there are still months of campaigning to go, already Ballotpedia has identified several trends in the 2011 state executive election races.
- Democrats in the top state executive offices are expected to retain at least 3 of the 6 offices. The remaining 3 - Kentucky (Gov. and Lt. Gov) and West Virginia (Gov.) - are toss-ups.
- As of August 10, 7 of 8 incumbents have successfully won primaries.
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