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Democrats, in Fits and Starts, Showcase Governors

By Louis Jacobson
Roll Call Staff
May 3, 2005, Midnight

Given the open-seat presidential election in 2008 — and given that four of the past five presidents previously served as governors — one would think that both major parties would be focusing national attention on their gubernatorial ranks.

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