11.   It has been almost a quarter century since a Texas governor was elected to consecutive terms.

12.   No other opposition party has elected a governor.

13.   On that day, voters in the states of Campeche, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora and Mexico City will also elect governors.

14.   Only twice has Florida elected a governor from Miami.

15.   Texas now has a governor not elected to that job, and not the son of a president seeking the job himself.

16.   The case for electing a governor to the presidency is that he or she has actually run something, but the power is strictly local.

17.   The loya jirga is also expected to elect regional governors.

18.   The need to put friends in high places is even more critical, they say, when the governor is newly elected and encountering intense opposition to his policies.

19.   The procedure for electing a lieutenant governor is the same for electing a governor.

20.   They would rather give in to petty self-interest than unite to elect a governor.