31.   Most lawmakers, cowed by her defeat of an incumbent governor, overcame their skepticism and went along with her plan.

32.   On the other side of the country, Democratic challengers defeated incumbent Republican governors in South Carolina and Alabama.

33.   On the contrary, not a single incumbent Republican governor or member of Congress lost re-election Tuesday.

34.   Six incumbent Democratic governors are seeking re-election, and five are retiring or are barred by state law from seeking another term.

35.   Some say a Republican senator has no business running against an incumbent Republican governor.

36.   Stephen Merrill, the incumbent Republican governor, is not running for another term.

37.   That was a key factor in some Democratic victories, especially in the South, where Democrats showed surprising strength and defeated at least two incumbent GOP governors.

38.   That, of course, is not an option for Cellucci, who is campaigning as the incumbent governor.

39.   The CPRF deployed unprecedented efforts to support the incumbent governor, Alexander Prokhorov.

40.   The incumbent Republican governors of two of the biggest states, George Pataki of New York and George W. Bush of Texas, seemed poised for blowout victories.