61.   In at least three regions, however, incumbent governors lost their seats.

62.   In the Russian Far East region of Magadan, leftist Valentine Tsvetkov has apparently defeated incumbent governor Viktor Mikhailov by a slim margin, Interfax reported.

63.   But in the Kaliningrad region, preliminary results showed local fishing port director Leonid Gorbenko had defeated incumbent governor Yury Matochkin, ITAR-TASS news agency reported.

64.   The appointment was seen as a reward to Wu for giving up a gubernatorial bid after the KMT selected incumbent governor James Soong to run in the elections.

65.   The first wins of the day went to three Republican senators in Ohio, Indiana and Florida and to the incumbent Republican governor in Ohio.