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Tucson attorney John Munger has given up his pursuit of the governor's office. “The Supreme Court's decision to leave in place the “matching funds” provision of Arizona's so-called Clean Elections law presents an insurmountable obstacle to my campaign for Governor. As I have previously stated publicly and in legal filings ...

State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has selected the Robert J. Duffy, the 55-year-old mayor of Rochester and former police of chief of the city, to be his running mate in the governor's race. Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat who launched his ...

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced his campaign for governor with a video released early Saturday morning, finally making official his entrance into the race for governor this fall.

The Massachusetts Republican party today endorsed Charles D. Baker for governor, while Christy Mihos, a second gubernatorial hopeful, failed to garner enough votes from delegates to appear on the September ...

Steve Levy, a popular Long Island Democrat, is planning to become a Republican and is said to be preparing a run for governor.

State Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) is the Republican nominee for governor. Brady ended up topping state Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale) by 193 votes, according to final, official results of the Feb. 2 primary certified this morning by the Illinois Board of Elections.

Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown will formally announce Tuesday that he is running for governor, a job he last held nearly three decades ago, according to a source close to his campaign.

Gov. David A. Paterson, his administration caught up in a whirlwind of allegations about its intervention in a domestic violence episode involving a top aide, is set to announce that he is suspending his election campaign and will not run in November, according to a person told about the plans.

There was only one official Democratic candidate for governor of California, and now, officially, there is none. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom — who announced last spring via Twitter that he would seek the state’s highest office in 2010 — announced Friday that he was withdrawing from the race.

Gov. Paterson dug in his heels Sunday, insisting he's not a drain on his party and vowing the voters, not the White House, will decide his fate.