The Republican victory that swept the presidency and squeaked through the Congress took on landslide dimensions again among the state governors. Of the 30 gubernatorial seats up for election this fall, the two parties had 15 each. When the returns were all in last week, the Republicans held 20, the Democrats only ten. Among the 48 states in 1953 there will be 30 Republican, 18 Democratic governors.
The Republican winners:
Arizona: Howard Pyle*
Colorado: Dan Thornton*
Delaware: J. Caleb Boggs
Illinois: William G. Stratton
Indiana: George N. Craig
Iowa: William S. Beardsley*
Kansas: Edward F. Arn*
Maine: Burton M. Cross
Massachusetts: Christian A. Herter...
