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Breaking down gubernatorial election results from across the country

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Thirty-six governor seats were up for grabs in midterm elections. There are 20 that Republicans currently occupy, and another 16 in Democratic hands. How did the parties fare election night?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Results are in for most of the three dozen governors offices up in this cycle. NPR's Laura Benshoff is here to talk about it.

Hey, Laura.

LAURA BENSHOFF, BYLINE³: Good morning, Rachel.

MARTIN: What do we know about the races that were supposed to be close?

BENSHOFF: You know, this was a night where incumbents⁵ largely held on, even in many of those really close races. For example, there was a Republican, Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma and Republican Brian Kemp of Georgia. They both won reelection, Kemp beating Democrat² Stacey Abrams for the second time. You know, and in races where it wasn't so close, places like Florida, Ron DeSantis beat Charlie Crist by a mile. You know, this was a really close race back in 2018, but not even close this time. And another one that got a lot of play but did not end up being a close race was Texas. Greg Abbott is back there.

And, you know, a lot of Democratic incumbents also held on. You know, some of them had been really bracing⁶ for maybe a painful result going into this Election Day. Several were locked into tight races that were considered toss-ups or close to toss-ups. Biden's low approval ratings and concerns about the economy were all weighing on these candidates.

MARTIN: Yeah.

BENSHOFF: But you had, you know, Janet Mills, who won reelection in Maine, Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan, Michelle Lujan Grisham in New Mexico and even Tony Evers of Wisconsin - such a tight race going into it. But he won.

MARTIN: Any big upsets or seats that flipped⁸?

BENSHOFF: You know, there were a couple of offices that GOP governors had occupied that flipped from red to blue. That's in Maryland and Massachusetts. But these are very safe, you know, pretty Democratic strongholds, states that sometimes will elect a moderate Republican. But it's not surprising when they elect a Democrat. So those seats did flip⁷. And they were also historic races. Maryland elected Wes Moore to be its first Black governor, just the third Black governor to be elected in the United States. And in Massachusetts, Maura Healey became the first openly lesbian governor in the nation.

And in these and other states, the Democrats⁹ were able to defeat opponents that had allied¹⁰ themselves with former President Donald Trump¹¹. That was also the case in New York, where Kathy Hochul won and became the first woman elected to the governor's office, even though she was already in that role.

MARTIN: Yeah.

BENSHOFF: And over in Pennsylvania, voters chose Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro over the Trump-backed candidate here as well.

MARTIN: So those races all decided¹², but voting is going to take a while in some of these places. What races are we still waiting on?

BENSHOFF: You know, there's some really close calls that we have not seen made yet. I'm watching Nevada, where it's not clear yet if the Democratic incumbent⁴ has fended¹³ off a challenge. It's the same story in Kansas. And there are also a couple of open seats that are too close to call. You have Arizona, where Kari Lake and Katie Hobbs are facing off. Kari Lake is a former local Fox News anchor who's one of former President Trump's sort of favorite people to champion. And then you have Katie Hobbs, who is a state bureaucrat¹⁴. That race is too close.

There's also a three-way race in Oregon. You have an independent there named Betsey Johnson, who's funneled¹⁵ off more than 100,000 votes, making it very close between the Democrat Tina Kotek and the Republican Christine Drazen. And so even though this is Oregon that hasn't elected a Republican in four decades, we have to just wait and see what happens.

MARTIN: NPR's Laura Benshoff. Thank you.

BENSHOFF: Thanks, Rachel.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

5 incumbents   

教区牧师( incumbent的名词复数 )； 教会中的任职者

参考例句：

• In general, incumbents have a 94 percent chance of being reelected. 通常现任官员有94%的几率会再次当选。
• This arangement yields a wonderful gain to incumbents. 这种安排为在职人员提供了意外的得益。

6 bracing   

adj.令人振奋的

参考例句：

• The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
• The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。

7 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

8 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

9 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

11 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

12 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

13 fended   

v.独立生活，照料自己( fend的过去式和过去分词 )；挡开，避开

参考例句：

• He neatly fended off a jab at his chest. 他利落地挡开了当胸的一击。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I fended off his sword thrust with my spear. 他一刀砍来，我拿枪架住。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

14 bureaucrat   

n. 官僚作风的人，官僚，官僚政治论者

参考例句：

• He was just another faceless bureaucrat.他只不过是一个典型呆板的官员。
• The economy is still controlled by bureaucrats.经济依然被官僚们所掌控。

15 funneled   

漏斗状的

参考例句：

• The crowd funneled through the hall. 群众从走廊中鱼贯而过。
• The large crowd funneled out of the gates after the football match. 足球赛后大群人从各个门中涌出。