Government
3 Gubernatorial Toss-Ups With High Urban Stakes
A Cities guide to the very close state-level elections.
The future of long-distance transportation isn't at stake in the current election, but plenty of other urban matters are. Eleven states will vote on new leaders today — though only three elections were considered "toss-ups" by the polling site Real Clear Politics (as of Monday): Washington, Montana, and New Hampshire. In each case the departing governor is a Democrat.
Washington
The race for the state of Washington may be the closest in the country. The latest polls have Jay Inslee, the Democratic candidate who left Congress to campaign for the governorship, up about a point on Rob McKenna, the Republican who's currently the state's attorney general. Inslee and McKenna will vie for a seat that's belonged to Democrats for the past 28 years.