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A Grist Special Series

Gubernatorial tutorial: What's at stake in your governor's race?

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Climate & Energy

California: Jerry Brown kicked off clean energy revolution once, aims to do it again

Jerry Brown, then and nowTrivia questions for energy geeks: Which state approved the country’s first energy-efficiency standards for appliances? The first green building codes? The first big wind farms? And who was governor when all those fine things happened? The …
Cities

Colorado: Denver mayor and guv candidate talks bike-sharing, light rail, and coal

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper took Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on a bike ride last week to show off B-cycle, the city's new bike-sharing program. He talks to Grist about urban mobility and his campaign for governor.
Climate & Energy

Colorado governor’s race: Hickenlooper vs. Maes vs. Tancredo

Colorado gubernatorial candidates: a mayor who's promoted biking; a Tea Partier who thinks bike-sharing is a U.N. scheme; or a third-party candidate who only talks about immigration.
Cities

Michigan governor’s race: Snyder vs. Bernero

Michigan Republican Rick Snyder is a high-tech venture capitalist, a one-time Nature Conservancy board member, and a Smart Growth backer who talks about investing in transit and reining in sprawl. And he could well become governor of a state with …
Climate & Energy

Florida governor’s race: Sink vs. Scott

Florida's governor race pits Alex Sink (D), a former banking executive comfortable talking energy efficiency and cleantech business plans, against Rick Scott (R), a largely unknown hospital-chain owner who supports offshore drilling but hasn't made his positions clear on many …
Politics

Hawaii governor's race: Abercrombie vs. Aiona

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Hawaii. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Georgia governor's race: Barnes vs. Deal

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Georgia. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Maine governor's race: Mitchell vs. LePage vs. Cutler vs. Moody

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Maine. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Idaho governor's race: Otter vs. Allred

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Idaho. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Alaska governor's race: Parnell vs. Berkowitz

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Alaska. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Alabama governor's race: Sparks vs. Bentley

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Alabama. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Arkansas governor's race: Beebe vs. Keet

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Arkansas. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Connecticut governor's race: Malloy vs. Foley

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Connecticut. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and green issues?
Politics

Iowa governor's race: Culver vs. Branstad

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Iowa. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Kansas governor's race: Holland vs. Brownback

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Kansas. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Nevada governor's race: Reid vs. Sandoval

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Nevada. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

New Mexico governor's race: Denish vs. Martinez

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in New Mexico. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change & other green issues?
Politics

Oklahoma governor's race: Askins vs. Fallin

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Oklahoma. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Pennsylvania governor's race: Onorato vs. Corbett

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Pennsylvania. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about green issues?
Politics

Oregon governor's race: Kitzhaber vs. Dudley

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Oregon. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

South Dakota governor's race: Heidepriem vs. Daugaard

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in South Dakota. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about green issues?
Politics

South Carolina governor's race: Sheheen vs. Haley

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in South Carolina. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about green issues?
Politics

Rhode Island governor's race: Caprio vs. Chafee vs. Robitaille

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Rhode Island. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about green issues?
Politics

Texas governor's race: Perry vs. White

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Texas. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Utah governor's race: Herbert vs. Corroon

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Utah. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Vermont governor's race: Shumlin vs. Dubie

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Vermont. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Wyoming governor's race: Petersen vs. Mead

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Wyoming. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Arizona governor's race: Brewer vs. Goddard

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Arizona. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Nebraska governor's race: Heineman vs. Meister

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Nebraska. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Climate & Energy

What’s at stake in your governor’s race?

This election season, everyone’s obsessing over Congress. But there's a more interesting narrative playing out in the shadows: 37 governorships are up for grabs this year. We at Grist can’t be in 37 places at once, so we need your …
Politics

Illinois governor's race: Quinn vs. Brady

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Illinois. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

Maryland governor's race: O'Malley vs. Ehrlich

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Maryland. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Politics

New Hampshire governor's race: Lynch vs. Stephen

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in New Hampshire. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about green issues?
Politics

New York governor's race: Cuomo vs. Paladino

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in New York. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Business & Technology

Michigan: Outgoing Gov. Jennifer Granholm on creating wind energy jobs

In Michigan, our big, hairy, audacious goal is to make our state the international hub of the clean energy industry, creating jobs by transforming Michigan from rust belt to green belt.
Politics

Ohio governor's race: Strickland vs. Kasich

Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Ohio. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
Climate & Energy

Texas guv candidate Bill White talks wind, solar, and urban planning

The Democratic candidate for governor spoke to Grist about energy, high-speed rail, and the daunting prospect of urban planning in Texas.
Climate & Energy

Texas Gov. Rick Perry fights climate action but embraces wind power

Perry relishes his role as a foe of national climate action. He lambasted the climate bill that passed the House last year as an "economic disaster." He is suing the EPA to block it from regulating greenhouse gas pollution. But …
Climate & Energy

Republican governor candidates deny climate change

Republican gubernatorial candidates in many states deny climate science. Check out these quotes.
Climate & Energy

Maine: Guv candidate Paul LePage hates Obama, reporters, and the planet

Paul LePage, the TeaOP candidate for governor in Maine, has a loony climate-denying, DEP-bashing, offshore-oil-dr … spilling platform.
Cities

Republican guv candidates line up to say no to federal stimulus money for rail

The creation of a modern rail network in the United States is becoming just another political football.
Politics

Massachusetts governor’s race: Patrick vs. Cahill vs. Baker vs. Stein

Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick adopted a forward-looking energy plan, but it's been constrained by economic calamity set in motion before he took office.
Politics

Wisconsin governor's race: Barrett vs. Walker

Milwaukee's mayor and county executive face off this fall, bringing very different visions for rebuilding Wisconsin's economy.
Climate & Energy

Minnesota governor's race: Dayton vs. Horner vs. Emmer

What's at stake in the Minnesota governor's race? Quite a bit for the future of energy and transportation in the state.
Climate & Energy

States have clean-energy momentum, but it’s under threat

States are way ahead of the feds in helping clean-energy businesses. They're on track to create 2 million jobs -- but GOP candidates oppose the plan.
Business & Technology

Tennessee governor's race: Haslam vs. McWherter

Republican Bill Haslam, likely winner of Tennessee's gubernatorial race, hails from the oil biz but has a track record of supporting clean energy.
Climate & Energy

Strickland finally talks up energy and transit in Ohio guv race

Gov. Strickland has come out hard against his Republican opponent for talking about repealing the state's clean energy standard. On transit, too, Strickland positions himself as the forward-looking candidate.
Video

Oklahoma guv candidate slammed for being childfree woman

Oklahoma GOP gov candidate Mary Fallin says what sets her apart is "having children" -- a slam at Dem opponent Jari Askins, who doesn't have kids.
Climate & Energy

Election 2010: Republicans take 6 of 11 key governor races

Thirty-seven governorships are up for grabs this election, and they'll have a huge impact on energy & climate issues. Who are the winners and losers?
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