Election 2010: Don't Forget the States
While much of the political discussion this fall is focused on handicapping the upcoming congressional races, the ballots in state elections, which will go a long way to shaping education policy across the country, are jam-packed.
Thirty-seven states are hosting governor's races this fall, and eight of them have state superintendents' contests on the ballot. But as is typical, the vast majority of the action will occur in state legislative races, the results of which always have the potential to produce serious shifts in school policy.
Democrats currently control 60 legislative chambers around the country, Republicans control 36, and two of