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Monday, August 17, 2009

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle will not Run for 3rd Term

Speculation has been all weekend that the Governor of Wisconsin would not seek re-election in 2010. Today he made it official.

The Governor has seen his polling numbers go into the tank and he would have faced a tough bid for a third term and many in the know don't think that he would have had a chance.

That leaves the door open for a big shake up in the Political Landscape for Wisconsin. Wisconsin has been a Blue state and with a Democratic Governor and Legislature they have seen taxes raised and jobs leaving by the droves.

There are many in Wisconsin who believe that a shift to the middle if not even to the Red is in the 2010 future, not only for Wisconsin, but for many historically blue states.

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