Pro-life candidates made a massive sweep of U.S. governor's races on Tuesday's midterm elections, capitalizing on the GOP wave.
Pro-life-endorsed candidates have so far picked up 12 governorships, and retained control of 9 governorships. At least three races involving pro-life candidates are undecided.
The 13 pro-life pick-ups (winner in bold):
Alabama – Robert Bentley (R) 58 percent vs. Ron Sparks (D) 42 percent.
Florida - Rick Scott (R) 49 percent vs. Alex Sink (D) 48 percent.
Iowa: Terry Branstadt (R) 53 percent vs. Chet Culver (D) 43 percent.
Kansas: Sam Brownback (R) 63 percent vs. Tom Holland (D) 32 percent.
Maine: Paul LePage (R) 38 percent vs. Eliot Cutler (I) 37 percent vs. Libby Mitchell (D) 19 percent.
Michigan: Rick Snyder (R) 58 percent vs. Virg Bernero (D) 40 percent.
New Mexico: Susana Martinez (R) 54 percent vs. Diane Denish (D) 46 percent.
Ohio: John Kasich (R) 49 percent vs. Ed Strickland (D) 47 percent.
Oklahoma: Mary Fallin (R) 60 percent vs. Jari Askins (D) 40 percent.
Pennsylvania: Tom Corbett (R) 55 percent vs. Dan Onorato (D) 45 percent.
Tennessee: Bill Haslam (R) 65 percent vs. Mike McWherter (D) 33 percent.
Wisconsin: Scott Walker (R) 52 percent vs. Tom Barrett (D) 47 percent.
Wyoming: Matt Mead (R) 72 percent vs. Leslie Petersen (D) 25 percent.
The nine (9) retained pro-life seats (winner in bold)
Alaska: Sean Parnell (R) 59 percent vs. Ethan Berkowitz (D) 38 percent.
Arizona: Jan Brewer (R) re-elected. Brewer 55 percent vs. Terry Goddard (D) 42 percent.
Georgia: Nathan Deal (R) replaces Sonny Purdue (R). Deal 53 percent vs. Roy Barnes (D) 43 percent.
Idaho: Butch Otter (R) re-elected. Otter 59 percent v. Keith Allred (D) 33 percent.
Nebraska: Dave Heineman (R) re-elected. Heineman 74 percent vs. Mike Meister (D) 26 percent.
South Carolina: Nikki Haley (R) replaces the disgraced Mark Sanford (R). Haley 51 percent vs. Vincent Sheheen (D) 47 percent.
South Dakota: Dennis Daugaard (R) replaces Mike Rounds (R). Daugaard 62 percent vs. Scott Heidepriem (D) 39 percent.
Texas: Rick Perry (R) re-elected. Perry 55 percent vs. Bill White (D) 42 percent.
Utah: Gary Herbert (R) re-elected. Herbert 64 percent v. Peter Corroon (D) 32 percent.
Undecided races for pro-life candidates: Illinois, Minnesota
Only U.S. State where a pro-abortion Republican has won: Nevada.
Pro-abortion Brian Sandoval (R) 53 percent v. Rory Reid (D) 42 percent.
Undecided races for pro-abortion candidates: Oregon.
Contact: Peter J. Smith
Source: LifeSiteNews.com
Publish Date: November 2, 2010
