Republicans Could Take Control of These 2 Coastal Blue States

Governing: In the blue states of Connecticut and Oregon, Republicans have fighting chances at winning governors' offices currently held by Democrats.

In Connecticut, outgoing Democrat Dannel Malloy is one of the least popular governors in the country, with an approval rating of around 20 percent. He's raised taxes substantially, yet the state faces a budget shortfall in the neighborhood of $2 billion. Connecticut remains wealthy, but it's been shedding jobs and population as job creation has lagged well behind the nation as a whole.

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