After that he became national president of his party and engineered gubernatorial victories in three states, as well as victories in more than a dozen mayoral races.

It was the first gubernatorial victory for the Massachusetts Democratic Party since 1962.

That anger led to the Republican takeover of the Legislature in 1992 and Mrs. Whitman's gubernatorial victory last November.

He helped "mastermind" Tom Ridge's gubernatorial victories in 1994 and 1998.

The recent decisive gubernatorial victory of Deval Patrick in Massachusetts is yet another instance of full public integration.

These realities suggest that the recent Democratic gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey do not necessarily presage a reversal of partisan fortunes.

In the end, Ashcroft won 57 percent of the vote and carried 106 counties-then the largest Republican gubernatorial victory in Missouri history.

His military career and Alexander Ramsey's support assured Miller of a gubernatorial victory in 1863.

Beginning with Robert La Follette's 1900 gubernatorial victory, Wisconsin raced farthest ahead in the nation, slashing railroad rates and passing laws on corruption and conservation.

The upset gubernatorial victory in Minnesota of Jesse (the Body) Ventura, a former pro wrestler, helps set the stage for bigger pols.