http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/09/07/parties_mean_little_in_governors_races_107027.html
Professional partisans see every race as a mark on their team's scoreboard. But these activists err in treating the win of a state governorship and U.S. Senate seat as similar victories. Voters might care which party runs Congress, but why would they fret over whether their state's chief executive is a Republican, Democrat or something else? Truth is, most don't.