For all the talk of midterm elections and control of Congress, the political parties are obsessing this year more than ever over the nation's 37 races for governor.

The Republican Governors Association has already poured $11 million into these campaigns, and halfway through the year had raised $28 million -- more than its entire budget for the 2006 election season -- bringing its current reserves to $40 million.

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