A.M. Best Company's Election News Site to Report Results in Real Time.OLDWICK, N.J. -- The votes cast on Nov. 7 will shape the course of insurance regulation for years to come. As the votes are counted across the country that night, visit http://ElectionNews.ambest.com to see how the races for insurance commissioners, governors and congressional candidates in districts of particular interest to the insurance industry are decided. Among the key races covered by A.M. Best's staff of professional journalists: * Insurance commissioner elections in California The number of elections in California varies by year. California has a gubernatorial election every four years and, in 2003, it had a recall election. Primary elections are held in March or June and general elections are held in November. , Georgia, Kansas and Oklahoma. * Gubernatorial gu·ber·na·to·ri·al adj. Of or relating to a governor. [From Latin gubern elections in 30 states where they appoint the top insurance regulator. Additionally, the victor in Florida's race for chief financial officer controls the position of insurance commissioner. * Ballot issues in California, Florida, Montana, Oregon and South Dakota South Dakota (dəkō`tə), state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W). have the potential to change how insurers operate in those states. * Democrats need to take a net of 15 seats to retake re·take tr.v. re·took , re·tak·en , re·tak·ing, re·takes 1. To take back or again. 2. To recapture. 3. To photograph, film, or record again. n. 1. control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 1994, and most public opinion polls suggest they are in a strong position to do so. In particular, the staff has focused on eight tight races where the incumbents have received $250,000 to more than $500,000 each in campaign contributions from insurers and other financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. groups. * Ten Senate races in particular are of interest to insurers, including those who serve on key committees as well as candidates friendly to the industry, such as Safeco's former chief executive officer, Mike McGavick Michael S. "Mike" McGavick (born February 7, 1958 in Seattle, Washington) is a former American business executive and a graduate of the University of Washington. McGavick was a Republican candidate for the US Senate seat held by Maria Cantwell in the 2006 election, but . Make http://ElectionNews.ambest.com your source for news reports and audio interviews with the candidates and industry representatives as well as perspective on the significance of individual races. Bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. it for a quick return after the ballots are counted for results. A.M. Best Co., established in 1899, is the world's oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source. For more information, visit A.M. Best's Web site at www.ambest.com. |
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