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Steven Malanga\xa0joins\xa0Aaron Renn\xa0to discuss the results of this week's gubernatorial elections. States\xa0such as\xa0Maine, Michigan, and Wisconsin flipped blue after eight years of GOP governance. In highly publicized races in Florida and Georgia and heavily blue states like Maryland and Massachusetts, Republicans prevailed.\xa0All told,\xa0Democrats\xa0gained seven governorships.

Ten years ago,\xa0Democrats won a host of governorships during President Obama's first election,\xa0and\xa02009\xa0proved\xa0be a record year for state tax hikes.\xa0A decade later,\xa0state tax revenues have\xa0still\xa0not recovered to their pre-recession levels, and costs are rising (especially for state Medicaid programs). But if history is any guide, tax hikes and spending increases will be on the agenda after years of comparative taxing discipline.\u200b

Read\xa0Malanga's\xa0story\xa0at City Journal about the gubernatorial elections, "A Tax-and-Spend Revival in the States?"