His gubernatorial aspirations come just four years after another foray in statewide politics, an unsuccessful race for attorney general.

"It's not only valuable property, but it's pivotal in statewide politics."

One is Joe Holland, who may have the most intriguing resume in statewide politics this year.

Municipal contests will dominate the election calendar this year, and traditionally these are decided by local candidates and local issues rather than by statewide politics.

By the start of the 21st century, conservative Republicans are the growing force in Oklahoma, but Democrats are still a major factor in statewide politics.

Nassau and Westchester are major political entities in statewide politics, and they have special symbolism to the current Republican hierarchy.

His victory is widely seen as the beginning of the end for the Crump machine's influence in statewide politics.

He first ventured into statewide politics in the unpaid chairman of the state Republican Party for a brief period in the early 1990s.

After he entered statewide politics, Clinton toned down some of his progressive rhetoric, but there is no evidence that he ever really abandoned his populism.

The pressures of statewide politics, for one thing.