In any case, both sides argue, the stakes for control of state budgets are high enough to run those risks.
It was because, with partisan control of the House potentially at stake, each party with unified control of state government will face strong incentives to squeeze out every single additional district win possible for their party.
At stake is not only control of states' executive branches, but also influence over the redrawing of Congressional district lines next year — a once-in-a-decade process.
Mr Dantas pulled off two coups: he persuaded Citibank to invest alongside Opportunity, and two state-run pension funds to give him control of their stakes in the privatised entity, Brasil Telecom.
As the country approaches a white-hot midterm election with control of Congress, state legislatures and governorships at stake, secret money – much of it from public companies, funneled through hidden or hard-to-trace channels – is flooding our electoral process.
Control of three state Senates around the country are at stake next week.
At stake in the elections, which continue into August, is control of the state Senate, which now has 19 Republicans and 14 Democrats, Monica Davey reports.
At stake is who would speak for New Jersey Democrats in the general election campaign, along with control of the state party's war chest.
Gazprom, though, keeps control of the 35% stake owned by the state.USA Waste Services agreed to buy United Waste Systems for $1.7 billion, enforcing the acquisitive firm's position as third-largest disposal company in the United States.Helping othersSome 5,300 bankers, businessmen and politicians attended the annual meeting in London of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The coalition government in Westminster is in the process of selling off the 49% state stake in the air traffic control service Nats, decommissioned naval ships and its own collection of fine wine.
