The two biggest newspapers in the state endorsed the measure.
Ms. Kenny would not even say that the state endorsed the new plan.
"You look at Tennessee, where I live," said Mr. Land, "and virtually every establishment figure in the state endorsed Romney".
The same week, the president's campaign released an advertisement in which another Republican, Colin Powell, a former secretary of state, endorsed Mr. Obama.
They took heart that after years of deriding Mr. Florio for his tax hike, most newspapers in the state endorsed him for Senate, praising his record, principles and commitment to working people.
Underscoring his inability to take the state for granted, Mr. Edwards suffered a setback Thursday when Representative James E. Clyburn, perhaps the most influential black leader in the state, endorsed Senator John Kerry.
The former Fox News commentator drew considerable nationwide attention but virtually no mainstream Republicans in the state endorsed her – despite the fact that the GOP dominates Wyoming politics at every level.
The Conservative Party of New York State endorsed Joseph J. Lhota, a Republican, for mayor on Monday, all but ensuring that Mr. Lhota and his chief rival for the Republican nomination, John A. Catsimatidis, will both carry their campaigns into the November general election.
For three decades after the revolution the state endorsed atheism and many Catholics were persecuted and fled the island.
Last November voters in the state endorsed a plan for a casino resort to be built here, on the edge of the White Mountains.
No other state endorsed the Resolutions.
