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Appendix A: Detailed Tables
Table A-1
Spending Variables
Average
Average
Average
Annual
Average
Annual
Annual
Change in
Annual
Change in
Change
Direct
Recommended
General
in Real
General
Change
Fund
Per Capita
Spending
in Real
Spending
Direct
Per $1,000
Per Capita
Per $1,000
Date
General
Personal
General Fund
Personal
Spending
took
Spending
Income
Spending
Income
Governor
State
office
Score
Grade through 1996 through 1996 through 1999
1996-98
George W. Bush (R)
Texas
Jan-95
85
A
-3.1%
-5.0%
-1.5%
-2.0%
John G. Rowland (R)
Connecticut
Jan-95
85
A
-1.7%
-5.2%
-1.8%
-2.7%
William J. Janklow (R)
South Dakota
Jan-95
80
B
-2.4%
-1.9%
-1.5%
-4.1%
George E. Pataki (R)
New York
Jan-95
77
B
-1.4%
-3.8%
-1.5%
-2.1%
Philip E. Batt (R)
Idaho
Jan-95
76
B
-1.6%
-4.2%
-0.6%
-2.0%
Fob James Jr. (R)
Alabama
Jan-95
76
B
-2.9%
-5.2%
-0.1%
-0.2%
John Engler (R)
Michigan
Jan-91
69
B
1.2%
-0.8%
-1.5%
-4.8%
Don Sundquist (R)
Tennessee
Jan-95
67
B
-1.7%
-4.5%
0.7%
-0.1%
Jim Geringer (R)
Wyoming
Jan-95
66
B
-3.0%
-4.9%
1.4%
1.3%
David M. Beasley (R)
South Carolina
Jan-95
65
B
-0.6%
-2.9%
-3.4%
2.0%
Bill Graves (R)
Kansas
Jan-95
64
B
0.3%
-2.2%
-0.4%
-2.1%
Gary Locke (D)
Washington
Jan-97
63
B
0.5%
-2.4%
Benjamin J. Cayetano (D)
Hawaii
Dec-94
62
B
-0.4%
-1.0%
-2.3%
-0.4%
Tom Ridge (R)
Pennsylvania
Jan-95
61
B
0.7%
-1.5%
-0.3%
-2.3%
Howard Dean (D)
Vermont
Aug-91
61
B
0.1%
-1.6%
-0.7%
-1.1%
Bob Miller (D)
Nevada
Jan-89
59
B
1.3%
-0.3%
-2.7%
-1.0%
Gary E. Johnson (R)
New Mexico
Jan-95
57
B
2.2%
-1.0%
-2.3%
-0.9%
Paul E. Patton (D)
Kentucky
Dec-95
56
B
-1.9%
0.9%
Angus S. King Jr. (I)
Maine
Jan-95
54
B
-0.6%
-1.8%
1.1%
0.4%
Lincoln Almond (R)
Rhode Island
Jan-95
53
B
1.6%
-1.1%
-1.1%
0.0%
Mike Huckabee (R)
Arkansas
Jul-96
49
C
1.2%
-0.9%
Edward T. Schafer (R)
North Dakota
Dec-92
49
C
-0.8%
-1.1%
2.4%
0.1%
Kirk Fordice (R)
Mississippi
Jan-92
48
C
4.2%
1.4%
-2.2%
-2.4%
Christine T. Whitman (R)
New Jersey
Jan-94
46
C
2.4%
1.3%
-0.3%
-1.6%
Marc Racicot (R)
Montana
Jan-93
46
C
3.3%
1.9%
-0.6%
-2.7%
Roy Romer (D)
Colorado
Jan-87
44
C
1.8%
0.5%
-0.2%
0.2%
George V. Voinovich (R)
Ohio
Jan-91
44
C
1.5%
-0.1%
2.0%
-0.9%
Pete Wilson (R)
California
Jan-91
44
C
1.4%
1.6%
-2.7%
1.9%
Parris N. Glendening (D)
Maryland
Jan-95
44
C
1.4%
-0.1%
2.3%
-1.1%
Tommy G. Thompson (R)
Wisconsin
Jan-87
43
C
1.2%
-0.1%
0.0%
1.5%
Cecil Underwood (R)
West Virginia
Jan-97
43
C
1.9%
-0.5%
Mike Foster (R)
Louisiana
Jan-96
41
C
0.7%
0.9%
Arne H. Carlson (R)
Minnesota
Jan-91
40
C
3.3%
1.7%
-1.3%
0.0%
James B. Hunt Jr. (D)
North Carolina
Jan-93
39
C
3.5%
1.2%
-1.1%
0.3%
E. Benjamin Nelson (D)
Nebraska
Jan-91
38
C
2.7%
1.6%
0.0%
-0.1%
Frank O'Bannon (D)
Indiana
Jan-97
38
C
0.8%
1.4%
Jim Edgar (R)
Illinois
Jan-91
37
C
3.0%
1.4%
0.8%
-0.3%
Frank Keating (R)
Oklahoma
Jan-95
37
C
1.2%
0.5%
1.8%
1.3%
Mel Carnahan (D)
Missouri
Jan-93
34
D
2.3%
0.5%
3.0%
0.0%
Michael O. Leavitt (R)
Utah
Jan-93
33
D
3.9%
0.9%
1.1%
0.2%
Zell Miller (D)
Georgia
Jan-91
32
D
4.1%
2.3%
-0.2%
0.1%
Terry E. Branstad (R)
Iowa
Jan-83
31
D
3.0%
1.7%
1.5%
0.5%
Jeanne Shaheen (D)
New Hampshire
Jan-97
25
F
0.9%
3.4%
Lawton Chiles (D)
Florida
Jan-91
25
F
3.2%
2.2%
3.0%
0.4%
Tom Carper (D)
Delaware
Jan-93
23
F
4.0%
2.5%
1.0%
1.9%
John A. Kitzhaber (D)
Oregon
Jan-95
5
F
6.1%
2.7%
5.3%
1.8%