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Table A-2
Average Annual Change in Real Per Capita Direct General Spending through 1996
Best Spending Restraint
Worst Spending Restraint
1.
George W. Bush (R)
Texas
-3.1%
1.
John A. Kitzhaber (D)
Oregon
6.1%
2.
Jim Geringer (R)
Wyoming
-3.0%
2.
Kirk Fordice (R)
Mississippi
4.2%
3.
Fob James Jr. (R)
Alabama
-2.9%
3.
Zell Miller (D)
Georgia
4.1%
4.
William J. Janklow (R)
South Dakota
-2.4%
4.
Tom Carper (D)
Delaware
4.0%
5.
John G. Rowland (R)
Connecticut
-1.7%
5.
Michael O. Leavitt (R)
Utah
3.9%
Table A-3
Average Annual Change in Direct General Spending per $1,000 Personal Income through 1996
Best Spending Restraint
Worst Spending Restraint
1.
Fob James Jr. (R)
Alabama
-5.2%
1.
John A. Kitzhaber (D)
Oregon
2.7%
2.
John G. Rowland (R)
Connecticut
-5.2%
2.
Tom Carper (D)
Delaware
2.5%
3.
George W. Bush (R)
Texas
-5.0%
3.
Zell Miller (D)
Georgia
2.3%
4.
Jim Geringer (R)
Wyoming
-4.9%
4.
Lawton Chiles (D)
Florida
2.2%
5.
Don Sundquist (R)
Tennessee
-4.5%
5.
Marc Racicot (R)
Montana
1.9%
Table A-4
Average Annual Recommended Change in Real Per Capita General Fund Spending through 1999
Best Spending Restraint
Worst Spending Restraint
1.
David M. Beasley (R)
South Carolina
-3.4%
1.
John A. Kitzhaber (D)
Oregon
5.3%
2.
Pete Wilson (R)
California
-2.7%
2.
Lawton Chiles (D)
Florida
3.0%
3.
Bob Miller (D)
Nevada
-2.7%
3.
Mel Carnahan (D)
Missouri
3.0%
4.
Gary E. Johnson (R)
New Mexico
-2.3%
4.
Edward T. Schafer (R)
North Dakota
2.4%
5.
Benjamin J. Cayetano (D)
Hawaii
-2.3%
5.
Parris N. Glendening (D)
Maryland
2.3%
Table A-5
Average Annual Change in General Fund Spending per $1,000 Personal Income, 1996-98
Best Spending Restraint
Worst Spending Restraint
1.
John Engler (R)
Michigan
-4.8%
1.
Jeanne Shaheen (D)
New Hampshire
3.4%
2.
William J. Janklow (R)
South Dakota
-4.1%
2.
David M. Beasley (R)
South Carolina
2.0%
3.
Marc Racicot (R)
Montana
-2.7%
3.
Tom Carper (D)
Delaware
1.9%
4.
John G. Rowland (R)
Connecticut
-2.7%
4.
Pete Wilson (R)
California
1.9%
5.
Gary Locke (D)
Washington
-2.4%
5.
John A. Kitzhaber (D)
Oregon
1.8%