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Table A-6
Revenue and Tax Rate Variables
Average
Average
Annual
Annual
Recommended
Average
Average
Change
Change in
Annual
Annual
in Tax
General Fund
Change
Reven
Change
Revenue
Revenue
in Real
ue
in Real
Per $1,000
Per $1,000
Per Capita
Date
& Tax
Per Capita
Personal
Personal
General Fund
took
Rate
Tax Revenue
Income
Income
Revenue
Governor
State
office
Score
Grade through 1997 through 1997 through 1999
1996-98
William J. Janklow (R)
South Dakota
Jan-95
73
A
-3.4%
-6.3%
-3.4%
-0.5%
John G. Rowland (R)
Connecticut
Jan-95
69
B
1.7%
-1.3%
-5.2%
-1.1%
George E. Pataki (R)
New York
Jan-95
67
B
-1.7%
-4.1%
-3.6%
0.5%
Gary E. Johnson (R)
New Mexico
Jan-95
63
B
0.5%
-1.7%
-3.9%
-0.9%
Christine T. Whitman (R)
New Jersey
Jan-94
62
B
-1.3%
-2.6%
-3.7%
-1.1%
George W. Bush (R)
Texas
Jan-95
62
B
1.9%
-0.2%
-5.0%
-1.9%
David M. Beasley (R)
South Carolina
Jan-95
59
B
0.6%
-1.4%
-3.8%
0.0%
Gary Locke (D)
Washington
Jan-97
57
B
-3.5%
1.2%
Frank O'Bannon (D)
Indiana
Jan-97
55
B
-0.8%
-1.4%
John Engler (R)
Michigan
Jan-91
54
B
1.8%
-0.1%
-3.4%
-3.5%
Jim Geringer (R)
Wyoming
Jan-95
54
B
-1.5%
-3.0%
-0.9%
0.4%
Tom Ridge (R)
Pennsylvania
Jan-95
54
B
0.5%
-2.0%
-3.3%
0.4%
E. Benjamin Nelson (D)
Nebraska
Jan-91
53
B
2.7%
0.9%
-1.6%
-1.2%
Fob James Jr. (R)
Alabama
Jan-95
52
B
0.6%
-1.4%
-2.0%
1.0%
Mike Huckabee (R)
Arkansas
Jul-96
52
B
0.0%
-0.4%
Bill Graves (R)
Kansas
Jan-95
52
B
2.6%
-0.2%
-2.5%
0.9%
Philip E. Batt (R)
Idaho
Jan-95
52
B
0.6%
-1.3%
-1.4%
-1.3%
Benjamin J. Cayetano (D)
Hawaii
Dec-94
51
B
0.6%
0.8%
-0.3%
-2.6%
Parris N. Glendening (D)
Maryland
Jan-95
51
B
0.0%
-1.6%
0.1%
0.1%
Zell Miller (D)
Georgia
Jan-91
50
C
2.3%
0.4%
0.1%
-1.4%
Don Sundquist (R)
Tennessee
Jan-95
49
C
1.8%
-0.2%
-1.5%
1.2%
James B. Hunt Jr. (D)
North Carolina
Jan-93
49
C
2.2%
-0.1%
-2.2%
2.0%
Kirk Fordice (R)
Mississippi
Jan-92
49
C
5.0%
2.2%
-4.8%
0.1%
Michael O. Leavitt (R)
Utah
Jan-93
49
C
2.8%
-0.3%
-2.7%
0.3%
Mike Foster (R)
Louisiana
Jan-96
49
C
-2.3%
1.1%
Bob Miller (D)
Nevada
Jan-89
48
C
2.2%
0.4%
-3.4%
-1.7%
Cecil Underwood (R)
West Virginia
Jan-97
47
C
-0.6%
1.2%
Paul E. Patton (D)
Kentucky
Dec-95
47
C
-0.9%
2.1%
Tommy G. Thompson (R)
Wisconsin
Jan-87
47
C
1.4%
-0.1%
-0.9%
1.5%
Arne H. Carlson (R)
Minnesota
Jan-91
46
C
4.2%
2.1%
-4.1%
-1.4%
Tom Carper (D)
Delaware
Jan-93
46
C
2.8%
0.9%
-3.2%
2.5%
Jeanne Shaheen (D)
New Hampshire
Jan-97
45
C
-0.6%
0.3%
Lincoln Almond (R)
Rhode Island
Jan-95
45
C
2.5%
0.6%
-3.0%
1.7%
Terry E. Branstad (R)
Iowa
Jan-83
43
C
2.5%
0.9%
-1.9%
2.8%
Angus S. King Jr. (I)
Maine
Jan-95
42
C
2.5%
0.9%
-1.7%
1.7%
Roy Romer (D)
Colorado
Jan-87
42
C
2.0%
0.6%
-3.3%
4.2%
Marc Racicot (R)
Montana
Jan-93
41
C
-1.0%
-2.6%
-3.0%
-0.7%
Frank Keating (R)
Oklahoma
Jan-95
41
C
3.6%
2.1%
-0.7%
3.6%
Pete Wilson (R)
California
Jan-91
40
D
1.6%
1.4%
-0.5%
4.1%
Jim Edgar (R)
Illinois
Jan-91
39
D
2.3%
0.5%
-0.9%
1.4%
Edward T. Schafer (R)
North Dakota
Dec-92
39
D
2.1%
-0.2%
0.8%
1.1%
Howard Dean (D)
Vermont
Aug-91
37
D
-0.1%
-1.9%
-3.5%
-0.7%
John A. Kitzhaber (D)
Oregon
Jan-95
36
D
3.0%
-0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
George V. Voinovich (R)
Ohio
Jan-91
36
D
2.8%
1.1%
0.0%
0.9%
Lawton Chiles (D)
Florida
Jan-91
35
F
2.8%
1.5%
2.5%
1.4%
Mel Carnahan (D)
Missouri
Jan-93
35
F
5.6%
3.7%
-1.5%
1.9%
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