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Table C-3

Tax Rate Variables

Percentage

Percentage

Percentage

Change in

Change in Top

Percentage

Percentage

Change in

Tax

Tax

Top Personal

Corporate

Change in Sales

Change in

Cigarrette

State

Governor

Score

Grade

Income Tax Rate

Income Tax Rate

Tax Rate

Gas Tax Rate

Tax

Utah

John Huntsman (R)

73

A

-29%

-20%

0%

0%

0%

Montana

Brian Schweitzer (D)

68

B

0%

0%

0%

0%

Tennessee

Phil Bredesen (D)

68

B

0%

0%

0%

0%

Texas

Rick Perry (R)

66

B

11%

0%

244%

South Dakota

Mike Rounds (R)

66

B

0%

0%

91%

Florida

Jeb Bush (R)

65

B

0%

0%

0%

0%

Nebraska

Dave Heineman (R)

64

B

-2%

0%

0%

0%

147%

Kentucky

Ernie Fletcher (R)

63

B

-18%

-27%

0%

0%

1333%

Missouri

Matt Blunt (R)

63

B

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Vermont

James Douglas (R)

63

B

0%

-13%

0%

0%

50%

South Carolina

Mark Sanford (R)

62

B

-32%

0%

20%

0%

657%

West Virginia

Joe Manchin (D)

60

C

0%

0%

0%

-9%

341%

North Dakota

John Hoeven (R)

60

C

0%

-7%

0%

10%

0%

Maryland

Robert Ehrlich (R)

60

C

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Massachusetts

Mitt Romney (R)

60

C

-6%

0%

0%

0%

0%

New Mexico

Bill Richardson (D)

60

C

-35%

0%

0%

6%

333%

Rhode Island

Don Carcieri (R)

60

C

-19%

0%

0%

0%

44%

Mississippi

Haley Barbour (R)

59

C

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Maine

John Baldacci (D)

59

C

-1%

0%

0%

0%

100%

Minnesota

Tim Pawlenty (R)

59

C

0%

0%

0%

0%

64%

Georgia

Sonny Perdue (R)

59

C

0%

0%

0%

0%

383%

Kansas

Kathleen Sebelius (D)

59

C

5%

0%

8%

0%

63%

Nevada

Kenny Guinn (R)

58

C

0%

0%

129%

New Hampshire

John Lynch (D)

58

C

0%

0%

54%

Wisconsin

Jim Doyle (D)

58

C

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Iowa

Tom Vilsack (D)

57

C

0%

0%

-15%

0%

222%

Pennsylvania

Edward Rendell (D)

57

C

34%

-30%

0%

0%

25%

Michigan

Jennifer Granholm (D)

57

C

3%

16%

50%

0%

60%

Hawaii

Linda Lingle (R)

57

C

0%

0%

0%

0%

17%

New York

George Pataki (R)

55

D

-1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Arizona

Janet Napolitano (D)

55

D

-10%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Illinois

Rod Blagojevich (D)

55

D

0%

0%

0%

0%

77%

Ohio

Bob Taft (R)

55

D

-8%

-18%

10%

36%

127%

Oklahoma

Brad Henry (D)

55

D

-17%

0%

0%

0%

348%

Wyoming

Dave Freudenthal (D)

54

D

-13%

0%

0%

Delaware

Ruth Ann Minner (D)

54

D

0%

0%

0%

35%

Indiana

Mitch Daniels (R)

53

D

29%

0%

0%

0%

45%

Alabama

Bob Riley (R)

52

D

20%

-8%

0%

0%

158%

Connecticut

Jodi Rell (R)

52

D

0%

0%

0%

14%

49%

Oregon

Ted Kulongoski (D)

51

D

9%

5%

0%

39%

California

Arnold

Schwarzenegger (R)

51

D

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Colorado

Bill Owens (R)

49

F

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Louisiana

Kathleen Blanco (D)

49

F

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Washington

Christine Gregoire (D)

49

F

0%

0%

34%

42%

North Carolina

Michael Easley (D)

47

F

5%

0%

6%

0%

900%

Arkansas

Mike Huckabee (R)

45

F

0%

0%

20%

16%

103%

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