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The Liberty Gubernatorial elections are all but over, and in a series of shocking upsets, President James Powell's Progressive Conservative Alliance has taken a major blow, losing the Governorship in almost every system.

The PCA managed to barely maintain their grip on only one system: Pennsylvania, where incumbent Sebastian Guillemot held his position despite opinion polls showing a huge drop in his popularity. Guillemot and his fellow PCA members hailed this as "a victory for common sense in Pennsylvania".

In California, however, the PCA were swept out of office in a landslide by former President Barbara Jacobi's Liberty Reform Party, with LRP candidate Sarah Conway easily wresting control of the system from Progressive Conservative Governor Oscar Hurford in the first of a series of humiliating PCA defeats. Former President Jacobi and the LRP have called this a "great step forward", and polls show Liberty Reform leader Jacobi is currently the candidate to beat in the Presidential elections later this year, with a wide lead on her closest competitor.

Meanwhile, the newly-founded Populist Reform Party have campaigned to an easy victory in Texas, with candidate George S. Walker taking advantage of Texas' poverty and position on the front lines of the war with Rheinland to oust the PCA from office. In his speech, Governor-elect Walker promised to "serve and protect the people of Texas", and is already seen as a hero of the common man.

Perhaps the most incredible story of all comes from the oft-neglected system of Ontario, where an overwhelming ninety percent of voters chose none of the candidates on offer, instead writing in votes for former head of the Ontario Democratic Party, Alvin Katz. Katz, who had previously announced his intention not to run, has maintained his inability to govern the system, instead delegating the responsibility to his right-hand man Thomas McLachlan. Though the ODP will not take part in the Presidential race, and secession is firmly off the agenda, it seems the people of Ontario have not forgiven the Powell administration for what took place in the system several months ago.

Finally, Colorado is a system in crisis, torn in half by a protracted battle between the Populist Reform Party and the Progressive Conservative Alliance. With the result still unclear, the campaign has turned ugly, with accusations of cheating and voter fraud from both sides. These will undoubtedly continue until a definitive winner is decided, which in the meantime leaves Colorado caught in limbo.

There now remains only one gubernatorial race to contest - the vital New York system, where it's still anyone's game. Who will come out on top in this last contest before the race to the White House? Stay tuned to LPAN, for all your election coverage.

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