Richard Grevers wrote:

Excuse my ignorance of the US electoral system, but are there gubnertorial contests happening in some or all of the other states at the same time?

I don't know how it works elsewhere, but the title of the article on this subject (or this thread) alone gives you the answer; it is a special *shock* recall election. This means that it isn't necessarily going to happen during a the regular gubernatorial election cycle. And different states have different schedules on when to elect their governors.

-- mav