From The Record:

Barbara O’Connor, director of the Institute for the Study of Politics and Media at Sacramento State University, said races for attorney general around the country will not likely be affected by the Massachusetts outcome.

Asked what Tuesday’s election outcome means specifically, if anything, for Democratic AG candidates, O’Connor said, “Probably not much,” nothing that there are “lots of intervening variables” for candidates.

GOP partisans, however, have a much more optimistic view of the 2010 election cycle.

Thomas Del Beccaro, vice chairman of the California Republican Party, said Democrats should “definitely” be concerned going into the election season in the wake of Tuesday’s surprise GOP showing and President Barack Obama’s lackluster approval numbers.

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