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Choice Performance Pay Reform-Minded? No No Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No ? No
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* = Election in 2012 49% of governors (including Washington, DC mayor) are considered education reformers.
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