the first buyout conoco, about 20 years ago or better. .his is part of conoco phillips a lot of the history started in as mossville far and the mossville residents. many yearsarm, ago before conoco expanded, they actually had homes here. families lived here. this is one of the first buyouts the refineries did. families on both sides of this road, and it was bought to expand for conoco. the development you see recently has happened in the last five years. in 2013, tome in start their buyout. don't wantout, i anyone to misinterpret. it was on a volunteer basis that to leave -- had a choice to either stay or except the buyout they offered. adrienne: how many companies operate in this area? butch: i would say in a 10 mile radius, there is conoco ppg, i would say at least 15. adrienne: what are those companies making? ppg is paint, city services gas, oil, vinyl, chlorine. >> sasson is a chemical manufacturing company. they were making an $11 billion expansion of the plant -- and $11 million expansion of the plant. products went into stuff that is ultimately final products of dr. and gamble and people like that. ,hings like liquid tide dishwashing liquids and powders. mossville

ago or better. and this is part of the conoco partially --. startedt of the history in this area, as far as the mossville and mossville residents. this tank farm here, many years ago before conoco expanded, it was small. it's actually had homes here. families lived in this area. it was one of the first buyout that the refineries did. families were on both sides of this road, and it was bought to expand for conoco. development you see recently has happened in the last five years. in 2013 to start their buyout -- not a force out. i don't want them to misinterpret. it was on a volunteer basis that you had a choice to leave the or to accept the buyouts that they were offering. about how many other companies are operating around this area? >> i would say in a 10 mile radius, there is conoco phillips, samsung, pbg, i would about 18.st 15 or 20, >> what are most of those companies making? >> i think most of the companies here -- ppg is paying city service, the same as gas, oil, vcm is vinyl, chlorine. >> we are a chemical manufacturing company. they are in the process of building an $11 billion expansion chemical plant. the end product prior to the instructions of surfactant --

ago or better. this was part of conoco phillips. a lot of the history started in as far as the martial residence just where this tank farm was many years ago beforeonoco expanded. this was small. families lived in this area. this was one of the first buyout's the refineries did. families on both sides of this road. the development you see recently has happened in the last five years. sassaw came in in 2013 to start their buyout. volunteer basis that you had a choice to either stay accept the buyout they offered. host: travel to lake charles, louisiana, all part of the c-span cities tour. booktv and american history tv. midterm elections, governor races, louis jacobson is following this as a contributing editor to governing magazine. guest: there are 36 governors races this year. host: why are they significant? guest: there are a lot of reasons. a lot of policies made at the state level. not everything is at the federal government level. there is a big policy impact. because the 2020 census is coming up, you have the last chance for democrats, who currently trail in the governors by 32-16, it is their last chance to even up the governorships. gove