(NECN: Alison King) - Scott Brown's Massachusetts Senate victory a week ago has Democratic incumbents taking a fresh look at their campaign strategies. Among them, Governor Deval Patrick. Patrick is dealing with a sluggish economy, low approval ratings, and suddenly a resurgent Republican Party. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick braved the elements to tour the wastewater treatment facility in Maynard -- just one municipality that will be receiving part of the latest $185 million dollars in stimulus funds -- making a total of $800 million for water infrastructure improvement projects. Job creation has been a priority of Patrick’s, but look for it to receive top billing in the coming months as he fights for re-election this fall. The Governor faces three opponents: Treasurer Tim Cahill, an Independent, and two Republicans, Christy Mihos and Charlie Baker, both of whom are looking to capitalize on Republican Scott Brown's big win last week. Brown ran on an agenda of more jobs and fewer taxes prompting some democrats to suggest Patrick has some tweaking to do of his own agenda. Boston College political science professor Marc Landy says Patrick has to figure out how to appeal more to suburbanites -- a point on which at least some long time Democrats would agree. In a newspaper Op/Ed Sunday, State senator Steven Baddour, a moderate Democrat from Methuen says the party: "...has lost touch with the concerns of the majority of voters in Massachusetts." Adding that democrats need to re-align themselves with "The issues that matter most to all of us: jobs, taxes, and accountability." Patrick may appreciate that argument, but it's not one that seems to be changing his basic philosophy of the role of government. Deval Patrick: People are struggling right now. Even people who don't normally think of their of having to rely on government are having to rely on government in different ways right now and we have got to be as responsive to that as possible.” Further complicating Patrick’s re-election is the fact that the Republican frontrunner, Charlie Baker, while a fiscal conservative is also attractive to many moderates and even liberals for his views on social issues. Baker is pro-choice and pro-gay marriage. On the plus side for Patrick, the fact that there is an Independent in the race. Tim Cahill is a former Democrat who shares many of Baker's fiscally conservative ideas. Marc Landy: I think that he would, if he could get away with it would make a campaign contribution to Tim Cahill. Patrick has a proven record of success on the campaign trail. His 2006 victory made that clear. But that was four long years and one economic crisis ago. 2010 is shaping up to be an even tougher challenge.