Governor News & Analysis
Indiana. Open; Eric Holcomb (R) term-limited. Both the Democratic and Republican Governors Associations are investing in this race: $600,00 from the DGA to Democrat Jennifer McCormick and $750,000 from the RGA to Sen. Mike Braun. The Braun campaign suffered two missteps last week, airing a campaign ad without a disclaimer…
Nathan Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin unveil the latest Inside Elections/Noble Predictive Insights poll in North Carolina’s 1st District and analyze the vice presidential debate between Sen. J.D. Vance and Gov. Tim Walz before discussing election polls, models, and election forecasting with Nathaniel Rakich of FiveThirtyEight.
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Indiana. Open; Eric Holcomb (R) term-limited. Two recent Democratic polls, including one previously unreported, show a tight race between GOP Sen. Mike Braun and former state Superintendent of Education Jennifer McCormick (a former Republican). The race had previously seen some national attention when Republicans picked controversial pastor Micah Beckwith as…
The latest revelations about North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will only make it more difficult for Republicans to win back the Tar Heel State’s top office this fall.
CNN’s thorough story, which recounts the virulently racist, sexist and anti-semitic comments Robinson made on adult online forums —…
Nathan Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin unveil the latest Inside Elections/Noble Predictive Insights poll in Montana’s 1st District, talk about the latest rating changes, and analyze a critical House race in Connecticut with Daniela Altimari of CQ Roll Call.
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Delaware. Open; John Carney Jr. (D) term-limited. Newcastle County Executive Matt Meyer won the important Democratic primary 47-37 percent over Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long and is the heavy favorite to win over Republican Mike Ramone in November. The last Republican to win a gubernatorial election in the First State was…
Nathan Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin unveil the latest Inside Elections/Noble Predictive Insights poll in Oregon’s 5th District and the latest rating changes, and chat with former Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd of NBC News about interviewing candidates and covering elections.
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North Carolina. Roy Cooper (D) term-limited. A state as evenly divided as North Carolina is always going to hold close, competitive elections. But state Attorney General Josh Stein, a Democrat, has built up a steady polling lead over Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whose history of controversial and offensive comments…
Nathan Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin discuss and analyze the first three days of the Democratic National Convention on location in Chicago, including the biggest themes, speeches and highlights, and the impact Vice President Kamala Harris is having on the presidential races and the fight for the House and Senate.
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I don’t remember much from our candidate interview with Tim Walz, but I’m going to guess I wasn’t impressed. In my defense, it was nearly 19 years ago, when Walz ran in southern Minnesota’s 1st District.
Even though I’d look much smarter now if I said back then that he…