Unlike in the House or Senate, there’s no prize waiting for the party that controls a majority of America’s fifty governorships.
But the last two years have underscored the important role that governors play in politics and in the lives of everyday Americans, from leading the response to the Covid-19…
ALABAMA. Kay Ivey (R), assumed office 2017, elected 2018 (60%). Ivey is running for her second full term and faces two credible challengers in the GOP primary, which is the real contest in this deeply Republican state. Tim James, a construction businessman and the son of former Gov. Fob James,…
IOWA. Kim Reynolds (R), assumed office 2017, elected 2018 (50.3%). Democrats came just a few points away from winning the Iowa gubernatorial race in 2018 but it’s been downhill since. Almost all of the party’s bench — Rep. Cindy Axne (running for re-election), state Auditor Rob Sand, state Rep. Ras…
NEW YORK. Kathy Hochul, assumed office August 2021. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the towering, dynastic figure who once seemed invulnerable to attacks from his left or right, is gone, felled by a sexual harassment scandal that is still reverberating through the political and media worlds.
In his place is Hochul,…
Voters officially kicked off the midterms in Texas Tuesday night, heading to the polls to select party nominees for Congress, governor, and other statewide offices. The results were largely as expected, though a few races will head to runoffs on May 24 because no candidate secured a majority of the…
President Joe Biden’s weak political standing looks like cement around the feet of the Democratic majorities in Congress. And even though the 2022 midterm elections are still more than 9 months away, history tells us Biden’s job rating isn’t likely to improve and more likely will deteriorate before Election Day.
…California House
Rather than running for re-election in the newly-drawn 3rd District and potentially face a formidable GOP assemblyman and competitive general election, GOP Rep. Tom McClintock is choosing to run for re-election in the newly-drawn 5th District, which has more of a GOP lean. It does mean the…
California’s 22nd District
Even before California’s new congressional map has been finalized by the state’s redistricting commission, GOP Rep. Devin Nunes announced he is resigning at the end of the year to become CEO of the new Trump Media & Technology Group. Nunes was in position to become chairman…
Our political system is broken. Partisanship, however, is not to blame. It’s the personalization.
In the current political environment, it’s not enough to disagree with a political foe about policy. You have to discredit, demonize and destroy that person as a human being.
Arizona Republican Paul Gosar’s anime on Twitter…
Georgia Governor
Former state House minority leader/2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams made her long-anticipated 2022 gubernatorial bid official on Dec. 1, putting her on the path for an epic rematch of the 2018 race that pitted her against now-Gov. Brian Kemp in a race decided by 1 point,…
