Republicans love pointing to their governors, arguing they chart the party’s course to success on a national scale. “Republican governors are America’s reformers in chief,” boasted the Republican National Committee’s autopsy report. In particular, they love pointing to Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal. … Among the moves that cemented his reputation for […] Read more »
With Popularity Fading at Home, Is Jindal the New Romney?
Monday’s article on the nation’s least popular governors did not include Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, because he is not up for re-election in 2014. … But recent surveys suggest that Mr. Jindal has become very unpopular in his home state amid a series of battles on fiscal policy. … […] Read more »
Which Governors Are Most Vulnerable in 2014?
A lot can change before Election Day next year, when 36 states will vote for governor. But at this early stage — when decisions on whether to run or retire are considered and made — 10 of the 32 governors who are eligible to run for re-election have net negative […] Read more »
Can governors save the GOP?
… Many of the most prominent Republican governors came into office as part of the backlash against Obama’s first years in office. They were beneficiaries of a strong Republican tide in 2009 and 2010 and of an electorate that was decidedly different than those typical of presidential election years. As […] Read more »
Cook Scatterplots: Visualizing the 2012 Elections
The Cook Political Report has compiled interactive scatterplots visualizing Republican- and Democratic-held House/Senate seats and Governorships according to the current incumbent’s 2012 win percentage and their respective Cook PVI values going into the 2012 elections. These charts are completely sortable and filterable by a variety of parameters, and provide a […] Read more »
Governors struggling toward 2014
If misery loves company, the recent winter meeting of the National Governors Association might have been a love fest. … There are a lot of governors these days with terrible numbers in the polls. … What is going on? It would be easy to say that these are tough times for […] Read more »