Political Note #268 Roy Cooper Governor North Carolina

February 9, 2020
Governor / General Election / 2020 / State Elections / Year / State / Type of Election / Political Notes / North Carolina

Look at the recent Daily Bits on the website. What Iowa can do to keep its caucus first, A Democratic candidate for US Senate at work Political Note #268 Roy Cooper Governor North Carolina 2020 General Election North Carolina can be the next Virginia. In 2017, Virginia elected Democrats as Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General and almost achieved a majority in the House of Delegates. In 2019, Virginia elected enough Democrats to the House of Delegates so they had a majority; enough Democrats to the State Senate so that body had a majority, too. North Carolina currently has a…

Political Note #261 Rebecca Holcombe Vermont Governor

January 8, 2020
Governor / General Election / 2020 / State Elections / Year / State / Type of Election / Political Notes / Vermont

Rebecca Holcombe has chosen to campaign against one of the most popular governors in the country. Are there reasons to support her candidacy? The most important reason, though, is the entire country is served every time someone with integrity is elected as governor, every time an intelligent, imaginative leader is elected as governor.

Political Note #255 Nicole Galloway Missouri Governor

December 15, 2019
Governor / General Election / 2020 / State Elections / Year / State / Type of Election / Political Notes / Missouri

Look at the recent Daily Bits on the website. Super delegates. President Whack a Mole. 2020 General Election “Politics ain’t beanbag.” Not in Missouri. Nicole Galloway https://nicolegalloway.com/ is Missouri’s State Auditor. She is running for Governor. Missouri’s politics of the last few years provides a context for her current job and her candidacy. She became State Auditor after the previous elected State Auditor, Tom Schweich, committed suicide during his campaign for Governor. A Republican, the reports were that he was distressed by a “whispering campaign” claiming that he was Jewish. An Episcopalian, he did, apparently, have a Jewish paternal grandfather.…

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November 7, 2019
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Political Note #218 Roy Cooper North Carolina Governor

June 9, 2019
Governor / 2020 / State Elections / Year / State / Political Notes / North Carolina

Roy Cooper was elected Governor of North Carolina in 2016. After sixteen years as attorney general. A Morehouse Scholar at the University of North Carolina. His election as Governor reflected his strengths and a changing North Carolina.

Political Note #216 Andy Beshear KY Governor

June 1, 2019
Win / Governor / General Election / State Elections / 2019 / Year / State / Type of Election / Political Notes / Kentucky

Andy Beshear is running against Matt Bevin, the most unpopular governor in the country, the governor he has been suing. Bevin will not be a pushover this November. No matter how unpopular, Bevin will attack relentlessly.

Political Note #208 John Bel Edwards LA Governor

April 17, 2019
Governor / General Election / State Elections / 2019 / Year / State / Political Notes / Louisiana

John Bel Edwards is Louisiana’s Democratic Governor. He is running for reelection. ohn Bel Edwards’ father was a sheriff. His grandfather, too. His great grandfather as well. One more thing. So is his brother. The Edwards family is in a Louisiana political Hall of Fame for this accomplishment.

Political Note #198 Jim Hood MS Governor

February 26, 2019
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Jim Hood is about as Mississippi as you can get. He has been the Mississippi Attorney General since 2003, the Democratic Attorney General. He is running for Governor in the November, 2019 election.

Political Note #174 Governor Summary

October 16, 2018
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This Political Note is a summary of the political situation for selected gubernatorial candidates shortly before the 2018 election.

Political Note #169 Laura Kelly KS Governor

October 1, 2018
Win / Governor / General Election / State Elections / 2018 / Year / Result / State / Type of Election / Political Notes / Kansas

Eighteen years as Executive Director of the Kansas Recreation and Parks Association, lobbying the legislature on behalf of parks. she was elected to the state Senate in 2004. She experienced the disaster of the Brownback experiment, has the support of moderate Republicans as well as Kansas's Democrats, and could be elected governor.