Tag: governors
Disqualified Republican candidates in Michigan governor’s race lose appeals.
Judge Elizabeth L. Gleicher wrote in the ruling that the Board of State Canvassers did not have a clear legal duty to compare all of the signatures on [...]
Republican Governors Lose Their Dread of Trump
There are two Republican parties.That’s a vast oversimplification, of course. Republican pollsters have been known to sort G.O.P. voters into seven ca [...]
Two Republicans Face Disqualification in Michigan Governor’s Race
Both Mr. Craig and Mr. Johnson were widely viewed as front-runners for the party’s nomination in a key battleground state, where Republicans have clas [...]
GOP governors call on DOJ to ‘enforce the law’ as protesters gather outside justices’ homes
The debate over protests at justices’ homes is just one of the murky political fault lines emerging from the disclosure of a draft majority opinion l [...]
Jeff Yass, Republican Megadonor, Scrambled to Stop Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania Governor’s Race
Jeff Yass, a Pennsylvania-based financier and a major Republican donor, had a straightforward request for Bill McSwain, a trailing candidate in that s [...]
For Democratic Female Governors, the Roe Leak Alters the Midterm Calculus
Every female governor’s seat is up for election this year. All nine of them.The three Republicans are likely to sail to re-election. It’s a different [...]
Why Republican Insurgents Are Struggling to Topple G.O.P. Governors
Jim Renacci, an acolyte of Donald J. Trump who is trying to capitalize on outsider energy to oust the Republican governor of Ohio, has found himself o [...]
Republican Governors Attack National Economy While Boasting About Own States
In speeches and media appearances, Republican governors are savaging President Biden for policies they say are wrecking the U.S. economy as a whole. B [...]
Gas price spike pressures governors to lower taxes
“The combination of a war and a pandemic — if that’s not an emergency I don’t know what is,” said New York state Sen. Kevin Parker (D-Brooklyn), who [...]
Democratic Governors Look to Biden for a Political Reset
“The sluggish return to normalcy following the pandemic is a major factor in voter satisfaction with a lot the Democratic incumbents,” said Jesse Hunt [...]
In Texas Governor’s Race, Beto O’Rourke Haunted by 2020 Campaign
TYLER, Texas — Even in deep red East Texas, even on a Tuesday afternoon, even after a failed bid for the Senate followed by a failed bid for president [...]
Democratic governors drop mask mandates despite high coronavirus cases and hospitalizations
As an exhausted nation continues to grapple with the coronavirus, Democrats are facing growing public pressure to move on to the pandemic’s next ph [...]
Here’s what 5 governors have to say on Covid, climate change and campaign plans
Though effective vaccines have been widely available throughout the country for most of last year, the virus continues to disrupt society — particula [...]
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey Enters Governor’s Race
Maura Healey, the attorney general of Massachusetts, announced on Thursday that she was running for governor.Ms. Healey, a Democrat, is the most well [...]
President Biden taps economists for Fed governors’ seats, Sarah Bloom Raskin as vice chair for supervision
The White House has officially tapped former Fed governor Sarah Bloom Raskin to serve as the vice chair for supervision for the Federal Reserve, as we [...]