gubernatorial races - Page 4

Sheriff Joe Lombardo shows a commanding lead in the Nevada gubernatorial Republican primary roughly one year out from the midterm elections, according to polling done by a pro-Lombardo PAC.

A state both corporate media and establishment Republicans have insisted on writing off as a Democratic lost cause firmly asserted its swing identity this week.

On November 3, 2021–the day after statewide Virginia elections were conducted–it was clear that Bloomberg-backed Everytown for Gun Safety spent a lot of money for naught. 

Virginia parents gained a huge advantage in their battle to keep racial and transgender advocacy out of K-12 classrooms by placing Republican Glenn Youngkin into the governor’s office.

Republicans are lavishing Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin with congratulations for what seems to be a victory over Democrat candidate Terry McAullife.

Political outsider Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) to become the next governor of Virginia after a closely watched race widely seen as an indicator of national sentiment heading into next year’s midterms.

Virginia polling precincts on Tuesday are reportedly blocking maskless residents from voting. Mask mandates are reportedly not in place among Virginia counties.

LOUDOUN, Virginia — Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin ended his marathon statewide tour in Loudoun County, delivering his culminating campaign speech Monday night to thousands of supporters in the wealthy, blue Northern Virginia suburb.

Former President Donald Trump released a statement on Monday, encouraging Virginians to “get out and VOTE” on Tuesday for Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin as the race comes to a close.

Virginia gubernatorial Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin leads Democrat candidate former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) in the polls, with one day before the heavily watched Virginia election is set to take place.

Virginia voters on Monday have rejected President Biden’s agenda heading into gubernatorial election Tuesday, which indicates Republicans may pull off a huge upset against Democrats.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is planning to announce a gubernatorial bid in the near future, according to three people directly familiar with the plans who spoke to The Associated Press.

The College Republicans student organization at Washington & Lee University (W&L) in Virginia was prevented from displaying campaign material referencing the Commonwealth’s upcoming gubernatorial election, according to the group’s president and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).

There is a virtual tie with the Virginia gubernatorial race between former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin, with less than a month left before the polls close.

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin squared off against former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) in their first debate on Thursday, one day ahead of early voting beginning for the Old Dominion’s contentious off-year election.

Wisconsin Republican and former Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch announced her candidacy for the gubernatorial race in 2022, promising to build a stronger Wisconsin than incumbent Gov. Tony Evers (D) has done.

The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia let go of multiple campaign staffers Wednesday night, including her campaign manager and press secretary, according to multiple reports.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Wednesday he is backing Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt in Kansas’s 2022 gubernatorial race as Schmidt vies to unseat Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat running for reelection in the solid red Sunflower State.

The Virginia gubernatorial race between former Virginia Democrat Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin is in a statistical tie, according to a co/efficient poll released by the Hill on Friday.

The late Gov. Mario Cuomo (D), father of the embattled Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), experienced a shocking defeat in his 1994 campaign for reelection in which he lost to now former Gov. George Pataki (R), a lesser-known politician serving as a Republican state senator at the time.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) leads candidate Allen West in a hypothetical Republican primary poll leading up to the Texas gubernatorial election in 2022.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin (NY) has outraised New York’s scandal-ridden Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the latest fundraising quarter.

New Jersey’s Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy is leading by double digits in the state’s gubernatorial race, a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll released this week found.

Disney and Sony are among the film industry companies that donated to the re-election campaign of Louisiana Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards in the wake of the governor’s trip to Los Angeles last fall to meet with Hollywood film executives.

Departing White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is “extremely serious” about a potential Arkansas gubernatorial run, according to a recent report from Politico.

Andrew Gillum supporters are making false accusations of racism to destroy the character and career of Ron DeSantis, a good and decent man.

Connecticut Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Bob Stefanowski are in a gubernatorial race that is now “too close to call,” says a Quinnipiac University poll.

Republican businessman John Cox is taking on the problem of homelessness in California — one of the most pressing problems facing the state, and one that Democratic leaders statewide have been unable to solve.

“As we have said from the beginning, this race will continue to move in Stefanowski’s direction as voters realize that Ned’s Lamont’s policies are the same ones that put our state in its current position,” Stefanowski campaign spokesman Kendall Marr said, according to CT Mirror. “When it comes to Ned, Oz, and [Gov.] Dan Malloy, they are three peas in a pod.”

Republican governor candidate John Cox and the “Yes on Proposition 6″ gas tax repeal campaign barnstormed on the :Big Yellow Bus” through Silicon Valley on Monday, part of a statewide tour.

Republican businessman John Cox has surged in the race for California governor, trailing Democrat Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom by only 7.4% in the latest KFI-NBC poll, conducted by Thomas Partners Strategies.

Republican John Cox and Democrat Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom square off on Monday morning for their only debate in the race for governor of California as the polls have tightened.

Parents in a Sacramento, California suburban school district were shocked this week to discover that Lt. Gov Gavin Newsom, the Democratic Party candidate for governor in November, was portrayed in a first-grade textbook as a “champion for people’s rights.”

Former Democratic President Barack Obama endorsed fellow Democrat Gavin Newsom for governor of California on Wednesday and praised him for being “the first to recognize the right to marry who you love” when he briefly legalized gay marriage in 2004, during his time as mayor of San Francisco.

A newly-released poll from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) has found that over half (56%) of likely registered voters in the Golden State say a political candidate’s positions on environmental issues will be very important in determining their vote in the upcoming governor’s race.

California’s Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom (D), who is competing against Republican John Cox to become California’s next governor, reportedly said he regrets implementing a policy while he was mayor of San Francisco that required law enforcement officers to report juvenile illegal aliens who were charged with committing violent crimes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).