These Governor Races in 2022 Hold the Key to the 2024 National Election. Here’s Why.
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Most voters don’t follow governor races outside of their own home state. That makes sense in a normal cycle, where the elections held in one state don’t so much impact what happens in another. But if 2020 taught us anything, it is that our electoral fates are intertwined with other states in ways we didn’t understand very well before. After all, it was ultimately Democratic governors in states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin who held their radical state legislators in check, deterring them from moving to appoint alternate slates of electors through the power of the governor’s veto. And it was Republican governors in Georgia and Arizona—two that happened to be true to their oaths of office and the constitution—who certified elections that their own party activists wanted to invalidate based on false fraud claims.
These Governor Races in 2022 Hold the Key to the 2024 National Election. Here’s Why.
These Governor Races in 2022 Hold the Key to…
These Governor Races in 2022 Hold the Key to the 2024 National Election. Here’s Why.
Most voters don’t follow governor races outside of their own home state. That makes sense in a normal cycle, where the elections held in one state don’t so much impact what happens in another. But if 2020 taught us anything, it is that our electoral fates are intertwined with other states in ways we didn’t understand very well before. After all, it was ultimately Democratic governors in states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin who held their radical state legislators in check, deterring them from moving to appoint alternate slates of electors through the power of the governor’s veto. And it was Republican governors in Georgia and Arizona—two that happened to be true to their oaths of office and the constitution—who certified elections that their own party activists wanted to invalidate based on false fraud claims.