Three nail-biting gubernatorial contests in deeply red states have both Democrats and Republicans on edge in the two weeks before Election Day, in races that will test President Trump’s ability to move votes a year before his reelection bid. Two incumbents,…
After Republicans won big in successive election cycles to take control of more governorships than at almost any other time in the party’s history, the GOP now finds itself defending a huge number of seats in critical swing states in…
“Religious liberty” laws and bathroom bills were supposed to be conservatives’ counterattack to the growing codification of gay and transgender rights, including the Supreme Court’s approval of same-sex marriage. Instead, social conservatives are losing battles over gay, lesbian and transgender…
A pair of former political rivals recently teamed up to launch a consulting firm aimed at helping large businesses lobby at the state level. They say this local strategy can help companies bypass Washington gridlock. Last month, Phil Cox, the…
Over the past four years, the men who ran the Republican and Democratic governors’ associations competed fiercely. Now, they’re going into business together. RGA executive director Phil Cox and his DGA counterpart, Colm O’Comartun, are forming 50 State LLC, a…