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[West_Midlander]

California gubernatorial election, 2018
This is the runoff because there's no President Infinity mechanic for a jungle primary. I played as Rice. I began a 100+ day campaign as a minor underdog, down in the polls by a few points but I had about $25 million in the bank and 4/5 for most campaign stats. I upgraded research and ads to the max of five, campaigned (policy speeches) and rallied in close areas. In the middle and later part of the race I began coming out with web ads and a ton of insight upgraded tv ads (positive and negative ads). I didn't try much to keep up debate/issue skills but Condi's stats held up allowing her a wide margin of victory in the first debate, though a draw in the second debate and a small loss in the third (overshadowed by an adstorm for her (my) campaign). Rice led by as much as five and as little as <1% once she got in the lead but she held onto it for the final two months of the campaign. The result was fair, a bit closer than I expected, and a decent win.

Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice - Republican - 52% (+12%) - 7,538,108 (+4,608,895)
Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom - Democratic - 48% (-12%) - 6,954,373 (+2,566,005)
(change for party from 2014)

[West_Midlander]

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2018
Played as Stein. I think ITTL Stein is probably in a good position to run for some lower office, US House is solid Democratic for Massachusetts (if she doesn't pursue the presidency again) she could run for US Senate, State Senate, or some other office in MA (state or federal). Though perhaps a leftward challenge for a House seat is possible, encompassing some of the counties she did best in. Best county (29%, 2nd place). Worst county (9%, third place). Stein got into the gubernatorial debate (exceeded 10% in the polls, was at 13-14) and won the debate by a wide margin. On election day, Stein had been averaging just under 15% in the polls and was polling 6% in her worst county.

[West_Midlander]

Arizona gubernatorial election, 2014
I found an AZ gubernatorial scenario for 2014 on the 270soft website and decided to give it a go as a third party. I think the scenario was published despite being somewhat of a WIP as Stein was still listed as the candidate for the Greens with the same blurb as the default 2016 presidential one. For the purposes of this alternate timeline, I'll say the candidate was in fact Angel Torres, one of the sitting chairs of the Arizona Greens. Though I just found out the Greens had their party status revoked in 2012 due to poor performance and did not regain it until 2016 so this is technically an "Independent Green" campaign similar to how Greens ran occasionally as unaffiliated and were endorsed by the State Green Party in my home state of North Carolina.

Doug Ducey - Republican: 35.7% (661,838 votes)
Fred DuVal - Democratic: 34.7% (641,654 votes)
Angel Torres - Independent (Green): 23.1% (428,224 votes)
John Lewis Mealer - Americans Elect: 3.3% (61,672 votes)
Barry Hess - Libertarian: 3.1% (58,321 votes)
Greens got in the higher teens and especially 20s in most counties (percentage). Greens won the vote by more than 3% in Greenlee County, Democrats came last of five parties in Greenlee Co. with two percent of the vote. It was 44-35 in Graham County with Democrats in a distant third at less than 10%. Greens were a distant third in Apache County and a close third in Navajo County (double digits in both and above 20% in NV). In Coconino County, Greens were second place. The same was so in Gila and Pinal Counties. In Santa Cruz County, Greens were a distant third and in the single digits, their worst performance. In Cochise County, Greens were third. In Pima County, Greens were fourth, falling slightly behind even the Americans Elect group with over 14% each. In Yavapai County, Greens were third. In La Paz and Mohave Counties, Greens were in a distant third. Greens were in second in Yuma County. In the big Maricopa County prize, Greens were a close third to the GOP. This is where the Democrats nearly caught up statewide. Polling about 17% by the time the debates came around, Greens exceeded the 15% to get into the debates. Torres won all three gubernatorial debates by large margins though the running mate was listed as "Various Greens" so I assumed there wouldn't be a VP/running mate debate. There was and I found out with enough advance in order to get a decent second place finish 2/3 for the running mate. I think the 3 P debate to 1 VP debate is leftover from the 2016 default campaign in PI for President. I had falsely assumed, at first, that there would be one or more gubernatorial candidate-only debates as the MA scenario I played previously had a sole debate for the candidate and no running mate.

[West_Midlander]

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2018

Played as Setti Warren and defeated Charlie Baker in a close one. I gained a lead of several points in the polls and won the endorsements of the vast majority of endorsers and won the gubernatorial debate. Though debate attacks on Baker backfired and boosted him. A bit before that I had also stopped running ads because without active fundraising, due to momentum and support my funds amount was rising quicker than I could spent it and it felt like I was just treading water. By the end of the campaign, I ended with a $26.3 million campaign surplus which would've allowed me to run 30+, probably almost 40 statewide TV ads (the most expensive ads out of TV, radio, newspaper and web ads).