Best and Worst Governors of the Past 25 Years: Virginia

[MAINEiac4434]

Land of one term.

[SATW]

FF's or Neutral:
1. George Allen
2. Jim Gilmore
3. Mark Warner
4. Douglas Wilder
5. Bob McDonnell (he was acquited, so mehhh)

HPs:
6. Terry McAuliffe
7. Tim Kaine

[Gass3268]

Governor Rum Man / Corrupt McDonnell

[America Needs R'hllor]

Warner/Allen, but most are great.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Warner/McDonnell

[Lechasseur]

FF's or Neutral:
1. George Allen
2. Jim Gilmore
3. Mark Warner
4. Douglas Wilder
5. Bob McDonnell (he was acquited, so mehhh)

HPs:
6. Terry McAuliffe
7. Tim Kaine

I'd switch McAuliffe and Kaine around but otherwise I agree with this

[Lechasseur]

Best: George Allen Worst: Terry McAuliffe

[Mr. Smith]

Warner/Allen, but most are great.

This.

[Skunk]

Meant to vote Warner/Allen but accidentally voted Warner/Gilmore.

[Kingpoleon]

1. Douglas Wilder
2. Mark Warner
3. Tim Kaine
4. Bob McDonnell
5. Jim Gilmore
6. George Allen
7. Terry McAuliffe

I'd consider putting McDonnell in sixth, Gilmore in fourth, and Allen in fifth, though. I don't know enough about his legal problems to really know for sure, though.

[heatcharger]

Best:



Worst:



Warner's a close second. Kaine was decent, but I like him better as a Senator. I have no opinion of Wilder or Jim Gilmore even. Now that I'm writing this post, I'm remembering how completely garbage McDonnell was on abortion, education, and voting rights. I just voted Allen out of instinct.

[NewYorkExpress]

Kaine/Allen...though I really don't like McAuliffe either.

[Fight for Trump]

Warner/McAuliffe

[fhtagn]

Warner/McDonnell

[Mr. Reactionary]

Worst 1: McDonnell
Worst 2: McAuliffe

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

best: McDonnell / worst: Allen

[Cactus Jack]

He's frankly an embarrassment as a Senator, but there's little contesting that Warner was a fantastic governor.

As far as bad goes, it's just as hard to contest that George Allen is pretty awful politically and as a person.

[MAINEiac4434]

Best
Don Siegelman: 66.67% (AL, 1999-2003
Tony Knowles: 47.62% (AK, 1994-2002)
Janet Napolitano: 94.42% (AZ, 2003-2009)
Mike Beebe: 45.71% (AR, 2007-2015)
Jerry Brown Part II: 67.57% (CA, 2011-)
Roy Romer & John Hickenlooper: 37.50% (CO, 1987-1999 & 2011-)
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.: 60% (CT, 1991-1995)
Mike Castle: 38.46% (DE, 1985-1992)
Lawton Chiles: 48.48% (FL, 1991-1998)
Roy Barnes: 50% (GA, 1999-2003)
Linda Lingle: 50% (HI, 2002-2010)
Cecil D. Andrus Part II: 66.67% (ID, 1987-1995)
Pat Quinn: 48.94% (IL, 2009-2015)
Evan Bayh: 48.43% (IN, 1989-1997)
Tom Vilsack: 73.68% (IA, 1999-2007)
Kathleen Sebelius: 60% (KS, 2003-2009)
Steve Beshear: 68.42% (KY, 2007-2015)
John Bel Edwards: 62.50% (LA, 2016-)
Angus King: 55.17% (ME, 1995-2003)
Martin O'Malley: 45% (MD, 2007-2015)
William Weld & Deval Patrick: 38.71% (MA, 1991-1997 & 2007-2015)
Jennifer Granholm: 68.57% (MI, 2003-2011)
Mark Dayton: 65.38% (MN, 2011-)
Ronnie Musgrove: 69.57% (MS, 2000-2004)
Mel Carnahan: 79.17% (MO, 1993-2000)
Ben Nelson: 76.47% (NE, 1991-1999)
Brian Sandoval: 60.87% (NV, 2011-)
John Lynch: 41.18% (NH, 2007-2013)
Christine Todd Whitman: 52.17% (NJ, 1994-2001)
Gary Johnson: 61.9% (NM, 1995-2003)
Mario Cuomo: 43.24% (NY, 1983-1994)
Jim Hunt, Part II: 44.44% (NC, 1993-2001)
George A. Sinner & John Hoeven: 41.67% (ND, 1985-1992 & 2000-2010)
Ted Strickland: 43.24% (OH, 2007-2011)
Brad Henry: 62.5% (OK, 2003-2011)
Kate Brown: 40% (OR, 2015-)
Robert P. Casey: 33.33% (PA, 1987-1995)
Lincoln Chafee: 53.33% (RI, 2011-2015)
Jim Hodges: 61.11% (SC, 1999-2003)
George S. Mickelson: 55.56% (SD, 1987-1993)
Phil Breseden: 53.33% (TN, 2003-2011)
Ann Richards: 54.55% (TX, 1991-1995)
Jon Huntsman, Jr.: 80% (UT, 2005-2009)
Howard Dean: 56.52% (VT, 1991-2003)
Mark Warner: 43.24% (VA, 2002-2006)

Worst
Robert Bentley: 100% (AL, 2011-2017)
Sarah Palin: 52.38% (AK, 2006-2009)
Jan Brewer: 77.78% (AZ, 2009-2015)
Mike Huckabee: 51.43% (AR, 1998-2007)
Pete Wilson: 43.24% (CA, 1991-1999)
Bill Owens: 62.50% (CO, 1999-2007)
John G. Rowland: 47.83% (CT, 1995-2004)
Dale E. Wolf: 46.15% (DE, 1992-1993)
Rick Scott: 66.67% (FL, 2011-)
Nathan Deal: 65% (GA, 2011-)
Neil Abercrombie: 62.50% (HI, 2010-2014)
C.L. "Butch" Otter: 28.57% (ID, 2007-)
Rod Blagojevich: 48.94% (IL, 2003-2009)
Mike Pence: 60.87% (IN, 2013-2017)
Terry Branstad Part II: 73.68% (IA, 2011-2017)
Sam Brownback: 86.36% (KS, 2011-)
Matt Bevin: 60% (KY, 2015-)
Bobby Jindal: 48.39% (LA, 2008-2016)
Paul LePage: 79.31% (ME, 2011-)
Bob Ehrlich, Jr.: 47.06% (MD, 2003-2007)
Mitt Romney: 51.72% (MA, 2003-2007)
Rick Snyder: 80% (MI, 2011-)
Jesse Ventura: 42.32% (MN, 1999-2003)
Phil Bryant: 47.87% (MS, 2011-)
John Ashcroft: 47.83% (MO, 1985-1993)
Pete Ricketts: 68.75% (NE, 2015-)
Jim Gibbons: 77.27% (NV, 2007-2011)
Maggie Hassan & Chris Sununu: 29.41% (2013-2017 & 2017-)
Chris Christie: 68% (NJ, 2010-)
Bill Richardson: 57.14% (NM, 2003-2011)
Eliot Spitzer: 45.95% (NY, 2006-2008)
Pat McCrory: 57.89% (NC, 2013-2016)
Jack Dalrymple: 50% (ND, 2010-2016)
Bob Taft: 57.89% (OH, 1999-2007)
Mary Fallin: 81.25% (OK, 2011-)
John Kitzhaber Part II: 73.33% (OR, 2011-2015)
Tom Corbett: 62.96% (PA, 2011-2015)
Gina Raimondo: 41.18% (RI, 2015-)
Mark Sanford: 55.56% (SC, 2003-2011)
Bill Janklow & Mike Rounds: 44.44% (SD, 1995-2003 & 2003-2011)
Don Sundquist: 73.33% (TN, 1995-2003)
Greg Abbott: 42.42% (TX, 2015-)
Gary Herbert: 60% (UT, 2009-)
Peter Shumlin: 43.48% (VT, 2011-2017)
Bob McDonnell: 32.43% (VA, 2010-2014)