What vulnerable governors can bounce back from defeat this year?

[Tekken_Guy]

What vulnerable governors can bounce back from defeat if they lose this November?

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

How do you mean “bounce back”? As in challenge the person who defeats them? I would imagine none of them, though I could see Whitmer having a future in the Democratic Party even if she loses.

[Mr.Phips]

Most likely Whitmer.  Dems would likely not hold her 2022 loss against her since it was a bad year to be running.  I wouldn’t be surprised to see her run to replace Stabanow in 2024.

[President Johnson]

Depends on what "bouncing back" exactly means. The likes of Whitmer, Sisolak and Evers are vulnerable, and it's likely they will remain vulnerable up until election day. Then, they might win reelection or not.

So far, Ned Lamont seems to have bounced back big time after his approvals dropped a few months into office. His pandemic management seems to have turned the tide.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Beto will never be the same after he loses

[Senator Spark]

Most likely Whitmer.  Dems would likely not hold her 2022 loss against her since it was a bad year to be running.  I wouldn’t be surprised to see her run to replace Stabanow in 2024.

[NewYorkExpress]

Gretchen Whitmer probably will be the nominee to replace Stabenow in 2024 win or lose in 2022 (I don't think Stabenow runs for reelection).

Other than that, Kevin Sitt comes to mind, if he somehow manages to lose in Oklahoma. Jim Inhofe is going to retire or die eventually, and I imagine Sitt would run in a hypothetical special election for that seat.

[Meatball Ron]

Yeah I'll agree with the rest of the thread in that Whitmer can definitely win in the future if she loses this year.

Evers and Sisolak on the other hand, would be done (and I doubt Evers, especially, would even want to run for anything else).

[Sol]

I don't think losing this year would really harm Stacey Abrams's standing in the party.

Not a governor ofc, but really the only losing candidate who I could say this for.

[Calthrina950]

Gretchen Whitmer probably will be the nominee to replace Stabenow in 2024 win or lose in 2022 (I don't think Stabenow runs for reelection).

Other than that, Kevin Sitt comes to mind, if he somehow manages to lose in Oklahoma. Jim Inhofe is going to retire or die eventually, and I imagine Sitt would run in a hypothetical special election for that seat.

Stitt is not going to lose in this environment, especially in a state as Republican as Oklahoma, where no Democrat has won a statewide office since 2006. But you're right about his prospects. He could very well succeed Inhofe, and I wouldn't be surprised if Inhofe decides to finally retire when he is next up in 2026, as he will be 92 years old by then.

[President Johnson]

Depends on what "bouncing back" exactly means. The likes of Whitmer, Sisolak and Evers are vulnerable, and it's likely they will remain vulnerable up until election day. Then, they might win reelection or not.

So far, Ned Lamont seems to have bounced back big time after his approvals dropped a few months into office. His pandemic management seems to have turned the tide.

I'm an idiot... somehow I missunderstood the question as to who can "escape vulnerability".

Whitmer is the obvious answer here, though I don't see anything else but a 2026 rematch, perhaps under a Republican president. I don't think either senate seats opens up this decade. Stabbenow likely runs again in 2024.

The other vulnerable governors (Sisolak, Kelly, Mills and Evers) are pretty old already. If they lose, their political careers are probably over. Same is true for DeWine (vulnerable in the primary). Kemp isn't that old, but I don't think he has anywhere to go after losing either a primary or the general. I don't consider DeSantis vulnerable.

[SnowLabrador]

Define "bounce back."