Governors, 2027

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It’s May, 2027. Tell me who you think the governors of the various states will be. Write down as many as you like, even all 50 if you care to

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For what little it’s worth, here’s my forecast:


Alabama: Will Ainsworth (R)
Alaska: Jonathan Kreiss-Tompkins (D)
Arizona: Katie Hobbs (D)
Arkansas: Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R)
California: Eleni Kounalakis (D)
Colorado: Crisanta Duran (D)
Connecticut: Erin Stewart (R)
Delaware: Kathy Jennings (D)
Florida: Ron DeSantis (R)
Georgia: Jason Carter (D)
Hawaii: Josh Green (D)
Idaho: Raul Labrador (R)
Illinois: J. B. Pritzker (D)
Indiana: Mike Braun (R)
Iowa: Kim Reynolds (R)
Kansas: Scott Schwab (R)
Kentucky: Andy Beshear (D)
Louisiana: Jeff Landry (R)
Maine: Shenna Bellows (D)
Maryland: Krish Vignarajah (D)
Massachusetts: Maura Healy (D)
Michigan: Jocelyn Benson (D)
Minnesota: Peggy Flanagan (DFL)
Mississippi: Tate Reeves (R)
Missouri: Jay Ashcroft (R)
Montana: Greg Gianforte (R)
Nebraska: Jim Pillen (R)
Nevada: Joe Lombardo (R)
New Hampshire: Chris Pappas (D)
New Jersey: Tom Kean Jr (R)
New Mexico: Martin Heinrich (D)
New York: Preet Bharara (D)
North Carolina: Josh Stein (D)
North Dakota: Doug Burgum (R)
Ohio: Jon Husted (R)
Oklahoma: Ryan Walters (R)
Oregon: Lori Chavez-Deremer (R)
Pennsylvania: Josh Shapiro (D)
Rhode Island: Dan McKee (D)
South Carolina: Shane Massey (R)
South Dakota: Dusty Johnson (R)
Tennessee: Tim Burchett (R)
Texas: Ken Paxton (R)
Utah: Spencer Cox (R)
Vermont: Molly Gray (D)
Virginia: Abigail Spanberger (D)
Washington: Bob Ferguson (D)
West Virginia: Patrick Morrissey (R)
Wisconsin: Mike Gallagher (R)
Wyoming: Chip Neiman (R)

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To answer some questions:

1. Yes, Preet is a stretch but as a western NYer, I assure you that even in her home turf nobody is very impressed with Hochul and people are concerned about Zeldin’s near-win.

2. I just have a vague feeling about Moore, although I like him a lot. A scandal. A cabinet spot. Something will take him away.

3. The Florida state legislature will do nearly anything DeSantis asks of them. I don’t think he will be president, but I do see them cooking the books to let him serve a third term