Favorite Governor/Senate Candidate per cycle

[EternalOptimistPopulist]

Who's your favorite Gubernatorial and Senate General Election candidate per election cycle? I'm mostly going with challengers/new candidates, but feel free to put whoever you want.

2010
GOV: Scott Walker (R-WI)
SEN: Rand Paul (R-KY)

2012
GOV: Mike Pence (R-IN)
SEN: Ted Cruz (R-TX)

2014
GOV: Doug Ducey (R-AZ)
SEN: Joni Ernst (R-IA)

2016
GOV: Roy Cooper (D-NC)
SEN: Rand Paul (R-KY)

2018
GOV: Brian Kemp (R-GA)
SEN: Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)

2020
GOV: Chris Sununu (R-NH)
SEN: Tom Cotton (R-AR)

2022
GOV: Lee Zeldin (R-NY)
SEN: Tiffany Smiley (R-WA)

[Ferguson97]

2023
Governor: Andy Beshear
Senate: n/a

2022
Governor: Gretchen Whitmer
Senator: Raphael Warnock

2021
Governor: Phil Murphy
Senate: Jon Ossoff (technically)

2020
Governor: Roy Cooper
Senator: Jon Ossoff

2019
Governor: Andy Beshear
Senate: n/a

2018
Governor: Gretchen Whitmer
Senator: Beto O'Rourke

2017
Governor: Phil Murphy
Senator: Doug Jones

2016
Governor: Roy Cooper
Senator: Jason Kander

[America Needs R'hllor]

2010
GOV: Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
SEN: Michael Bennet (D-CO)

2012
GOV: Jay Inslee (D-WA)
SEN: Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

2014
GOV: Wendy Davis (D-TX)
SEN: Kay Hagan (D-NC)

2016
GOV: Roy Cooper (D-NC)
SEN: Russ Feingold (D-WI)

2018
GOV: Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI)
SEN: Beto O'Rourke (D-TX)

2020
GOV: Roy Cooper (D-NC)
SEN: Jon Ossoff (D-GA)

2022
GOV: Katie Hobbs (D-AZ)
SEN: Raphael Warnock (D-GA)

[President Johnson]

Excluding incumbents.

2010
GOV: Jerry Brown (D-CA)
SEN: Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)

2012
GOV: Steve Bullock (D-MT)
SEN: Tim Kaine (D-VA)

2014
GOV: Charlie Baker (R-MA)
SEN: Gary Paters (D-MI)

2016
GOV: Phil Scott (R-VT)
SEN: Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-WI)

2018
GOV: Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI)
SEN: Beto O'Rourke (D-TX)

2020
GOV: Mike Cooney (D-MT)
SEN: Raphael Warnock (D-GA)

2022
GOV: Josh Shapiro (D-PA)
SEN: John Fetterman (D-PA)

[progressive85]

I'll just be brief and mention in 2006 my favorite governor was Gov. Dave Freudenthal of Wyoming, who I wrote an email to and he actually responded and you could tell it was him.  I encouraged him to run for President I believe, and he wrote back and it was very generous of him to do so.  A Democrat, he won re-election in Wyoming by an unbelievable landslide.

I'll also say that in the most recent cycle, 2022, I thought the Democratic ticket in PA (Shapiro and Fetterman) was quite good.

Also a shoutout to Tom Perriello, a one-term congressman that lost in 2010, who I hope still has a future in Virginia politics.

[Shaula🏳️‍⚧️]

2022
SEN: J. D. Vance (R-OH)
GOV: Kari Lake (R-AZ)

2020
SEN: Jason Lewis (R-MN)
GOV: Greg Gianforte (R-MT)

2018
SEN: Josh Hawley (R-MO)
GOV: Kris Kobach (R-KS)

2016
SEN: Russ Feingold (D-WI)
GOV: Eric Greitens (R-MO)

2014
SEN: Travis Childers (D-MS)
GOV: Vincent Sheheen (D-SC)

2012
SEN: Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
GOV: Tom Barrett (D-WI)

2010
SEN: Rodney Glassman (D-AZ)
GOV: Carl Paladino (R-NY)