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nonlawyer t1_ivqarxg wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly wins re-election, defeating GOP challenger Derek Schmidt, NBC News projects by Hrekires

> and Maryland, California and Massachusetts, all of whom are sold democratic controlled have had Republican governors in the recent history.

Vermont just re-elected its Republican Governor with nearly 70% of the vote. 70%! In Bernie Sanders’ state!

If things were remotely normal people would be talking about Phil Scott as an obvious presidential contender. But everyone knows he couldn’t win a GOP primary since he’s not foaming at the mouth to burn trans people at the stake or whatever

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Maxpowr9 t1_ivrdxj3 wrote

Reminds me of 2018 where Republican Governor Charlie Baker won by a bigger margin than Senator Elizabeth Warren did that year.

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derpbynature t1_ivy17rc wrote

To be fair, a Vermont Republican and a Kansas Democrat are probably both rather moderate, out of necessity.

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lilaprilshowers t1_ivrrbu4 wrote

My theory is that people like a governor who can veto the worse excess of their own party. Phil Scott vetoed a bill to legalize sex work which of course, had it passed, would have turned Vermont into the sex tourism destination for the entire East Coast.

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