NEW: In 2020, 6 swing state governors endured overt attempts to overturn their election results from Trump & his allies. Those offices & dozens more governorships are up for election next year, setting the stage for voting/election showdowns in gov races:
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Governors are in the immediate position of signing or vetoing the election laws that come to their desks, certifying election results, and in 2020, enacting consequential emergency regulations around voting — all of which made them targets of Trump's ire businessinsider.com/voting-wars-el…
.@JessicaTaylor says voting/election controversies are "becoming base issues" and "in a midterm election now, both parties are going to need to generate excitement." It will likely a bigger role in nationalized governor's races in AZ, FL, and GA businessinsider.com/voting-wars-el…
"I certainly think the Republicans are overreaching here. I understand they're trying to appease a part of their base, but that part of their base is not the majority of the electorate here," @SecretaryHobbs told me of the ongoing Maricopa "recount" businessinsider.com/voting-wars-el…
.@SecretaryHobbs: "Just watching the legislature where the Republicans have the closest margins they've had in decades, the level of extremity is greater than I've ever seen it here...from the political perspective, it does not seem very strategic at all." businessinsider.com/voting-wars-el…
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