Republicans Are In Strong Position To Elect Governors In 2018

July 17, 2017

Thanks to record fundraising efforts this year, Republicans are in strong position for a successful 2018 election cycle with 38 gubernatorial seats up for grabs. The Blaze recently highlighted the RGA’s fundraising and electoral success, noting its “impressive” fundraising prowess and 33 GOP governor majority, the highest in 95 years for Republicans. While Democrat governors attempt to push their states further left and select out-of-touch, extreme candidates for governor, Republican governors remain committed to applying effective conservative reforms to spur job growth and expand opportunity for the people of their states.

The Blaze reports:

“The Republican Governors Association announced on Tuesday its fundraising efforts for the 2018 election have set a new record, a potentially good sign as Republicans prepare for an important election cycle in which 38 governorships will be up for grabs.

From January through June, RGA raised an impressive $36 million, surpassing the organization’s previous six-month record of $23.5 million.

‘The RGA’s record fundraising is the direct result of the hard work and meaningful reform accomplished by every Republican governor,’ said Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the RGA chairman. ‘Republican governors are America’s doers — they are expanding opportunity, driving job creation, reining in wasteful spending and making government more efficient. With this fundraising success, the RGA is in prime position to re-elect our incumbents and elect even more Republican governors this cycle.’

In the 2016 election cycle, Republicans expanded their control of governorships across the country. Thirty-three states now have Republican governors, the highest number in 95 years…

Democrats, who have struggled to keep pace with Republicans in gubernatorial elections for the past decade, recently named left-wing Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee as its new chair. Inslee, who will succeed Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy in December, has been one of the Democrats’ few governors that’s managed to garner national attention.“