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She will be term-limited by the Constitution of Alabama in 2026 and cannot seek re-election to a third consecutive full term. Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth ; Huntsville mayor Tommy Battle ; businessman Tim James , the son of former governor Fob James and a candidate for governor in 2002 , 2010 , and 2022 ; and Attorney General Steve ...
The governor of Washington is the head of government of Washington and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, [ 4 ] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Washington Legislature and line-item veto power to cancel specific provisions in spending bills. [ 5 ]
Washington Governor Jay Inslee was re-elected to a third term in 2020 with 56.6% of the vote. Because Washington does not have gubernatorial term limits in its constitution, he is eligible to run for re-election for a fourth term, but he has decided not to seek re-election. [28] State Attorney General Bob Ferguson won the Democratic nomination.
Inslee, who was eligible to run for a third term due to the lack of gubernatorial term limits, [1] initially launched a campaign for president of the United States in the 2020 election. When he dropped out of that race in August 2019 due to extremely low polling numbers, [2] he announced he would seek a third term as governor. [3]
No Republican has won an election as Washington's governor since 1980, when John Spellman was elected. He lost reelection in 1984. Washington has the longest current streak of Democratic governors ...
Washington has not had a Republican governor since John Spellman left office in 1985, [2] the longest streak of Democratic leadership of any state in the country and the third-longest streak of one-party leadership after South Dakota (which has not had a Democratic governor since Harvey Wollman left office in 1979) and Utah (which has not had a ...
A governor is entrusted with signing legislative bills into law, as well as upholding existing laws. But how can a candidate be entrusted to do so, when he is not following the law himself?
Two-term Governor Nathan Deal was term-limited, as Georgia does not allow governors to serve three consecutive terms. Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp won first and second place in the May 22 Republican primary; Cagle lost the runoff to Kemp on July 24, 2018.