Obama To Help Blue States Elect Democratic Governors
In the states President Obama won twice, he will work to help elect Democratic governors. In particular, he’ll focus on Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Maine and Michigan.
Click here for reuse options!The White House has committed to its first Democratic Governors Association fundraising event of the cycle and pledged to help candidates next year, people familiar with the discussions confirmed to POLITICO…
Governors, including John Kasich in Ohio, Scott Walker in Wisconsin and Tom Corbett in Pennsylvania, won in 2010 in part because of the anti-Obama backlash and have worked to implement the exact agenda Obama campaigned against last year: lower taxes on the wealthy, government program reductions, voting rights challenges, labor cuts, gay rights opposition and moves against reproductive rights like defunding Planned Parenthood.
Holding the Senate and making gains in the House in next year’s midterms are essential to Obama’s hopes of broadening his legacy, but concerned Democrats say statehouse wins would have a more immediate affect on policy and be the first step to reversing some of the redistricting that’s left a majority in the House largely out of reach for the party.
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