Tenorio was the Republican candidate for Governor in the 2018 election, but lost the general election to Democrat Lou Leon Guerrero.
Andria Tupola
Andria Tupola (born December 6, 1980) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since December 2014.
In 2015, she served as the minority floor leader for one year. She currently serves as the Minority Leader making her the first Samoan woman to serve in that position.
Tupola is the Republican nominee for Governor of Hawaii in 2018.
Brad Little
Brad Little (born February 15, 1954) is an American politician. Little is a member of the Republican Party. He is the 33rd and current Governor of Idaho since 2019. Little was the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Idaho from 2009 to 2019.
Little was appointed by Governor Butch Otter to replaced Jim Risch as Lieutenant Governor, who resigned to become a United States Senator.
Little was the Republican nominee for Governor in the 2018 gubernatorial election. He defeated Democrat Paulette Jordan in the general election.
Paulette Jordan
Paulette Jordan (born December 7, 1979) is an American politician. She is in the Idaho House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party from December 1, 2014 until February 14, 2018.
Jordan was on the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Council. During her final term she was the only Democrat serving in the Idaho Legislature from North Idaho. She was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Idaho in the 2018 election against Lieutenant Governor Brad Little. She lost the general election to Little in November 2018.
On February 7, 2020, she announced a run for the United States Senate against incumbent Senator Jim Risch.
Greg Gianforte
Gregory Richard Gianforte (born April 17, 1961) is an American businessman, engineer, politician, and author. He is the 25th Governor of Montana since 2021. He was the U.S. Representative for Montana's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2021.
Gianforte and his wife founded RightNow Technologies, a customer relationship management software company.
In 2016, he ran for Governor of Montana for the Republican Party, losing to Democratic incumbent Steve Bullock.
On May 25, 2017, he won a special election for Montana's at-large congressional seat, defeating Democratic opponent Rob Quist.
In 2020, he was elected Governor of Montana.
On June 12, 2017, Gianforte pleaded guilty in court on a charge of misdemeanor assault stemming from his May 24 attack on "The Guardian" political reporter Ben Jacobs. He was sentenced to 40 hours of community service, 20 hours of anger management, a 180-day deferred sentence, and a $300 fine along with an $85 court fee.
As of 2018, he was among the richest members of Congress.
In April 2021, Gianforte was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly (born January 24, 1950) is a Democratic politician. Kelly is the 48th and current Governor of Kansas since 2019. She was a member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 18th District from 2005 to 2019. She was the Senate Minority Whip.
Kelly was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Kansas in the 2018 election cycle. She beat Kris Kobach in the general election.
Janet T. Mills
Janet Trafton Mills (born December 30, 1947) is an American politician. She is the 75th and current Governor of Maine. She is the first female Governor of Maine.
Before being elected governor, she is the Attorney General of Maine. She was first elected by the Maine State Legislature on January 6, 2009. Her second term began on January 3, 2015. She is the first woman to hold the position of State Attorney General in Maine.
Mills was born in Farmington, Maine. She studied at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Mills was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Maine in the 2018 Maine gubernatorial election winning the general election against Republican Shawn Moody.
Bill Schuette
William Duncan Schuette ( ; born October 13, 1953) is an American politician and lawyer. He is the 53rd and current Attorney General of Michigan. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Michigan in the 2018 gubernatorial election loosing to Gretchen Whitmer.
Gretchen Whitmer
Gretchen Esther Whitmer (born August 23, 1971) is an American politician who is the 49th and current Governor of Michigan. She won the 2018 gubernatorial election.
Whitmer is a former Democratic member of the Michigan Senate and Senate Democratic Leader. Whitmer was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2000 to 2006.
On January 3, 2017, Whitmer announced her plans to run for governor, making her among the first to announce. On August 7, 2018, she became the Democratic nominee in the 2018 gubernatorial election. She won the general election on November 6, 2018.
In 2020, she delivered the Democrats' response to President Trump's 2020 State of the Union Address.
Whitmer was considered as a choice for running mate for Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for president, in his 2020 campaign for president.
Whitmer began her political career in 2001, when she was inaugurated to the Michigan House of Representatives. She served there until March 16, 2006. Five days later, she joined the Michigan Senate.
Whitmer was inaugurated to the Michigan Senate on March 21, 2006, five days after leaving the Michigan House. She would continue serving through 2014. She spent the last four years in the Michigan Senate as Minority Leader.
After the resignation of Stuart Dunnings III as the result of a scandal, Whitmer was unanimously chosen as his successor in the position of Prosecutor of Ingham County. She served their through the second half of 2016.
She was elected governor in 2018. She described herself as progressive, and has worked with progressive leaders in Michigan as governor.
On October 8, 2020, the FBI arrested 13 people for attempting to kidnap her and overthrow the state government. The suspects were tied to a far-right militia group called the Wolverine Watchmen.
Gretchen Esther Whitmer was born on August 23, 1971, in Lansing, Michigan, and grew up in Michigan.
Whitmer married Gary Shrewsbery, with whom she had two children, before their divorce. In 2011, she married dentist Marc Mallory, who had 3 sons in his previous marriage. The family currenty lives in East Lansing.
Tim Walz
Timothy James Walz (; born April 6, 1964) is an American politician. Waltz is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). He is the 41st Governor of Minnesota.
He was a U.S. Representative for from 2007 to 2019.
In March 2017, Walz announced that he would not run for reelection to Congress. He ran for Governor of Minnesota and on August 14, 2018, he won the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party nomination. He won the general election in November 2018.
Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson (born November 11, 1966) is an American politician. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2000 and from 2001 until 2007. He left office to run unsuccessfully for state attorney general in 2006.
Johnson is the Hennepin County commissioner for the 7th district, he was elected as the Republican National Committeeman from Minnesota in April 2011.
On May 10, 2017, Johnson announced that he would run again for Governor of Minnesota. On August 14, 2018, Johnson defeated former Governor Tim Pawlenty in the primary to become the party's nominee to challenge Democrat Tim Walz. He lost the general election to Walz in November 2018.
Steve Sisolak
Stephen F. Sisolak (born December 26, 1953) is an American businessman and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is the 30th and current Governor of Nevada.
Before becoming Governor, he was a member of the Clark County Commission and was its Chair.
Sisolak was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Nevada in the 2018 election and faced Republican Adam Laxalt. In the general election, Sisolak defeated Laxalt by nearly 5%.
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