If you were Executive Director of the RGA/DGA...

[Kingpoleon]

If you were Executive Director of the Democratic or Republican Governors' Association(DGA/RGA) in 2018, who would you want to get as candidates for gubernatorial seats? I will do most preferred first.
R:
Alabama: Tommy Battle, Bradley Byrne, Arthur Orr
Alaska: Daniel A. Sullivan
California: Kevin Faulconer, Condoleeza Rice, Peter Thiel
Colorado: John Suthers, Ryan Frazier
Connecticut: Erin Stewart, John P. McKinney, Joe Scarborough, Thomas M. Foley
Florida: Carlos Gimenez, David Jolly, Carlos Lopez Cantera
Georgia: Betty Price, Brandon Beach
Hawaii: Mufi Hanneman, Peter Carlisle, Charles Djou
Iowa: Kim Reynolds
Kansas: William Kassebaum, Lynn Jenkins, Sandy Praeger
Maine: Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Steve Abbott, Charlie Summers, William Schneider, Bruce Poliquin
Michigan: Brian Calley, Pete Hoemstra
Minnesota: Norm Coleman, Patricia Anderson, Kurt Daudt, Erik Paulsen
Nebraska: Jean Stothert, Dave Heineman, Don Bacon, Pete Ricketts
Nevada: Brian Krolicki, Barbara Cegavske, Heidi Gansert
New Mexico: Richard J. Berry, Heather Wilson, John Sanchez
New York: Tom Allon, Raymond Kelly, Richard Hanna
Ohio: Pat Tiberi, Mary Taylor, Steve Austria, Frank LaRose
Oklahoma: Todd Lamb, John Tyler Hammons
Oregon: Chris Dudley, Dennis Richardson, Bruce Hanna
Pennsylvania: Brian Fitzpatrick, Mary Beth Buchanan, Risa Vetri Ferman
Rhode Island: Ken Block, Edward O'Neill, Patricia Morgan, Brendan Doherty, Allan Fung
South Carolina: Henry McMaster, Jenny Sanford
South Dakota: Mark Mickelson(try to convince him to reconsider), Kristi Noem
Tennessee: Bob Corker, Randy McNally, Beth Harwell
Texas: Steve Abbott, George P. Bush, Betsy Price


D:
Alabama: Richard Lindsey, Lester Maddox
Arizona: Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly, Richard Carmona
Arkansas: John Baine, Uvalde Lindsey
California: Gavin Newsom, Steve Westly
Colorado: Bill Ritter, Michael Hancock, Joe Garcia, Cary Kennedy
Connecticut: Nancy Wyman, Luke Bronin
Florida: Gwen Graham, Manny Diaz, Joseph Abruzzo, Pam Keith
Georgia: Michelle Nunn, John Barrow, Jason Carter
Idaho: Jimmy Farris, David H. Bieter
Illinois: Daniel Hynes, Penny Pritzker, Andy Manar
Iowa: Michael Fitzgerald, Tyler Olson, Christie Vilsack
Kansas: Joshua Svaty, Greg Orman, Paul Davis, Don Svaty, Mark Parkinson
Maine: Mark Eves, Joe Baldacci
Maryland: Nick Mosby, Donna Edwards, Kenneth Ulmam
Massachusetts: Seth Moulton, Joseph Curtatone, Marty Walsh
Michigan: Barbara L. McQuade, Mark Hackel
Minnesota: Tim Walz, Collin Peterson, Chris Coleman, Paul Thissen
Nebraska: Brad Ashford, Pete Festersen, Kim M. Robak
Nevada: Ross Miller, Rory Reid
New Hampshire: Chris Pappas, Colin Van Ostern
New Mexico: Hector Balderas, Javier Gonzales
New York: Andrew Cuomo(declared)
Ohio: Richard Cordray, Tim Ryan, Jay Williams
Oklahoma: Drew Edmondson, Kim Henry
Pennsylvania: Bob Casey, Tom Wolf
Rhode Island: Jorge Elorza, Gina Raimondo
South Carolina: Jim Hodges, Mandy Powers Norrell
South Dakota: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Mike Huether
Tennessee: Jim Cooper, Megan Barry, Mike McWherter
Texas: Scott McClellan, Henry Cuellar, Andrea White
Vermont: Matt Dunne, Miro Weinberger
Wyoming: Nancy Freudenthal, Bernadine Craft, Chris Rothfuss

[Littlefinger]

DGA:
Alabama: Parker Griffith?
Arizona: Krysten Sinema, Mark Kelly
California: Gavin Newsom, John Chiang
Colorado: Ken Salazar, Ed Pertmuller
Connecticut: Preferably not Malloy, Either Jepsen or Lambo would be better
Florida:  Gwen Graham, John Morgan
Georgia: Jason Carter
Idaho: AJ Baulokoff
Illinois: Cheri Bustos
Iowa: no clue
Kansas: Paul Davis
Maine: Troy Jackson
Maryland: John Sarbanes
Massachusetts: Maura Healey
Michigan: Mark Hackell, Debbie Dingell, Gretchen Whitmer
Minnesota: Lori Swanson, Chris Coleman
Nebraska: Brad Ashford
Nevada: Steve Sisolak
New Hampshire: Stefany Shaheen, one of the representatives
New Mexico: Michelle Lujan Grisham, Javier Gonzales
Ohio: Tim Ryan. Richard Cordray
Oklahoma: Dan Boren
South Carolina: Brad Hutto
South Dakota: Mayor of Sioux Falls (forget his name), Brendan Johnson
Tennessee: Karl Dean, Jim Cooper
Texas: Beto O' Rourke
Wisconsin: Ron Kind

[JMT]

Democrats:
Alabama: Parker Griffith, I guess
Alaska: Mark Begich
Arkansas: Connor Eldridge
Arizona: Mark Kelly
California: Gavin Newsom
Colorado: Ken Salazar
Connecticut: Someone who is NOT Malloy (Jepsen, Lambo, Jim Himes, Elizabeth Esty)
Florida: Gwen Graham
Georgia: Jason Carter
Hawaii: David Ige
Idaho: No idea
Illinois: Michelle Obama (we can dream, right?)
Iowa: Tom Vilsack
Kansas: Paul Davis
Maine: Chellie Pingree
Maryland: Tom Perez (if he doesn't win the DNC race)
Massachusetts: Maura Healey
Michigan: Gretchen Whitmer?
Minnesota: Chris Coleman
Nebraska: Brad Ashford (if he decides he doesn't want to run again for the congressional seat)
Nevada: Ross Miller
New Hampshire: Chris Pappas
New Mexico: Michelle Lujan Grisham
New York: Andrew Cuomo
Ohio: Tim Ryan
Oklahoma: Dan Boren
Rhode Island: Someone who is NOT Gina Raimondo
South Carolina: Vincent Sheheen
South Dakota: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Tennessee: No idea
Texas: Julian Castro
Vermont: Peter Welch
Wisconsin: Ron Kind
Wyoming: ??

Republicans:
Alabama:Bradley Byrne
Alaska: Dan Sullivan (not the senator, the other one)
Arizona: Doug Ducey
Arkansas: Asa Hutchison
California: Kevin Faulconer
Colorado: Walker Stapleton
Connecticut: John McKinney
Florida: Adam Putnam
Hawaii: Charles Djou
Idaho: Brad Little
Illinois: Bruce Rauner
Iowa: Kim Reynolds
Georgia: Casey Cagle
Kansas: Lynn Jenkins
Maine: Susan Collins
Maryland: Larry Hogan
Massachusetts: Charlie Baker
Michigan: Brian Calley
Minnesota: Tim Pawlenty
New Mexico: John Sanchez
New York: Richard Hanna
Ohio: Mike DeWine
Pennsylvania: Mike Fitzpatrick (or if he was interested, Pat Toomey)
Rhode Island: Allan Fung 
South Carolina: Henry McMaster
South Dakota: Kristi Noem
Tennessee: Bob Corker
Texas: Greg Abbott
Vermont: Phil Scott
Wisconsin: Scott Walker
Wyoming: Cynthia Lummis

[Suburbia]

RGA/DGA for 2017 by the way:

Republicans
Virginia: Ed Gillespie
New Jersey: Jack Ciattarelli

Democrats
Virginia: Ralph Northam
New Jersey: Phil Murphy

[VPH]

Just doing this for Dems.
Alabama: Parker Griffith
Arizona: Richard Carmona
Arkansas: Conner Eldridge
Colorado: Jared Polis
Florida: Gwen Graham
Georgia: Jason Carter
Idaho: Roy Lacey
Iowa: Christine Vilsack
Kansas: Paul Davis or Carl Brewer
Maine: Mike Michaud
Minnesota: Tim Walz
Nebraska: Jane Kleeb
Ohio: Tim Ryan
Oklahoma: Scott Inman
South Carolina:  Thomas McElveen
South Dakota: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Tennessee: Jim Cooper
Texas: Llloyd Doggett
Vermont: Miro Weinberger
Wyoming: Bernadine Craft