2020 Gubernational elections: Who is running megathread

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It's been mentioned in another thread that Tim Scott is considering a 2018 SC gubernatorial run with Trey Gowdy as his running mate.

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Per ABQ Journal, Udall not running in '18

So much for that.

I guess it'll be one of the Lujans then? They're cousins so I doubt they'll both run.

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Per ABQ Journal, Udall not running in '18

So much for that.

I guess it'll be one of the Lujans then? They're cousins so I doubt they'll both run.

What about that Mayor of Santa Fe who's openly gay? Javier Gonzales

Based on his wiki article he sounds mostly OK (with a few notable exceptions) but I don't know if he'd be a good statewide candidate.

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Florida Dems gonna Florida Dem?

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FLORIDA: Outgoing Cong Patrick Murphy (D), who lost US Sen run, says he wants "to keep all options on the table" about poss 2018 Gov run.

Murphy didn't run a good statewide campaign, he shouldn't run for governor. If he wants back in politics, though, he should run for his house seat again. He seems pretty popular in his district, and a republican just won his seat. He could beat Mast, especially if the midterm is rough for Trump and Republicans.

How did Murphy do vs. Rubio in Murphy's district?

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Florida Dems gonna Florida Dem?

Politics1.com ‏@Politics1com  4m4 minutes ago
FLORIDA: Outgoing Cong Patrick Murphy (D), who lost US Sen run, says he wants "to keep all options on the table" about poss 2018 Gov run.

Murphy didn't run a good statewide campaign, he shouldn't run for governor. If he wants back in politics, though, he should run for his house seat again. He seems pretty popular in his district, and a republican just won his seat. He could beat Mast, especially if the midterm is rough for Trump and Republicans.

Either that or one of the lower statewide offices - Maybe CFO or Agriculture Comissioner.

And to answer the question asked if he won his own district - no, he did not. He did worse than Clinton in both of the notable counties in the district, and Clinton only barely out-performed Perkins.

In that case, let's not run Murphy for anything ever again.

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MA: Moulton confirms he's out, running for reelex.

I'm mildly surprised he announced it so early, but I never expected him to run anyway.

I think it will be Setti Warren honestly.

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Any word on Rep. Mark Amodei? I remember reading awhile back that he would consider running for governor if Dean Heller didn't run. Would Amodei challenge Laxalt in the primary?

Ralston said Amodei might run for AG.

Who'd be the top recruits to run for his seat if he gets in?

Maybe one of the state legislators from Reno? Just a guess.

Any chance of the Democrats picking up that seat in a wave?

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It would be funny if it was Cary Kennedy vs. Walker Stapleton. Only one of them is part of a political family.

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Do Democrats have a shot in Wyoming? I assume Mead is uncontroversial but it's an open seat and Democrats have a history of success in WY-gov during Republican presidencies (similar to KS and OK) despite the fact that it has basically always been a Republican state on other levels.