2018 Gubernatorial Endorsements

[Dr. MB]

I'll go only with declared candidates.

Enthusiastic

AL - Walt Maddox (D)
AK - Bill Walker (I)
AZ - Undecided
AR - David Garcia (D)
CA - John Chiang (D)
CO - Jared Polis (D)
CT - Ned Lamont (D)
FL - Undecided
GA - Stacey Evans (D)
HI - Colleen Hanabusa (D)
ID - Paulette Jordan (D)
IL - Daniel Biss (D)
IA - Undecided
KS - Undecided
ME - Terry Hayes (I)
MD - Undecided
MA - Charlie Baker (R)
MI - Undecided
MN - Undecided
NE - Bob Krist (I)
NV - Undecided
NH - Undecided
NM - Jeff Apodaca (D)
NY - Terry Gipson (D)
OH - Dennis Kucinich (D)
OK - Gary Richardson (R)
OR - Kate Brown (D)
PA - Tom Wolf (D)
RI - Undecided
SC - Undecided
SD - Undecided
TN - Karl Dean (D)
TX - Undecided
VT - Undecided
WI - Paul Soglin (D)
WY - Mary Throne (D)

[Hoosier_Nick]

I'll stick to a few: El-Sayed in Michigan, Biss in Illinois, Cordray in Ohio, Walz in Minnesota and Evers in Wisconsin.

[West_Midlander]

Gubernatorial endorsements: Subject to change/addition.
2017
NJ: Seth Kaper-Dale (G)
VA: Ralph Northam (D)

2018
AK: Bill Walker (I)
CA: Gavin Newsom (D)
IA: Cathy Glasson (D)
KS: Jack Bergeson (D)
ME: Betsy Marsano (G)
MD: Bean Jealous (D)
MA: Setti Warren (D)
OH: Nina Turner (D), should she run
OR: Kate Brown (D)
PA: Tom Wolf (D)
VT: Ethan Sonneborn (D)
WY: Milward Simpson (D)
GA: Stacey Abrams (D)
AZ: David Garcia (D)
FL: Andrew Gillum (D)
NY: Zephyr Teachout (D), should she run
NM: Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)

Run progressive populists in deep red states.

Vote for progressives, regardless of party affiliation.

Then why're supporting Gavin Newsom? There's Chiang, Eastin,...Newsom's the least progressive option really

I agree, I'm not sure what I was thinking.

[West_Midlander]

ALABAMA
No endorsement
ALASKA
No endorsement
ARIZONA
David Garcia (D)
ARKANSAS
No endorsement
CALIFORNIA
No endorsement
COLORADO
No endorsement
CONNECTICUT
No endorsement
FLORIDA
Andrew Gillum (D)
GEORGIA
Stacey Abrams (D)
HAWAII
No endorsement
IDAHO
Paulette Jordan (D)
ILLINOIS
No endorsement
IOWA
No endorsement
KANSAS
No endorsement
MAINE
No endorsement
MARYLAND
Ben Jealous (D)
MASSACHUSETTS
Setti Warren (D)
MICHIGAN
Abdul El-Sayed (D)
MINNESOTA
Erin Murphy (D)
NEBRASKA
No endorsement
NEVADA
No endorsement
NEW HAMPSHIRE
No endorsement
NEW MEXICO
No endorsement
NEW YORK
Cynthia Nixon (D)
OHIO
No endorsement
OKLAHOMA
Connie Johnson (D)
OREGON
No endorsement
PENNSYLVANIA
Tom Wolf (D)
RHODE ISLAND
No endorsement
SOUTH CAROLINA
No endorsement
SOUTH DAKOTA
No endorsement
TENNESSEE
No endorsement
TEXAS
Lupe Valdez (D)
VERMONT
No endorsement
WISCONSIN
Mahlon Mitchell (D)
WYOMING
No endorsement
GUAM
No endorsement
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
No endorsement
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
No endorsement
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- MAYORAL
No endorsement

No endorsement denotes unsure of who to endorse or no one worth endorsing running.

Highly considering anyone endorsed by Our Revolution, Justice Democrats, Brand New Congress, DUH! (Demand Universal Healthcare), National Nurses United, MoveOn, The People For Bernie, and/or Democracy for America.

Run progressive candidates!

EDIT: No endorsement generally means "Any progressive: Run for office here!"

[JGibson]

Alabama: Sue Bell Cobb (D)
Alaska: Bill Walker (I)
Arizona: David Garcia (D)
Arkansas: Jared Henderson (D)
California: Gavin Newsom (D)
Colorado: Jared Polis (D)
Connecticut: Susan Bysiewicz (D)
Florida: Gwen Graham (D)
Georgia: Stacey Abrams (D)
Hawaii: David Ige (D)
Idaho: A.J. Balukoff (D)
Illinois: Daniel Biss (D)
Iowa: =
Kansas: Carl Brewer (D)
Maine: =
Maryland: Rushern Baker (D)
Massachusetts: Setti Warren (D)
Michigan: Gretchen Whitmer (D)
Minnesota: Tim Walz (DFL)
Nebraska: =
Nevada: Steve Sisolak (D)
New Hampshire: Steve Marchand (D)
New Mexico: Michelle Lujan Grisham (D
New York: Terry Gipson (D)
Ohio: Richard Cordray (D)
Oklahoma: Drew Edmondson (D)
Oregon: Kate Brown (D)
Pennsylvania: Tom Wolf
Rhode Island: Gina Raimondo (D)
South Carolina: =
South Dakota: Billie Sutton (D)
Tennessee: Karl Dean (D)
Texas: Lupe Valdez (D)
Vermont: Phil Scott (R)
Wisconsin: Tony Evers (D)
Wyoming: Mary Throne (D)

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

Vermont: Phil Scott
Maryland: Larry Hogan
Massachusetts: Charlie Baker
Alaska: Bill Walker
Oklahoma: Gary Richardson
Illinois: Bruce Rauner
Texas: Lupe Valdez
Alabama: Walt Maddox
Nebraska: Bob Krist

Those are just off the top of my head, I'm too lazy to list the others.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Long-Overdue Update:

AK: Mark Begich (D) --> Bill Walker (I)
CT: John McKinney (R) ---> Erin Stewart (R)
HI: David Ige (D) ---> Andria Tupola (R)
IA: Undecided ---> Ron Corbett (R)
NV: Undecided ---> Dan Schwartz (R)
TN: Jim Cooper (D) ---> Karl Dean (D)

Full List in OP

[RC (a la Frémont)]

Alabama	Walt Maddox (D)
Alaska	Mark Begich (D)
Arizona	Terry Goddard (D)
Arkansas	Asa Hutchinson (R)
California	Gavin Newsom (D)
Colorado	Jared Polis (D)
Connecticut	Mark Boughton (Previously David M. Walker (R), Erin Stewart (R) and Dan Drew (D))
Florida	Adam Putnam (R)
Georgia	Undecided (Previously Hunter Hill (R) in Primary)
Hawaii	Colleen Hanabusa (D)
Idaho	Brad Little (R) (Previously Raúl Labrador (R))
Illinois	Kash Jackson (L)
Iowa	Kim Reynolds (R) (Previously Nate Boulton (D))
Kansas	Greg Orman (I)
Maine	Terry Hayes (I)
Maryland	Larry Hogan (R) (Previously Richard Madaleno (D) in Primary)
Massachusetts	Charlie Baker (R)
Michigan	Gretchen Whitmer (D)
Minnesota	Tim Pawlenty (R)
Nebraska	Bob Krist (D)
Nevada	Adam Laxalt (R)
New Hampshire	Undecided
New Mexico	Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)
New York	Stephanie Miner (I) (Previously Bill de Blasio (D), then Cynthia Nixon (WF))
Ohio	Mike DeWine (R)
Oklahoma	Drew Edmondson (D)
Oregon	Kate Brown (D)
Pennsylvania	Tom Wolf (D)
Rhode Island	Matt Brown (D)
South Carolina	Henry McMaster (R)
South Dakota	Kristi Noem (R) (Previously Marty Jackley (R))
Tennessee	Karl Dean (D) (Previously Beth Harwell (R) in Primary)
Texas	Undecided (Previously Andrew White (D))
Vermont	Ethan Sonneborn (D) (Previously Phil Scott (R))
Wisconsin	Paul Soglin (D)
Wyoming	Mark Gordon (R)

[Kingpoleon]

2018:
AL: Richard Lindsey->Walt Maddox(D)
AK: Bill Walker(ID)
AZ: Steve Farley(D)
AR: Mark West(L)
CA: Gavin Newsom(D)
CO: Cynthia Coffman(R)
CT: Erin Stewart(R)
FL: Philip Levine(D)
GA: Stacey Evans(D)
HI: Andria Tupola(R)
ID: Paulette Jordan(D)
IL: Bruce Rauner(R)
IA: Nate Boulton(D)
KS: Josh Svaty(D)
ME: Terry Hayes(I)
MD: Larry Hogan(R)
MA: Charlie Baker(R)
MI: Brian Calley(R)
MN: Keith Downey(R)
NE: Bob Krist(D)
NV: Dan Schwartz(R)
NH: Chris Sununu(R)
NM: Undecided
NY: Marcus Molinaro/Kathleen Jimino(R)
OH: Richard Cordray/Betty Sutton(D)
OK: Connie Johnson(D)[narrowly over Edmondson; both are great]
OR: Chris Dudley>Knute Buehler(R)
PA: Laura Ellsworth(R)
RI: Patricia Morgan or Allan Fung(R)
SC: James Smith(D)
SD: Billie Sutton(D)
TN: Matt Kisber>Karl Dean(D)>Randy Boyd(R)
TX: Andrew White(D)
VT: Phil Scott(R)
WI: Tony Evers(D)
WY: Mary Throne(D)

[Oldiesfreak1854]

*Enthusiastic

Alabama:
Alaska: Mike Dunleavy (R)
Arizona: Doug Ducey (R)
Arkansas: None
California: None
Colorado: None
Connecticut: None
Florida: Adam Putnam (R)
Georgia: None
Hawaii: None
Idaho: Brad Little (R)
Illinois: Bruce Rauner (R)*
Iowa: Kim Reynolds (R)
Kansas: Jeff Colyer (R)
Maine: None
Maryland: Larry Hogan (R)*
Massachusetts: Charlie Baker (R)*
Michigan: Bill Schuette (R)*
Minnesota: Tim Pawlenty (R)*
Nebraska: Pete Ricketts (R)
Nevada: None
New Hampshire: Chris Sununu*
New Mexico: Steve Pearce
New York: None
Ohio: None
Oklahoma: None
Oregon: None
Pennsylvania: None
Rhode Island: None
South Carolina: None
South Dakota: Marty Jackley (R)
Tennessee: None
Texas: Greg Abbott (R)
Vermont: Phil Scott (R)*
Wisconsin: Scott Walker
Wyoming: Mark Gordon (R)

[FairBol]

If forced to make a decision today as to who I would support in the GOP primary for governor (of CT), I'd go with David Walker. 

[mencken]

AL -
AK -
AZ - Doug Ducey (R)
AR -
CA - Travis Allen (R) (might strategically vote for John Cox (R) though)
CO -
CT -
FL - Ron DeSantis (R)
GA -
HI -
ID - Raul Labrador (R)
IL - Whomever the Libertarian is
IA -
KS - Kris Kobach (R)
ME - Shawn Moody (R)
MD - Whomever the Libertarian is
MA - Whomever the Libertarian is
MI - Patrick Colbeck (R)
MN -
NE -
NV - Adam Laxalt (R)
NH -
NM - Steve Pearce (R)
NY - Larry Sharpe (L)
OH - Dennis Kucinich (Joke)
OK -
OR -
PA -
RI -
SC -
SD -
TN - Diane Black (R)
TX - Greg Abbott (R)
VT - Whomever the Libertarian is
WI - Scott Walker (R)
WY - Cynthia Lummis (R)
[/quote]

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

AK-Gov Walker
CA-Gavin Newsome
CO-Jared Polis
HI-Hanabusa
IL-JB Pritzker
ME-Janet Mills
MD-Ben Jealous
MI-Meg Whitmer
MN-Tim Walz
NV-Sisolak
NH-Molly Kelly
NM-Lujun Grisham
NY-Gov Cuomo
OR-Kate Brown
PA-Gov Wolf
RI-Gov Raimondo
WI-Tony Evers

[MAINEiac4434]

AL: Sue Bell Cobb (D) Walt Maddox (D)
AK: Bill Walker (I)
AZ: Steve Farley (D)
AR: Conner Eldridge (D) Jared Henderson (D)
CA: Gavin Newsom (D) John Chiang (D)
CO: Cary Kennedy (D)
CT: Chris Mattei (D) Ned Lamont (D)
FL: Andrew Gillum (D)
GA: Stacey Abrams (D)
HI: Colleen Hanabusa (D)
ID: Troy Minton (D) Paulette Jordan (D)
IL: Daniel Biss (D) Abstain
IA: Nate Boulton (D)
KS: Josh Svaty (D)
ME: Betsy Sweet (D) (Terry Hayes (I) if Sweet loses primary)
MD: Ben Jealous (D)
MA: Setti Warren (D)
MI: Gretchen Whitmer (D) Abdul el-Sayed (D)
MN: Chris Coleman (D) Tim Walz (D)
NE: Bob Krist (D)
NV: Steve Sisolak (D)
NH: Chris Pappas (D) Steve Marchand (D)
NM: Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)
NY: Preet Bharara (D) Cynthia Nixon (D)
OH: Connie Pillich (D) Richard Cordray (D)
OK: Connie Johnson (D)
OR: Kate Brown (D)
PA: Tom Wolf (D)
RI: Lincoln Chafee (D)
SC: Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D) James Smith (D)
SD: Billie Sutton (D)
TN: Karl Dean (D)
TX: Andrew White (D)
VT: Ethan Sonneborn (D)
WI: Kathleen Vinehout (D) Tony Evers (D)
WY: Mary Throne (D)

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

CA - Desmond Silveira (AS)
IL - Randy Stufflebeam (C)
MD - Larry Hogan (R)
OH - Mike DeWine (R)

[100% pro-life no matter what]

My endorsement will go to the GOP nominee in every race except Massachusetts, Vermont, and Illinois, where I will not be supporting any candidate (though I probably slightly prefer their incumbents to the likely Democratic nominees).  I don't love Hogan or Sununu either, but they will likely be far better than whoever the Democrats put up in those states.  Also, I'm waiting on nominees in a couple other states like RI and CT.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Update:

CA: Travis Allen (R) ---> John Cox (R)
ME: Undecided ---> Mary Mayhew (R)
MN: Undecided ---> Tim Walz (D)
WY: Cynthia Lummis (R) ---> Mark Gordon (R)

I have now endorsed a declared candidate in every race, though of course the endorsement will have to change if my preferred option loses the primary, assaults someone, etc.

In total, I have endorsed 22 Republicans (61%), 13 Democrats (36%), and 1 Independent (3%) for these elections.

[Alabama_Indy10]

Subject to Change:

2017:

NJ - Phil Murphy (D)
VA - Ed Gillespie (R)

2018:

AL - Kay Ivey (R)
]AK - Bill Walker (I)
AZ - Doug Ducey (R)
AR - Asa Hutchinson (R)
CA - Gavin Newsom (D)
CO - Walker Stapleton (R)
CT - David Walker (R)
FL - Adam Putnam (R)
GA - Brian Kemp (R)
HI - David Ige (D)
ID - Brad Little (R)
IL - Chris Kennedy (D)
IA - Kim Reynolds (R)
KS - Carl Brewer (D)
ME - Garrett Mason (R)
MD - Larry Hogan (R)
MA - Charlie Baker (R)
MI - Bill Schuette (R)
MN - Jeff Johnson (R)
NE - Bob Krist (R)
NV - Adam Laxalt (R)
NH - Chris Sununu (R)
NM - Steve Pearce (R)
NY - Brian Kolb (R)
OH - Mike DeWine (R)
OK - Gary Richardson (R)
OR - Knute Buehler (R)
PA - Jim Cawley (R)
RI - Lincoln Chafee (D)
SC - Henry McMaster (R)
SD - Kristi Noem (R)
TN - Randy Boyd (R)
TX - Greg Abbott (R)
VT - Phil Scott (R)
WI - Scott Walker (R)
WY - Eli Bebout (R)

Surprised you’re not endorsing the pro-life Dem in Kansas

Oh man. This was a while ago. I'll make an updated one tonight

[YE]

-snip-

Surprised you’re not endorsing the pro-life Dem in Kansas

Oh man. This was a while ago. I'll make an updated one tonight

Fwiw, there's also several other pro-life Democrats running in other states as well in both 2018 and 2019 (Sutton in SD, Krist in NE, and Hood in MS), which I'm particularly interested in seeing since I think the party needs more ideological diversity.

Steve Sisolak from my state has a record of being somewhat pro-life (and pro-gun too) but he's vaguely drifted a bit to the left due to the primary.

[Mr. Smith]

AL: Sue Bell Cobb
AK: Bill Walker
AZ: David Garcia
AR: Jared Henderson
CA: Delaine Eastin
CO: Cary Kennedy
CT: Ned Lamont
FL: Gwen Graham
GA: Stacey Abrams
HI: Colleen Hanabusa
ID: Paulette Jordan
IL: Bruce Rauner *
IA: Nate Boulton
KS: Josh Svaty
ME: Terry Hayes
MD: Ben Jealous
MA: Bob Massie
MI: Abdul El-Sayed
MN: Tim Walz
NE: Bob Krist
NV: Chris Giunchigliani**
NH: Molly Kelly
NM: Michelle Lujan Grisham
NY: Cynthia Nixon
OH: Richard Cordray
OK: Drew Edmondson
PA: Tom Wolf
RI: Allan Fung*
SC: James Smith
SD: Billie Sutton
TN: Karl Dean
TX: Lupe Valdez
VT: Ethan Sonneburn
WI: Kathleen Vinehout
WY: Mary Throne

*Protest endorsement, Illinois because of Pritzker, Rhode Island because I have to assume Raimondo...and that's terrible

**Italian and not Andrew Cuomo

[Alabama_Indy10]

-snip-

Surprised you’re not endorsing the pro-life Dem in Kansas

Oh man. This was a while ago. I'll make an updated one tonight

Fwiw, there's also several other pro-life Democrats running in other states as well in both 2018 and 2019 (Sutton in SD, Krist in NE, and Hood in MS), which I'm particularly interested in seeing since I think the party needs more ideological diversity.

I think both parties could use more ideological diversity.

[Ohioguy29]

You can pretty safely assume I support the Democrat in every state (except Alaska of course), so I'm just gonna give primary endorsements. However, I haven't deeply researched every state, so maybe if I did I'd find a Republican I support in there somewhere. Who knows. I will support Phil Scott if his opponent ends up being that 13 year old.

All non-Ohio endorsements should be taken with a grain of salt because out-of-staters are often out of touch.

Democratic primaries
AL: Walt Maddox
AZ: David Garcia
CA: John Chiang
CT: Ned Lamont
FL: Gwen Graham
HI: Colleen Hanabusa
ID: Paulette Jordan
KS: Josh Svaty 😊
MD: Rushern Baker
MI: Gretchen Whitmer ❤️
MN: Tim Walz
NE: Bob Krist
NM: Michelle Lujan Grisham
OH: Richard Cordray!
OK: Drew Edmondson
TN: Karl Dean
VT: John Rodgers if he enters the race, apathetic if he doesn't
WI: Tony Evers? Not real sure here.

And I endorse Asa Hutchinson in the Republican primary in Arkansas.

[TheSaint250]

Subject to Change

2018:

AL - Walt Maddox (D) Enthusiastically
AK - Bill Walker (I)
AZ - Doug Ducey (R) unenthusiastically
AR - Asa Hutchinson (R)
CA - Gavin Newsom (D)
CO - Walker Stapleton (R)
CT - David Walker (R)
FL - Adam Putnam (R) unenthusiastically
GA - Stacey Evans (D)
HI - David Ige (D)
ID - Brad Little (R)
IL - Bruce Rauner (R) unenthusiastically
IA - Fred Hubbell (D)
KS - Josh Svaty (D)
ME - Garrett Mason (R)
MD - Larry Hogan (R)
MA - Charlie Baker (R)
MI - Bill Schuette (R)
MN - Jeff Johnson (R)
NE - Bob Krist (D)
NV - Adam Laxalt (R)
NH - Chris Sununu (R)
NM - Steve Pearce (R)
NY - Marcus Molinaro (R)
OH - Mike DeWine (R)
OK - Drew Edmondson (D)
OR - Knute Buehler (R)
PA - Mike Turzai (R)
RI - Allan Fung (R)
SC - Henry McMaster (R)
SD - Kristi Noem (R)
TN - Karl Dean (D)
TX - Greg Abbott (R)
VT - Phil Scott (R)
WI - Scott Walker (R)
WY - Mark Gordon (R)

What are some of Maddox's policies, specifically economic?

[Politician]

Alabama: Walt Maddox
Alaska: Bill Walker
Arizona: Steve Farley
Arkansas: Jared Henderson
California: John Chiang
Colorado: Cary Kennedy
Connecticut: Ned Lamont
Florida: Gwen Graham
Georgia: Stacey Abrams
Hawaii: Colleen Hanabusa
Idaho: Paulette Jordan
Illinois: NONE
Iowa: Nate Boulton
Kansas: Josh Svaty
Maine: Terry Hayes
Maryland: Ben Jealous
Massachusetts: Bob Massie
Michigan: Gretchen Whitmer
Minnesota: Tim Walz
Nebraska: Bob Krist
Nevada: Steve Sisolak
New Hampshire: Steve Marchand
New Mexico: Michelle Grisham
New York: Cynthia Nixon
Ohio: Richard Cordray
Oklahoma: Drew Edmondson
Oregon: Kate Brown
Pennsylvania: Tom Wolf
Rhode Island: Allan Fung (reluctantly)
South Carolina: James Smith
South Dakota: Billie Sutton
Tennessee: Karl Dean
Texas: Lupe Valdez
Vermont: Phil Scott
Wisconsin: Tony Evers
Wyoming: Mary Throne

[heatcharger]

Enthusiastic endorsements only:

AL: Maddox
AK: Walker
CA: Newsom
FL: Graham
KS: Svaty
ME: Hayes
MA: Baker
MI: Whitmer
RI: Raimondo
SD: Sutton
TN: Dean
VT: Scott
WI: Evers

LA: Edwards
MS: Hood