The ten governors with the highest approval ratings are all Republicans:
Toping off the list is Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, who boasts a 75 percent approval rating, with only 17 percent disapproving of his job performance. Closely behind Baker is Maryland Governor Larry Hogan. Of the top five most popular governors, three are Republicans in solid blue states.
Which is great news.
#3 on the list is North Dakota’s Doug Burgum, by the way, whose approval ratings are around the same that Led Zeppelin was getting in 1974.
Expect a chorus of “what about Kansas?” to erupt from the left any time; in Kansas, Sam Brownback is in the bottom ten. Whenever the subject turns to the success of Republican governance, Democrats chant in unison “Kansas! Kansas!”, to draw the attention away from the mass of GOP-run states that are doing quite well, thank you.
More on that later today.
How did Alabama fare? Their Governor resigned yesterday, due to a sex and campaign finance scandal.
Rikkor,
He was replaced by a female Republican, who once ran for office as a Dem.
Her name is Kay Ivey.
Any Republican in office in Maryland or Massachusetts must have an asterisk.