Analysis: Democratic governors eye red-state victories
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, while he’s in town for the NGA’s winter meeting. This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.Democrats won tough governor’s races last year in Arizona, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and elsewhere. How do they win in much redder territory this year?We’ve got three what would appear to be away games for us: Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi. Job No. 1 is to defend and reelectin Louisiana is likewise a great governor — really one of our best — but he’s term-limited.
And I think Mississippi is the sleeper. You've got a very unpopular governor who’s left a lot of the state behind, whether it's water in Jackson or not expanding health or other services for folks who need it the most. And we've got a really credible, popular, high-name-recognition candidate in, who happens to be Elvis’s cousin. He’s been elected statewide. He’s a former mayor.None of this is going to be easy. We're going to be aggressively playing in all three states.Gov.
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