Governors - Page 161

October 15, 2021

Jill Biden hits campaign trail Friday in Virginia, New Jersey

First lady Jill Biden heads out on the campaign trail Friday in support of the Democratic nominees in the only two states in the nation to hold gubernatorial elections this November, including Terry McAuliffe in Virginia.

October 14, 2021

Joe Lieberman on 'Kilmeade Show': Virginia could be 'red alert' for Dems on pushback to 'woke culture'

Joe Lieberman, former Connecticut congressman, weighed in on the upcoming Virginia gubernatorial election. He said on "The Brian Kilmeade Show" that the election outcome will show how voters feel about 'woke' culture.

October 12, 2021

Border crisis overwhelming officials, communities as migrant numbers keep surging

The crisis at the southern border, which has seen hundreds of thousands of migrants encountered at the border in recent months and has overwhelmed Border Patrol agents while causing a massive political headache for the Biden administration, shows little sign of slowing down — amid concerns that there are further migrant groups on their way

October 12, 2021

New Jersey Dem Gov. Murphy caught maskless at indoor ball: 'Let them wear masks'

The Democrat governor attended the Equality Ball on Friday put on by the nonprofit Garden State Equality with other New Jersey officials at the Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park, a part of the county that has the highest risk of COVID-19 transmission according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

October 12, 2021

Pennsylvania’s Democratic attorney general jumping into gubernatorial race in key battleground

Pennsylvania attorney general Josh Shapiro will declare his candidacy for governor in the crucial northeast battleground state on Wednesday, Fox News has confirmed.

October 12, 2021

McAuliffe doubles down, calls Youngkin's opposition to critical race theory a 'racist dog whistle'

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe doubled down on his claims that critical race theory does not exist, calling Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin’s opposition to critical race a "racist dog whistle."

October 12, 2021

Obama to campaign with McAuliffe, ahead of Virginia gubernatorial election with national implications

With the Virginia gubernatorial race a margin of error contest with just three weeks to go until Election Day, former Gov. Terry McAuliffe is bringing out some of the biggest names in the Democratic Party to help him energize Democrats to vote, including former President Obama.

October 12, 2021

Tight race in Virginia gubernatorial showdown with three weeks until election

Tuesday marks three weeks to go until Election Day in Virginia, and the top-of-the-ticket race remains an extremely close contest in one of just two states to hold gubernatorial elections in the year after a presidential contest.

October 11, 2021

New Mexico governor's sexual harassment settlement more than twice as big as previously known

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's campaign paid her sexual assault accuser $150,000 in settlement payments — more than double what her campaign acknowledged earlier this year.

October 9, 2021

Arizona's Ducey, accused of misusing COVID relief money, blasts Biden admin 'overreach'

Arizona's Gov. Doug Ducey accused the Biden administration of "federal overreach" this week after the Treasury Department said the state's educational grants specifically allocated for schools without mask mandates were an improper use of federal coronavirus relief money.