NBC News: “One explanation for the decline of the GOP governor in the 2016 contest is the Trump Factor — if governors were set up to be the Washington outsiders, they were immediately overtaken by Donald Trump and Ben Carson.”
“A second explanation is sheer number of current and former GOP governors running — nine in total — which divided the vote among those looking for gubernatorial experience.”
“And a third is the nationalization of American politics, where rhetoric is often more important than records in state capitals.”
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