Important state legislative races and statewide elections for offices like Lt. Governor and Attorneys General are often overshadowed by gubernatorial and federal elections.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Governing is one thing, campaigning is another - and the latter becomes far more pronounced in an election-year State of the Union.
Everything from who sits on your local board of education to the prosecutors and judicial appointments in your area and much more are all impacted by who holds political office.
The voters reward good performance. So, I'm going to go out and focus, if I become the governor, to do the very best job I can as governor. The rest of it will take care of itself.
It's too bad American electoral races aren't as transparent as NASCAR races.
Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board.
History shows one important fact: the results of competitive special elections from Hawaii to New York are poor indicators of broader trends or future general election outcomes.
The accountability of state legislators is so much more than federal legislators.
The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin.
I miss being governor.
I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office.