The Supreme Court has thrust America’s governors to the frontlines of the culture wars, an uncomfortable position for many that is upending their election races this year and challenging the above-the-fray pragmatism many have long cultivated.
, where Democratic governors say they are the only check on their Republican-controlled legislatures.
Hogan, like Wolf in Pennsylvania, faces term limits, and Maryland voters will head to the polls Tuesday to pick each party’s nominees to replace him. Hogan is supporting a moderate former member of his Cabinet in the Republican primary, hoping to repeatthat has led to a succession of popular moderate Republican governors in blue states across the Northeast.
“Collectively, elected officials have a pretty low approval rating. I think governors are an exception to that,” said Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican and the outgoing chair of the National Governors Association, whose chairmanship rotates every year, switching between members of each party.
“We cut right through all the politics stuff — we don’t even deal with it,” said New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a moderate Republican who has said abortion rights will not change in his purple state after the fall of Roe v. Wade.
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