Being governor was once a solid path to the presidency. Not this time
Steve Bullock, John Hickenlooper and Jay Inslee are respected two-term Democratic governors, with proven records of accomplishment.Bullock, the Montana governor, got shut out of the first debate. Inslee, the Washington governor, hasn’t cracked 2 percent in a national poll. Colorado’s Hickenlooper has hit even harder times — his senior staffers urged him to drop out of the race last month.
“You have a [Attorney General William] Barr hearing or a [Supreme Court Justice Brett] Kavanaugh hearing or impeachment-related hearings — you’re in front of millions and millions of people. The exposure that members of Congress get is tremendous and governors don’t get that,” said former Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia, who considered running in 2020. “I did not have a lot of people asking me to go on national television to explain which roads I was building to ease congestion in Virginia.
Campaign staffers for the governors don’t expect that dynamic to change anytime soon. A senior aide to one of the governors — none of the campaigns would talk on the record — is already bracing for the bounty of TV hits that will benefit rival 2020 candidates when former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before Congress next week.
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks during a Democratic primary debate last month. Hickenlooper's senior staffers urged him to drop out of the race last month. | Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo
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