CA:
Former eBay Inc. chief executive Meg Whitman plans to run for governor of California, a person with knowledge of her political aspirations said Monday.
The 52-year-old Republican plans to run in 2010 for the seat Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is leaving but is not ready to make a formal announcement, said the person, who was not authorized to talk publicly and spoke Monday on condition of anonymity.
TN
Bill Frist announced he is not running for Governor of TN and it quickly lead to an announcement by Congressman Wamp as did Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons
KS
LT Gov Mark Parkinson (D) said last week that he wouldn’t run for governor leaving Dems with thin bench.
OK
Democratic Lt. Gov. Jari Askins has announced her intention to run for governor in a letter saying too many Oklahomans are impoverished and college is too expensive. Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson (D) also has said he intends to run for governor in 2010.
Other names that have surfaced as possible candidates for governor include State Treasurer Scott Meacham, a Democrat, and Republican U.S. Reps. Tom Cole and Mary Fallin.
NM
Fmr Congresswoman Heather Wilson has announced she may run for Gov in 2010.
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IJB Monday, January 5th at 11:59PM EST (link)Meg Whitman.....
J. Leg (Diary) Tuesday, January 6th at 3:53AM EST (link)….is a good person and very smart in economic matters. I’d perfer someone more conservative. But with a budget crisis and us running nearly broke, she may be the best person for the job.
I just hope Whitman and Poizner...
RandomGuy (Diary) Tuesday, January 6th at 2:49PM EST (link)Don’t do a murder/suicide thing in the primary.
I’d rather one of them run against Boxer. She’s never been terribly popular and wins mostly just because the state GOP is incompetent. She could be beaten if it’s a backlash year.
Draft Mitch Daniels for President ’12
Actually....
J. Leg (Diary) Tuesday, January 6th at 9:40PM EST (link)I really like this idea. Steve Poizner is a good man, but this election is going to be about three things;
1. The Runaway Budget
2. The Out of Control Spending
3. the California economy.
Poizner should go for the senate seat, and Whitman, who’s imminently more qualified on economic matters, should run for governor.
BTW....
J. Leg (Diary) Tuesday, January 6th at 9:41PM EST (link)I’m supporting both Poizner and Whitman at this point, I want to hear what they each have to say.
Blago would be a good fit for California governor
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Tuesday, January 6th at 5:32AM EST (link)CA is desperate for cash, and who better to find new revenue streams than Blago?
Richardson is my #2 pick.
CA fear
dld1717 (Diary) Tuesday, January 6th at 8:21AM EST (link)I have some big fears at how many seats the Dem will try to pickup in CA after redistricting.
Holding this seat would be huge for us.
Can't get blood from a stone
drothgery Tuesday, January 6th at 10:42AM EST (link)I’m not sure it’s even possible to redistrict away any more GOP districts in CA, at least, not without running a serious risk that a semi-competent CA GOP would flip a few seats in return. CA is pretty well gerrymandered into noncompetitiveness already.
The Dems Could Eliminate Most GOP Seats in CA...
IJB Tuesday, January 6th at 11:14AM EST (link)…If they really wanted to.
It would require some crazy gerrimandering, having almost every congressional district stretching from the Bay Area, L.A. or the coast all the way to the NV & AZ borders, but it could probably be done.
The danger for Dems, and the reason they don’t do it, is that it would leave the Dems with a number of 55/45 or even 52/48 districts. And as neither 2010 or 2012 are likely to be friendly to Dems, I think they are afraid to risk an anti-Dem backlash that could shift a bunch of 52/48 districts to the GOP.
So, my guess is that CA loses a House district after reapportionment, the Dems eliminate a GOP House seat or two (probably someone like David Drier or Brian Bilbray), and everything else stays as is.