Governor Jim Justice recently announced he was leaving the Democratic Party for the Republican. This brings the number of Governors to the Republicans to 34. Democrats have 15 which isn’t a good sign for them.
When Obama first became President he had 28 Governors on staff. The Republicans have 34 now signaling a change. They are focused on the 2018 gubernatorial elections.
Start Of Gubernatorial
It is reported that elections will start in November 2017. This will see Virginia and New Jersey as the first to be tried.
38 gubernatorial races are expected to be run. This will happen over a period of 15 months.
Governor Chris Christie is projected to win his seat. He is the current Governor of New Jersey. Governor Terry McAuliffe will do battle to retain Virginia.
The main hope of the Democrats is to overthrow the Republicans power. They hope to win the Governor majority causing a shift of power.
Someone was quoted as saying “normally our people (Democrats) are focused on federal races.” It was also said “this year, it feels like the difference between night and day.”
Money passing is expected to be a big thing in these elections. A more recent election saw money being a big issue.
