Governors Who Reopened From COVID Win Voter Approval

Governors who reopened their states following nationwide lockdowns received voter admiration in midterms. Republican governors Greg Abbott of Texas, Ron DeSantis of Florida, and Brian Kemp of Georgia were significant winners, each opened their state when others were still shut down by Covid mandates. Jared Polis, Democrat governor of Colorado, also saw success; he, too, was the first Democrat to move beyond shutdown orders.

From The Washington Times:

Texas’s fast reopening has been linked to the state’s soaring economy, for which voters certainly rewarded Mr. Abbott.

“In Texas, we’ve been for a year now above pre-pandemic jobs. We’ve created more jobs in Texas than most of the rest of the country combined,” [Dave Carney, GOP strategist] said.

Contrast that with Nevada, a tourism-heavy state, where Gov. Steve Sisolak kept a pandemic state of emergency on the books until this May, and the state didn’t recover all its lost jobs until July.

Mr. Sisolak sought re-election, and as of Thursday his race against Republican nominee Joe Lombardo was still too close to call. If he loses, Mr. Sisolak would be the only sitting governor to be ousted this cycle.

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