West Coast governors like Inslee have worked to block early iterations of Trump’s travel ban, for example, which was aimed at refugees and immigrants from Muslim countries. Unlike the Senate , where they will be almost entirely on defense in next year’s congressional midterms, Democrats have an opportunity to pick up seats in 26 gubernatorial elections, including in 13 states whose Republican governors are currently term-limited. “They cannot hide from him,” Inslee said of Trump in an interview on Monday. Last month, Democrats made big gains across the country by taking key state legislative seats, two governorships and full control of the state governments of New Jersey and Washington. Inslee said that Democrats will tailor their message to voters by focusing primarily on economic growth and jobs, like they did in Virginia.

Source: Huffington Post December 05, 2017 02:37 UTC