(Rick Bowmer/AP)Voters in six states this year will have a chance to put a former governor in the Senate. Romney has said he will “take a different course” from others in the Republican Party and will “speak out” when he disagrees with President Trump. We found senators who had served as a state governor had, on average, a party loyalty score 8 percent lower than other members. For each year that a senator had served as a former governor, there was a 1 percent reduction in party loyalty score. Like senators, governors must build statewide electoral coalitions to win office.

Source: Washington Post July 31, 2018 09:56 UTC