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Who wants to be a governor now?

  • Written by Raymond Scheppach, Professor of Public Policy, University of Virginia
Good old days: Before the coronavirus hit, governors, like California's Gavin Newsom, had easier jobs.AP/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool

“Governors Have the Best Political Jobs in America” is the name of one of my lectures in a leadership course I occasionally teach at the University of Virginia.

In that class, I describe how governors have huge...

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