Governors

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s Democrats struggled to find their way out of three interlocking political crises Thursday that could bring down the party’s top elected officials and put a Republican in the governor’s chair. With Gov. Ralph Northam’s career in peril over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook, the state attorney […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Voters in Virginia and New Jersey gave Democratic gubernatorial candidates large victories Tuesday and sent a clear message of rebuke to Republican President Donald Trump. In Virginia’s hard-fought contest, Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie. In New Jersey, front-running Democrat Phil Murphy overcame Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama told dozens of the nation’s governors Sunday night that they probably wouldn’t agree on all issues, but said he expected they’d find more in common than sometimes is assumed. He welcomed many of the nation’s governors to the White House for an annual dinner, including at least one who […]