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Overall Grades for the Governors State Governor Score Grade
Kansas Sam Brownback (R) 69 A Florida Rick Scott (R) 69 A Maine Paul LePage (R) 65 A Pennsylvania Tom Corbett (R) 65 A
Louisiana Bobby Jindal (R) 62 B
New Hampshire John Lynch (D) 62 B
North Dakota Jack Dalrymple (R) 62 B
Alabama Robert Bentley (R) 61 B
Idaho C.L. “Butch” Otter (R) 58 B
Wyoming Matt Mead (R) 58 B
Ohio John Kasich (R) 58 B
New Jersey Chris Christie (R) 58 B
Michigan Rick Snyder (R) 57 B
Nebraska Dave Heineman (R) 57 B
Wisconsin Scott Walker (R) 57 B
Nevada Brian Sandoval (R) 57 B
Iowa Terry Branstad (R) 55 B
South Carolina Nikki Haley (R) 55 B
Oklahoma Mary Fallin (R) 55 B
Massachusetts Deval Patrick (D) 55 B
Indiana Mitch Daniels (R) 55 B New Mexico Susana Martinez (R) 54 C Missouri Jay Nixon (D) 53 C Georgia Nathan Deal (R) 53 C South Dakota Dennis Daugaard (R) 53 C Colorado John Hickenlooper (D) 53 C Arkansas Mike Beebe (D) 52 C Montana Brian Schweitzer (D) 51 C Texas Rick Perry (R) 51 C North Carolina Beverly Perdue (D) 51 C West Virginia Ray Tomblin (D) 50 C Virginia Bob McDonnell (R) 50 C
California Jerry Brown (D) 49 D
Delaware Jack Markell (D) 48 D
Arizona Jan Brewer (R) 48 D
Kentucky Steven Beshear (D) 47 D
Utah Gary Herbert (R) 47 D
Oregon John Kitzhaber (D) 45 D
New York Andrew Cuomo (D) 45 D
Tennessee Bill Haslam (R) 43 D
Maryland Martin O’Malley (D) 42 D
Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee (I) 41 D
Vermont Peter Shumlin (D) 40 D Washington Chris Gregoire (D) 38 F Hawaii Neil Abercrombie (D) 32 F Minnesota Mark Dayton (D) 21 F Connecticut Dan Malloy (D) 17 F Illinois Pat Quinn (D) 16 F
Being an Independent in California, I can honestly say that I was surprised to see Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown attain a D. He has improved with age, I guess.
The party distribution is telling, but not surprising since this is about scoring fiscal responsibility.
It's not surprising that Illinois is 50th, considering it's the black hole of political corruption. How many IL Governors, representatives, and senators have landed in prison over the last two decades? IMHO; Fiscal responsibility should be party neutral and a bi-partisan affair. There isn't a shortage of tax revenues, just common sense and virtue.
I thought Kasich would have a better ranking then 11th because he is doing a great job in Ohio. He has taken a deficit and turned into a surplus and the UE rate in Ohio is well below the national average.
Overall Grades for the Governors State Governor Score Grade
Kansas Sam Brownback (R) 69 A Florida Rick Scott (R) 69 A Maine Paul LePage (R) 65 A Pennsylvania Tom Corbett (R) 65 A
Louisiana Bobby Jindal (R) 62 B
New Hampshire John Lynch (D) 62 B
North Dakota Jack Dalrymple (R) 62 B
Alabama Robert Bentley (R) 61 B
Idaho C.L. “Butch” Otter (R) 58 B
Wyoming Matt Mead (R) 58 B
Ohio John Kasich (R) 58 B
New Jersey Chris Christie (R) 58 B
Michigan Rick Snyder (R) 57 B
Nebraska Dave Heineman (R) 57 B
Wisconsin Scott Walker (R) 57 B
Nevada Brian Sandoval (R) 57 B
Iowa Terry Branstad (R) 55 B
South Carolina Nikki Haley (R) 55 B
Oklahoma Mary Fallin (R) 55 B
Massachusetts Deval Patrick (D) 55 B
Indiana Mitch Daniels (R) 55 B New Mexico Susana Martinez (R) 54 C Missouri Jay Nixon (D) 53 C Georgia Nathan Deal (R) 53 C South Dakota Dennis Daugaard (R) 53 C Colorado John Hickenlooper (D) 53 C Arkansas Mike Beebe (D) 52 C Montana Brian Schweitzer (D) 51 C Texas Rick Perry (R) 51 C North Carolina Beverly Perdue (D) 51 C West Virginia Ray Tomblin (D) 50 C Virginia Bob McDonnell (R) 50 C
California Jerry Brown (D) 49 D
Delaware Jack Markell (D) 48 D
Arizona Jan Brewer (R) 48 D
Kentucky Steven Beshear (D) 47 D
Utah Gary Herbert (R) 47 D
Oregon John Kitzhaber (D) 45 D
New York Andrew Cuomo (D) 45 D
Tennessee Bill Haslam (R) 43 D
Maryland Martin O’Malley (D) 42 D
Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee (I) 41 D
Vermont Peter Shumlin (D) 40 D Washington Chris Gregoire (D) 38 F Hawaii Neil Abercrombie (D) 32 F Minnesota Mark Dayton (D) 21 F Connecticut Dan Malloy (D) 17 F Illinois Pat Quinn (D) 16 F
Being an Independent in California, I can honestly say that I was surprised to see Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown attain a D. He has improved with age, I guess.
My governor received an A and the governor of my former state received a D...
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