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cascadiance

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22. All three of these "purple states" have their governors up for reelection in 2014...
Sat Jul 6, 2013, 04:36 PM
Jul 2013

I think that might put a lot of pressure on them, if there is bipartisan support in their state for overturning Citizen's United like the momentum has been building, so if a bill comes to their desk passed by their legislatures, they'd be hard pressed to not sign it.

Given the governorships up for reelection in 2014, I would put the following states in the category of perhaps signing on to overturn Citizen's United (or perhaps after 2014 if their governor gets thrown out as a result of standing in the way of this). Those running against them should definitely be using this issue as a campaign issue. As the election gets closer and money spending churns up, this will be more and more of a visible issue too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_gubernatorial_elections,_2014

Republican incumbents:
Arizona (Jan Brewer-R term limited out of office in 2014)
Florida (Rick Scott-R running for reelection in 2014)
Wisconsin (Scott Walker-R running for reelection in 2014)
Ohio (John Kasich-R running for reelection in 2014)
Maine (Paul LePage-R running for reelection in 2014)
Nevada (Brian Sandoval running for reelection in 2014)
Alaska (Sean Parnell-R running for reelection in 2014)
Michigan (Rick Snyder-R yet to declare running for reelection in 2014)
Iowa (Terry Branstadt-R yet to declare running for reelection in 2014)
Pennsylvania (Tom Corbett-R yet to declare running for reelection in 2014)
New Mexico (Susana Martinez-R yet to declare running for reelection in 2014)

Democratic incumbents:
Arkansas (Miike Beebe-D term limited out of office in 2014)
Minnesota (Mark Dayton-D running for reelection in 2014)
New Hampshire (Maggie Hassan-D yet to declare running for reelection in 2014)
New York (Andrew Cuomo-D yet to declare running for reelection in 2014)

Governors not running in coming election, but perhaps good states for passing this:
Washington
New Jersey

The rest of the states are pretty red, but there are a lot of Republican gubernatorial seats up for reelection in 2014, so who knows if perhaps some bipartisan push might help one of them shift too. Perhaps Idaho might join us here in the NW and not be surrounded by states that will have passed it since Montana's already on board. And North Dakota with its unique state bank might also be thinking differently in this area too. As the article notes, if we get close to this goal of 38 states, we might have enough to push congress to vote on it, if those in congress feel threatened by their inaction that would lead to the unprecedented state initiated constitutional amendment that might seem very possible then. Many of them might feel their jobs in jeopardy too if they chose to ignore the heavy state grass roots efforts then, even if they are Republicans.

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K/R. (nt) NYC_SKP Jul 2013 #1
Awesome! Nm MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #2
I thought 37 states were needed. MrSlayer Jul 2013 #3
My apologies. I'd seen an earlier note/article where someone mentioned it was "half way"... cascadiance Jul 2013 #5
The article didn't explain customerserviceguy Jul 2013 #4
The thought of a constitutional convention at the current time frightens me. drm604 Jul 2013 #6
It would have to start in Congress customerserviceguy Jul 2013 #7
No, the states can inititate a CC as well. Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #9
Yes, but they cannot limit what it can bring up customerserviceguy Jul 2013 #10
Kick! sheshe2 Jul 2013 #8
Keep up the good work! nt SunSeeker Jul 2013 #11
Well, hate to say it skepticscott Jul 2013 #12
Very True davidpdx Jul 2013 #19
All three of these "purple states" have their governors up for reelection in 2014... cascadiance Jul 2013 #22
Most of those held by Republicans are winable davidpdx Jul 2013 #23
Thank you DonCoquixote Jul 2013 #13
Most Excellent - K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2013 #14
I will gladly K & R this puppy Left Coast2020 Jul 2013 #15
K&R ReRe Jul 2013 #16
WooHoo! n/t onestepforward Jul 2013 #17
Didn't the guys from TyT form a group to help this? Lobo27 Jul 2013 #18
Yay! CanonRay Jul 2013 #20
As an old Oregonian, I am thrilled and proud! classof56 Jul 2013 #24
. blkmusclmachine Jul 2013 #21
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