Democrats made modest inroads against the GOP’s commanding lead in governors’ offices around the country after Tuesday’s midterm elections. But two of their marquee candidates appear to have fallen short. And Republicans are projected to continue to hold power in the 2020 presidential battlegrounds of Florida and Ohio.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker lost his bid for a third term in Wisconsin.
And Republican Kris Kobach — the firebrand secretary of state who co-chaired the president’s short-lived commission on election integrity — lost the Kansas governor’s race to Democrat Laura Kelly in the traditionally deep red state.
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