Gail Collins: “In 2023, there will be a record-breaking 12 women serving as governors around the nation. Way over the previous record of … nine.'
This Oct. 16, 2020, photo shows Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaking during an event with Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at Beech Woods Recreation Center, in Southfield, Mich.Perhaps you missed the big news: In 2023, there will be a record-breaking 12 women serving as governors around the nation. Way over the previous record of … nine.
It’s important to admit that while the quantity of female governors expands, the quality is … varied. Current incumbents include the newly reelected Kristi Noem of South Dakota, whose attitude toward COVID vaccination has been, at best, deeply unenthusiastic. And abortion rights — although some, like Noem, are definitely not on that boat. The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision mobilized female voters so much in the fall that you’d think we’d be seeing more women out there carrying the flag in the governors’ races.
The Wyoming winner, Nellie Tayloe Ross, was the widow of the prior governor. When he died, his party nominated her to succeed him before she’d decided to run. She won anyhow and apparently liked the job. Ross ran for reelection and lost but went on to forge a successful career as director of the U.S. Mint. Wyoming, however, has never since chosen a woman as governor. Get a move on, Wyoming.
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