Patrick entered the race in late 2019 and and announced he would end his campaign on February 12, 2020. Senate seat while Inslee will seek reelection as governor. Bullock, Hickenlooper, and Inslee all withdrew from the race before the first primary, with Hickenlooper choosing instead to run for a U.S. Only four candidates with gubernatorial experience entered the Democratic primary: sitting Governors Steve Bullock (MT) and Jay Inslee (WA) and former Governors John Hickenlooper (CO) and Deval Patrick (MA). The 2020 primary race showed a different trend, however. Eleven current or former governors officially declared themselves candidates – Jeb Bush (R-FL), Lincoln Chafee (D-RI), Chris Christie (R-NJ), Jim Gilmore (R-VA), Mike Huckabee (R-AR), Bobby Jindal (R-LA), John Kasich (R-OH), Martin O’Malley (D-MD), George Pataki (R-NY), Rick Perry (R-TX), and Scott Walker (R-WI). The 2016 primary races included even more governors. The large field that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney bested to capture the 2012 Republican presidential nomination included five other current or former governors – Jon Huntsman (UT), Gary Johnson (NM), Tim Pawlenty (MN), Rick Perry (TX), and Buddy Roemer (LA) – as well as intense speculation about at least four others – Haley Barbour (MS), Jeb Bush (FL), Chris Christie (NJ), and Mike Huckabee (AR). Some ran major national campaigns, while others hoped status as their state’s favorite son might lead to victory, and many more launched trial balloons that were little noticed and quickly punctured. Many other governors who sought the presidency or hoped for the vice presidency were not nominated. Two governors were on the ballot for 18 elections, and three nominated in two elections – 19. In all but 13 of the national elections, at least one governor has been on the November ballot as a presidential or vice presidential nominee. If the five third party candidates are discounted, however, one can say that 53% of the major party nominees who had been governors were victorious. Twenty-seven were elected and, most recently with former Governor Romney’s defeat in 2012, 29 have lost. Over the 59 national elections held to date, governors have captured a total of 55 presidential nominations. This includes 17 of the 45 presidents (38%) and 16 of the 49 vice presidents (33%). Of the 80 Americans who have served as President, Vice President or both since the nation was formed, 27 or just over one-third had been governor of a state. In addition to the information below, also see: Governors and the Presidency: How They Campaign, How They Govern, by Walter Shapiro and Jill Lawrence, a report commissioned by the Eagleton Center on the American Governor in 2012.
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