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Governor's races in 2 states echo the White House contest
WEDNESDAY, FEB 15, 2017 10:00 AM EST
ALAN SUDERMAN AND MICHAEL CATALINI, ASSOCIATED PRESS
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A blunt and combative Republican who sneers at political correctness. Insurgent candidates striking populist notes. Establishment figures on the defensive. A former TV star with political ambitions.
The governor’s races this year in Virginia and New Jersey are unfolding in ways that powerfully echo the wild campaign for the White House.
There is, for example, Corey Stewart, a tough-talking former Trump campaign chairman in Virginia who says President Donald Trump’s victory has freed candidates to “simply be yourself.”
“You can be profane. You can be politically incorrect,” said Stewart, one of three candidates challenging Ed Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chairman, for the GOP nomination.
In Trump-like fashion, Stewart has coined a mocking nickname for Gillespie: “Establishment Ed.” Stewart, chairman of the Board of Supervisors in suburban Washington’s Prince William County, also held a lottery to give away an assault rifle and recently protested Charlottesville’s plans to remove a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, tweeting, “The left has no respect for our history.”
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http://www.salon.com/2017/02/15/governors-races-in-2-states-echo-the-white-house-contest/