Popular Democratic governors confident they can carry unpopular Biden to victory in 2024
by Misty Severi, Breaking News Reporter
December 09, 2023 11:57 AM
A group of Democratic governors are confident they can help President Joe Biden win reelection next year, despite the president's low polling numbers and approval rating.
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), who was just elected as the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, said one way governors can help Biden next year is by showing how the success they see in their individual states is connected to policies from the Biden administration.
"Certainly, governors know this: President Biden has delivered on infrastructure, he’s delivered on the CHIPS Act, he continues to deliver across the board in Minnesota. We’re seeing it every day. Governors can message that," Walz told Politico earlier this week.
Other incumbent governors floated the idea of holding constant ribbon-cutting and groundbreaking ceremonies that could link the infrastructure package and CHIPS bill with new jobs. Walz also suggested governors could put up signs telling voters who got funding for the new bridge or road they were about to use.
“It’s going to be a binary choice: President Biden, or [Donald] Trump,” Walz told Semafor on Friday.
Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), who is term-limited and cannot run for reelection next year, said he is really going to home in on the differences between Trump and Biden when campaigning for the next Democratic gubernatorial nominee. One recent success for Biden in North Carolina is its expansion of Medicaid, which Democrats claim Trump wants to torch.
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