Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2024 - Cato Institute

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The man running for VP is dead last.  By a long way

Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2024
This report grades governors on their fiscal policies from a limited‐​government perspective. Governors receiving an A are those who have cut taxes and spending the most, whereas governors receiving an F have increased taxes and spending the most.
October 15, 2024 By Chris Edwards

Table 1
Overall grades for the governors
State   Governor   Score   Grade
Iowa   Kim Reynolds (R)   81   A
Nebraska   Jim Pillen (R)   77   A
West Virginia   Jim Justice (R)   71   A
Arkansas   Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R)   69   A
South Dakota   Kristi Noem (R)   69   A
Montana   Greg Gianforte (R)   66   A
Hawaii   Josh Green (D)   63   B
Georgia   Brian Kemp (R)   63   B
Idaho   Brad Little (R)   63   B
Vermont   Phil Scott (R)   60   B
South Carolina   Henry McMaster (R)   58   B
Massachusetts   Maura Healey (D)   58   B
Kansas   Laura Kelly (D)   58   B
Colorado   Jared Polis (D)   57   B
Virginia   Glenn Youngkin (R)   55   B
Utah   Spencer Cox (R)   53   C
New Hampshire   Chris Sununu (R)   53   C
Mississippi   Tate Reeves (R)   52   C
Florida   Ron DeSantis (R)   52   C
Maryland   Wes Moore (D)   52   C
Rhode Island   Dan McKee (D)   51   C
Ohio
Mike DeWine (R)   50   C
Indiana   Eric Holcomb (R)   50   C
Oklahoma   Kevin Stitt (R)   49   C
Alabama   Kay Ivey (R)   49   C
Connecticut   Ned Lamont (D)   48   C
Tennessee   Bill Lee (R)   47   C
Wyoming   Mark Gordon (R)   47   C
Texas   Greg Abbott (R)   46   C
North Dakota   Doug Burgum (R)   45   C
Nevada   Joe Lombardo (R)   45   C
Illinois   J. B. Pritzker (D)   45   C
Arizona   Katie Hobbs (D)   44   D
New Jersey   Phil Murphy (D)   42   D
California   Gavin Newsom (D)   42   D
North Carolina   Roy Cooper (D)   41   D
Kentucky   Andy Beshear (D)   40   D
Pennsylvania   Josh Shapiro (D)   39   D
New Mexico   Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)   39   D
Missouri   Mike Parson (R)   38   D
Oregon   Tina Kotek (D)   36   D
Michigan   Gretchen Whitmer (D)   35   D
Wisconsin   Tony Evers (D)   34   F
Delaware   John Carney (D)   31   F
Washington   Jay Inslee (D)   31   F
Maine   Janet Mills (D)   31   F
New York   Kathy Hochul (D)   29   F
Minnesota   Tim Walz (D)   19   F
https://www.cato.org/white-paper/fiscal-policy-report-card-americas-governors-2024#highest-scoring-governors

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This really sticks out to me!

Texas   Greg Abbott (R)   46   C

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Goobernor Noisome isn't even in the bottom 25%? I demand a recount!