ElectWomen.com has the links and a list for “…the top, most viable female gubernatorial candidates…” and an asterisk after some of the names indicates that in addition to the women listed, there are also female primary challengers for some of the candidates.
The number of states involved: 16! Currently, just six states (Michigan, North Carolina, Arizona, Washington, Connecticut and Hawaii) have female governors.
And if you don’t subscribe to ElectWomen’s enewsletters, you should.
Any bets on how far these candidates will get, what the outcome will be in 11/10?
Alex Sink, Nikki Haley, Sue Bysiewicz, Meg Whitman, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jan Brewer – those are the names I know, from one way or another. I don’t think Whitman (CA) can do it, I wish Hutchison (TX) could at least get past Rick Perry (whose been endorsed by Sarah Palin) but I’m not sure, Nikki Haley (SC) is very intriguing but assessing the impact of her closeness to Mark Sanford and his policies is tough. Alex Sink (FL) has been getting name play from women’s forums for quite a while and I’ve been hearing about Bysiewicz for years and years because of my connections in CT.
And how many of these women, after two years, do we think might challenge potential candidates in runs as vice president…or president in 2012? If elected to gov-ship in 2010, they’d at least meet the minimum experience qualification threshold, set – for better or worse – by Sarah Palin in 2008.