| July Fri, 2016
Trump/Pence
For the second time in eight years, the Republican nominee for President has chosen a sitting governor as his running mate. Governor Mike Pence of Indiana will join businessman Donald Trump on the 2016 Republican ticket.
| July Fri, 2016
Transportation Trust Fund
As Governor Chris Christie and the New Jersey Legislature continue to generally agree on the need to raise the state’s gas tax to revitalize the Transportation Trust Fund and disagree on how to do it, here are some memories from the Center on the American Governor archives on how it was done last time – in 1988.
| June Mon, 2016
Governors and the Vice-Presidency
The primaries are complete, the conventions are imminent, and it’s all but official. Hillary Clinton (D) and Donald Trump (R) will face off in the 2016 presidential election.
| May Mon, 2016
The Governors Ticket 2016
In October 2014, Governor Chris Christie made a prediction while speaking at a US Chamber of Commerce event. “I am convinced,” he said, “that the next president of the United States is going to be a governor….”