Governor

Voting in the California gubernatorial recall election closes Tuesday night, and mail-in ballot turnout is high in areas likely to be in favor of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Whoever becomes (or stays) governor of the Golden State will have some big decisions to make, including appointing a replacement if aging Sen. Dianne Feinstein were to leave office (Feinstein, 87, has publicly...

In her first public address as she prepares to take over for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo following his resignation this week, the Lt. Governor said she pledges to listen first.

This week, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul stressed that she and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whom she will replace in two weeks, were not close and there would be turnover in her office.

President Joe Biden traveled a few miles across the Potomac River on Friday evening to stump for former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who is in a crucial race to retake his old job. It was Biden’s first in-person campaign event appearance since becoming president — one in which an estimated 3,000 supporters gathered in a park in Arlington, some without masks,...

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced Tuesday she is seeking the Democrat party’s nomination for Florida’s governor, setting herself up for a potential battle with her current boss, Gov. Ron DeSantis.

NBC 6 anchor Johnny Archer has more on former GOP Gov. Charlie Crist running for the office again, this time as a Democrat.

One of Florida’s former Governors has decided he wants the office once again. Charlie Crist, who served one term as the Governor as a Republican before eventually switching to an Independent and later becoming a Democrat, announced on social media Tuesday he will seek that party’s nomination for the office. Crist is expected to make a formal announcement later...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has granted a pardon of innocence to a man who had been imprisoned for two decades before his two murder convictions were vacated more than four years ago by a judge

As Gavin Newsom faces a recall in California, many are wondering how Caitlyn Jenner might fare in a race against him. NBCLX Political Editor Noah Pransky explains Jenner has name recognition that some people might spend millions for and never achieve.

Former Olympian and reality TV personality Caitlyn Jenner announced on Friday that she has filed paperwork to run for governor of California in a likely recall election against current Gov. Gavin Newsom.

In this Feb. 21st, 2021 episode, host Jackie Nespral spoke with the Congressman about his thoughts on the vaccine distribution in the state and whether he will make another run for the Governor’s office he once held – this time as a Democrat.

Jackie Nespral spoke with the South Florida native and the only statewide elected Democrat about working with the Biden administration as well as her possible future political aspirations.

Arnold Schwarzenegger shared words of hope on Sunday in the aftermath of the deadly mob at the U.S. Capitol, while also denouncing President Donald Trump and the “spinelessness” of his fellow Republicans.

Two candidates who both served as replacement governors in the wake of a Puerto Rican political crisis are competing against each other for a chance to win the job in their own right as the disaster-struck U.S. territory holds primary elections

Former Florida Gov. Wayne Mixson, whose three-day term was shortest in state history, has died

Imprisoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s sentence has been commuted. After months of speculation, President Donald Trump announced the decision as he prepared to board Air Force One Tuesday. “Yes, we commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich,” Trump said. “He served eight years in jail, a long time. He seems like a very nice person – don’t know him.”  Trump...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the world’s efforts to stop climate change have been “utterly inadequate” so far and there is a danger global warming could pass the “point of no return.” Speaking before the start Monday of a two-week international climate conference in Madrid, the U.N. chief said the impact of rising temperatures — including more extreme...

Mexican security forces on Sunday killed seven more members of a presumed cartel assault force that rolled into a town near the Texas border and staged an hour-long attack, officials said, putting the overall death toll at 20. The Coahuila state government said in a statement that lawmen aided by helicopters were still chasing remnants of the force that arrived...

James Daly is eager to make marijuana history on Sunday, when he plans to open the doors to Arbors Wellness, beckon the lengthy line outside and legally start selling recreational pot for the first time in the Midwest. “We’ve worked very hard to be prepared,” said Daly, who owns the medical dispensary that, for now, is among just six shops...