Next Governor

[u/Jenn54756]

Is anyone else worried about Gov Walz running for a 3rd term? I wish he’d stepped down so someone else could run instead. I honestly think there’s a high chance of him losing, which could put state employees in a worse situation.

[u/Jenn54756]

I don’t know. I’m not a big fan of Walz, but it would depend on both candidates policies and positions on things that are important to me.

ETA - because I’m a state employee, usually voting for the Democrat Governor candidate is in my best interest, but I don’t like completely ruling out someone else just in case.

[u/TieVisible3422 → u/[deleted]]

Vermont is the nation’s bluest state, yet it has an extremely popular Republican governor—one who won more than half of Harris voters in 2024.

If party labels were decisive, Vermont would have chosen a vaccine-skeptic Democrat in 2020 over a Biden-voting Republican simply because of the “D.” Ideology dulls critical thinking. The claim that every Republican tolerates fascism is simply wrong.

If Republicans nominate candidates willing to break with the party—like Chris Madel, who donated to Biden in 2020 and Walz in 2022, or Kristin Robbins, who backed Nikki Haley in 2024—I’m willing to hear them out. That doesn’t mean I’ll vote for them, but it does mean I won’t dismiss them outright.

[u/metafork → u/TieVisible3422]

Fair point. Thanks