It has been 20 years since the United States elected a former governor as president, a streak that’s likely to stretch at least until 2028.
But the presidency is surely on the minds of at least a few state-level executives who will descend on Washington later this week for the National Governors Association winter meetings.
Between President Jimmy Carter’s inauguration in January 1977 and President George W. Bush’s White House exit in early 2009, four out of five presidents had previously served as a governor. Since then, former Sen. Barack Obama, business mogul and political newcomer Donald Trump, and former Sen. and Vice President Joe Biden have occupied the Oval Office.
“Qualifications for president have evolved considerably over time and we certainly seem to be in a cycle which doesn’t value governors nearly as much
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