Jennifer Duffy, who tracks gubernatorial races for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner Blake Fischer in an email to colleagues about his hunting trip to Namibia, where he killed and photographed himself with large dead animals, including a giraffe. Republican Gov. Butch Otter said the emails and graphic photos did not "exercise good judgment" and called for his resignation. Fischer obliged.
Minnesota state Rep. Dave Baker, a Republican who sponsored a failed bill this year that would have charged pharmaceutical companies a fee for every opioid painkiller they sell. It would have raised an estimated $20 million in annual funding for opioid abuse prevention and treatment.
Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor Scott Wagner, threatening his opponent, Gov. Tom Wolf, in a campaign video posted on Facebook.
Ed Rendell, a former Pennsylvania governor, mayor and district attorney, on why he joined the board of a nonprofit seeking to open the nation's first safe injection facility where addicts can use illegal drugs under medical supervision as a way to combat the opioid crisis. Such facilities violate federal law.
Alexa James, executive director of Chicago's chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub of Hallandale Beach, Fla., referring to Mayor Keith London.