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Caroline Cournoyer

Senior Web Editor

Caroline Cournoyer -- Senior Web Editor. Caroline covered federal policy and politics for CongressNow, the former legislative wire service for Roll Call, has written for Education Week's Teacher Magazine, and learned the ins and outs of state and local government while working as an assistant editor at WTOP Radio.

Election 2018 Governor Evers Wisconsin
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In Governor Races, Democrats Flip 7 Seats
In Georgia, Democrat Stacey Abrams refuses to concede.
November 07, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Florida Man and Florida Woman are crushing this voting thing like it was a Natty Light can run over by a monster truck.
Tweet from Democratic consultant Steve Schale, on news that more than 4 million people in Florida had already voted as of Friday.
November 05, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
11
The governors' races rated as tossups. They are in Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
November 05, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Governing Podcasts
Pregnant, With Twins, on the Campaign Trail
Virginia state Rep. Jennifer Carroll Foy reflects on her first year in office and how she got there.
November 05, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
29 million
People who voted early, as of Friday morning, which is more than the 27 million who voted early in 2014, the last major midterm election.
November 02, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
For anybody here who has an ancestor who didn't have the right to vote, and you are choosing not to vote -- wherever you are in this state, in this country -- you are dishonoring your family.
Oprah Winfrey, in a speech on Thursday, campaigning for Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, who is running to be the nation's first female black governor.
November 02, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
10
States that have added some version of the "right to live free from governmental intrusion" in their constitutions. New Hampshire could be the next, depending on the outcome of a ballot measure next week.
November 01, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I'm the governor of Colorado and I'm gonna run for president
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, while in New Hampshire campaigning for down-ballot Democrats.
November 01, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
Now, I'm not calling Mr. DeSantis a racist. I'm simply saying the racists believe he's a racist.
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor, during a debate with Republican Ron DeSantis. Gillum, who would be the state's first black governor, pointed out that DeSantis has facilitated a Facebook group that hosted anti-Semitic posts and spoken at a conference alongside white supremacists.
October 30, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
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States that have never had a woman as governor. Arizona has had the most of any state -- four.
October 30, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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