Ahead Quote by Tate Reeves

I acted on my core beliefs on social issues as governor.

— Jeb Bush

I was a severely conservative Republican governor.

— Mitt Romney

When I was elected governor of my state, I had a legislature 87 percent Democrat. It was not lost on me that to get…

— Mitt Romney

I didn't want to engage in a campaign where I was defending myself on those issues at every turn, so I just decided that…

— Rodney Alexander

I feel passionately about issues, and I don't hide my emotions from people. I am not a focus group-tested, blow-dried candidate or governor. Now…

— Chris Christie

If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.

— J. B. Pritzker

I've never been in politics before, but even in the brief time that I've been running for governor, I've been exposed to some of…

— Eric Greitens

My children were attacked by the Minnesota media when I was governor.

— Jesse Ventura

I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.

— Jesse Ventura

If you don't like being attacked for your point of view, you shouldn't be in politics in the first place.

— Andrew Breitbart

At the White House I felt like I was politically inclined for a policy person; on the campaign I feel I'm more wonky.

— Neera Tanden

When I ran for governor in 2016, we shook up the political establishment - then cut more than a billion dollars in spending, balanced…

— Doug Burgum