Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush

Governors Ball: The GOP Candidates That Came From the Statehouse

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 5, 2015

Ten candidates for the White House - Jeb Bush, Rick Perry, John Kasich, Bobby Jindal, George Pataki, Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee, Martin O'Malley, Lincoln Chafee and Chris Christie - are running on their records as current or former governors. State and municipal government reporter for Bloomberg News Mark Niquette discusses the way these candidates are using their governorship as a political platform, even if it might hurt them in the end. 

Mark Niquette's article in Bloomberg Politics "Governors Who Would Be President Have Mixed Records on Miracles"

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