Just IMAGINE the fanfare and overblown media coverage this would bring had the new governor been a Dem replacing a Rep in that State.
You can just imagine the slobbering press panting and saying, "Oh I can wait until he raises taxes on the rich!" And the female press ladies could be heard saying, "He makes me so hot and bothered. And abortions will be free up until the moment of birth, and possibly after! Isn't he a dream?"
Gee, the Dem’s are strangely quiet on our little version of the current national election.
4 years ago we had a choice of a woman or a minority... We chose the woman to our eternal regret.
Now, the other guy is getting his chance.