EditorialKari Lake, who narrowly lost the Arizona governor’s race last year, was one of several Republican candidates who questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election. All of the major candidates in battleground states were defeated. (Rebecca Noble/The New York Times)
EditorialGov. Kathy Hochul of New York presents her budget for the dfiscal year 2024 at a news conference in Albany on Feb. 1, 2023. (Cindy Schultz/The New York Times)
EditorialKari Lake, a Republican who was defeated by Katie Hobbs in the Arizona governor’s race last fall, is interviewed at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s residence and private club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialAndrea Stewart-Cousins, the Senate majority leader, speaks during a press conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., March 30, 2023, as lawmakers negotiate the 2024 state budget. (Cindy Schultz/The New York Times)
EditorialKari Lake, a Republican who was defeated by Katie Hobbs in the Arizona governor’s race last fall, had made false election claims the centerpiece of her campaign. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
EditorialFormer Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina campaigns in Las Vegas on Sept. 29, 2022, for Joe Lombardo, who later won the governor’s race in Nevada. (Saeed Rahbaran/The New York Times)
EditorialGov. Ron Desantis is joined onstage by his family at a victory celebration in Tampa on Tuesday night, Nov. 8, 2022. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times)
EditorialGov. Kathy Hochul of New York, the Democratic nominee for governor, speaks to supporters at a campaign event in Buffalo, Oct. 29, 2022. (Brandon Watson/The New York Times)
EditorialA building damaged during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, remains standing almost a year later on June 26, 2021. (Akilah Townsend/The New York Times)
EditorialGov. Ron DeSantis of Florida looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum in Jupiter, Fla., on Sept. 8, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialDoug Mastriano, a state Senator and Pennsylvania’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks at a rally where he campaigned alongside Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Pittsburgh, Aug. 19, 2022. (Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times)
EditorialClark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, right, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, at his primary election night gathering in Las Vegas on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, after winning Nevada’s Republican primary for governor. (Bridget Bennett/The New York Times)
EditorialDavid Perdue, the Trump-endorsed former senator who was easily defeated by incumbent Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in the GOP gubernatorial primary, at a Bikers for Trump rally prior to Election Day, in Plainville, Ga., May 20, 2022. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)
EditorialDemonstrators protest a Texas policy to regard gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth as ?child abuse,? at the State Capitol in Austin, March 1, 2022. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialFormer Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia, who is running for the office again, campaigns in Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 12, 2021. (Carlos Bernate/The New York Times)
EditorialSupporters applaud former Gov. Terry McAuliffe as he announces his candidacy for governor in Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 12, 2021. (Carlos Bernate/The New York Times)
EditorialMo Gov. discusses importance of sustaining his veto of a bill that would weaken laws on sexual offenders, St. Louis, Missouri, United States - 21 Aug 2013
EditorialA CalFire firefighter works a containment line on the Caldor Fire near Pollock Pines, Calif. on Aug. 18, 2021. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialLt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who will succeed Andrew Cuomo as governor upon his promised resignation, at a news conference in Albany, N.Y., Aug. 11, 2021. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialThen New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli speaks to constituents during a town hall in Rockaway, N.J., Monday, May 1, 2017. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialHaji Mahmood Noor, the district mayor for Panjwai at the district governor’s office in Panjwai, Afghanistan, Jan. 30, 2021. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)