Governor’s races take on new prominence, with higher stakes


              FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks during an event attended by President Biden at Henry Maier Festival Park in Milwaukee, Sept. 5, 2022. Evers who is up for reelection warns voters that democracy is on the ballot this fall and notes he has vetoed more bills than any governor in modern state history, including measures Republicans pushed to change how elections are conducted. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
            
              FILE - Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt speaks during a debate with Gov. Laura Kelly at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Kan., Sept. 10, 2022. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly rebuts a question posed to Attorney General Derek Schmidt during a debate at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Kan., Sept. 10, 2022. Kelly is the only Democratic governor running for reelection in a state carried by former President Donald Trump in 2020. The former legislator won the office in 2018 against a fiery conservative after running as a moderate who promoted bipartisanship. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels, left, speaks as former President Donald Trump, right, listens at a rally Aug. 5, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers faces Michels, who was endorsed by Trump. Michels has claimed the 2020 presidential election was rigged — a lie Trump has pushed in an effort to overturn his loss to Biden — and supports changes to voting and election laws in the state, a perennial presidential battleground. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
            
              FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks during an event attended by President Biden at Henry Maier Festival Park in Milwaukee, Sept. 5, 2022. Evers who is up for reelection warns voters that democracy is on the ballot this fall and notes he has vetoed more bills than any governor in modern state history, including measures Republicans pushed to change how elections are conducted. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Governor’s races take on new prominence, with higher stakes