6 Key 2018 Midterm Governor Races to Watch

By Samuel Smith, Deputy Managing Editor Wednesday, October 24, 2018

1. Wisconsin

One race labeled as a toss-up by both RCP and FiveThirtyEight is that of Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker verses Democrat challenger Tony Evers, who is Wisconsin's superintendent of public instruction.

Walker, a former presidential candidate and Milwaukee county executive, has been elected to two four-year terms twice and survived a recall in 2012. He is looking to win his third term in the swing state.

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But according to a RCP's average of various polls, Walker trails Evers by 3.6 percentage points, 44.7 to 48.3 percent.

Walker's re-election campaign has suffered some blows as four former high-ranking officials within his administration have come out and opposed his re-election campaign, with the fourth coming out last week.

As for Evers, he has faced criticism over claims that multiple paragraphs he used in a state education department budget request were plagiarized from a conservative education think tank.