Everything went as planned yesterday at the first debate in the Democratic primary for governor, except for one thing: there were no opening statements.
At the same time, Mr. Bloomberg said he might have endorsed Mr. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, except for the fact that the Republican had abandoned positions that he once publicly held.
He was a fairly mediocre governor except for the health care law, which he's now repudiating.
To riff off Winston Churchill's quip, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others," I think South Carolina's Nikki Haley is the worst Republican southern governor, except for all the others.
"Swing states Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa and Arizona, among others, have GOP governors and, except for Florida, secretaries of state who can easily flip the vote counts, once they are cast, without accountability or detection.
During Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik's reign, the Umayyad government appointed Mudaris as governors in Khurasan, except for Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri's tenure in 735 738.
Abbott and 30 other governors — all Republican except for one — have called for a halt to resettling Syrian refugees in their state in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks, citing fears militants could use the asylum process to infiltrate the US.
In the 2006 midterm election, Democrats were elected to all state offices except for governor and lieutenant governor, where Republicans Tim Pawlenty and Carol Molnau narrowly won reelection.
Any officer appointed by the Governor, except a member of the General Assembly, is removable by him or her, if there is a legitimate cause for removal.
Explaining how, in a 2011 trip to Ronald Reagan's presidential library, Nancy Reagan good-naturedly tried to make him nervous, Mr. Christie recalled the former first lady's telling him that they had issued more press credentials for the governor than for any other speaker except for George W. Bush and that he'd be using "one of Ronnie's podiums from the White House".
All except for Governor Kasich have the resources to fight for months.
