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Governor of Illinois (2015–2019) — private equity executive (GTCR) — who failed to break the Illinois Democratic legislative establishment and left office after one term, having triggered a 2-year state budget crisis.
Governor of Texas (2015–) — former Texas Attorney General — who has led the most aggressive state-level conservative governance experiment in America, including border enforcement operations (Operation Lone Star), school choice, and anti-DEI legislation.
Governor of Wisconsin (2011–2019) — who passed Act 10 (eliminating most public sector collective bargaining rights), survived a recall election, and was briefly a leading 2016 Republican presidential candidate before dropping out early.