For much of the past year, I’ve been doing reporting on gun reform and gun policy, which led me to speaking with some of the governors working on reform efforts in their states.

While doing some early reporting work for a story, I started asking if any of these governors talk to each other about gun policy. That’s when I heard, “Well you know about the group chat, right?”

That question resulted in the story I published last week where I spoke with seven of the eight Democratic women leading their states — Maura Healey in Massachusetts, Katie Hobbs in Arizona, Kathy Hochul in New York, Laura Kelly in Kansas, Tina Kotek in Oregon, Michelle Lujan Grisham in New Mexico, Janet Mills in Maine and Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan.

I learned about their relationships with their peers, how they think about leadership, the issues that matter most to them. So, what questions do you have about these leaders and their priorities in this crucial election year? What do you want to know about their group chat and their relationship? Ask away!

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6 comments

  2. When will Kathy Hochul start acting more like Gretchen Whitmer?

  3. Hello, and thanks for the AMA. I have two questions:

    1) In reporting this or other stories did you learn of the existence of any other notable group chats?

    2) About this section of your article:

    >A few years later, DGA launched the Women Governors Fund, which has put $80 million in Democratic women candidates in general elections. Since its start in 2018, the number of Democratic women governors has quadrupled.

    How much would you attribute the launch of the DGA’s WGF to that quadrupling? Were any of the 8 governors you mention in the article elected by close enough margins that the impact of the extra cash from the WGF could plausibly have put them over the top?

  4. Why isn’t Lou Leon Guerrero, the governor of Guam and member of the Democratic Party, part of their group chat?

  5. Has Michelle Lujan Grisham backtracked at all on her blatantly unconstitutional public health order regarding guns?

  6. Why don’t the states legislate the meaning of a “well regulated militia”?

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