Governors and ethics investigations

[pbear19]

I'd personally be more curious to know whether any governors under a current investigation for ethics were ever on a ticket for Pres or VP. I'm sure there are lots of governors that run into issues, valid or otherwise, but have any of them ever been potential presidents or VPs at the time of their issues?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by pbear19

I'd personally be more curious to know whether any governors under a current investigation for ethics were ever on a ticket for Pres or VP. I'm sure there are lots of governors that run into issues, valid or otherwise, but have any of them ever been potential presidents or VPs at the time of their issues?

Well, if you name the govs, I'll help with the research.

I'm guessing not, but I also think investigations are much more common today than in the past.

(To be honest, I think in most states, up until say the last 10 years maybe, the trooper in the Palin situation just would have gotten fired once it was known that the governor wanted it and a justifiable cause was on record. Tasering a kid and drinking beer in a squad car are probably justifiable reasons to fire a trooper if you wanted to. We all kind of assume it's personal vindictiveness driving the actions of Palin's staff, but if they really believed Palin's former brother-in-law was nuts and a bad trooper, it might not be that simple.)

[bluefish81]

I can't come up with any kind of investigation that has been done on the govenor of Nebraska - Dave Heineman. Doesn't mean it's not out there, but I'm not aware of anything currently going on.

[FreshmenDAD]

Ethics investigations against Governors are very common and usually go nowhere.