Jindal, the chair of the Republican Governors Association, says he's yet to schedule any more public appearances in early voting states.
Branstad was handed the gavel as new chairman of the Republican Governors Association by its outgoing head, John Engler of Michigan.
In the second quarter of 2010, David Koch was the biggest individual contributor to the Republican Governors Association, with a million-dollar donation.
When Perry took over as chairman of the Republican Governors Association in November, it was thought to be firm evidence that he was out for 2012.
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Mr McDonnell serves in the powerful position of chairman of the Republican Governors Association, and has campaigned for Mr Romney in South Carolina, Florida and Michigan.
Until recently it seemed obvious that David Beasley, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, would be re-elected for a second term as governor of the state.
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Frederic Malek, a private-equity executive and important Republican donor who serves as the finance chairman of the Republican Governors Association, said he hadn't thought about Mr. Christie's health.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who chairs the Republican Governors Association, told CNN that Wisconsin voters were tired of continuous recall efforts by Democrats since the 2010 election that brought Walker to the governor's office.
The Republican Governors Association "believes that rebuilding has got to occur at the state level, and of all the Republican committees, we're the only ones who have protected our incumbents, " said Nick Ayers, the group's executive director.
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"Any way you slice it, governors writ large, and Republican governors in particular, are spearheading robust policy agendas that are making real change to the bottom line of their states, " said Phil Musser, a GOP strategist and former executive director of the Republican Governors Association.
According to Politico, last weekend at the National Governors Association meeting in Virginia, five Republican governors proposed an interesting compromise: possibly going along with the Medicaid expansion, if it was paired with block-granting the program.
At the annual National Governors Association meeting, both Democrat and Republican chief executives expressed pessimism that both sides could find a way to avoid the massive, automatic spending cuts set to begin March 1, pointing to the impasse as another crisis between the White House and Congress that hampers their ability to construct state spending plans and spooks local businesses from hiring.
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