Republican governor candidate Tom Leonard, in many ways, is your typical conservative: small government, lower taxes and focuses on job growth. He also says that Republicans need to be the party of solutions, not the blame game.

The former Michigan Speaker of the House joined Brad LaPlante on The Moment this week to discuss his campaign for governor and how Republicans can appeal to voters without Trump on the ballot in 2026.

This week's election showed that Democrats made huge gains in several races.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani defeated independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa for mayor of New York City. In the Virginia governor's race, Abigail Spanberger defeated Winsome Earle-Sears, and in New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill defeated Republican Jack Ciatt

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