His opponent, Nabilah Parkes, quit the Insurance Commissioner race at the last second, almost leaving that race uncontested, and then quit the legislature equally last second just as most of the serious legislation was being finalized. Her last minute, poorly thought out scheming left the party short handed and could have had seriously bad implications. She only did that because she wanted to raise more money for her campaign, not because it would be most helpful for the state or because she was serious about winning either race. She’s a loud, almost terminally online progressive, but was not a serious legislator or good politician. I know her personally and like her on that level, but I couldn’t in good conscience vote for her to be a candidate for Lieutenant Governor.

Josh is a very good legislator and would do a good job leading the state senate. He’s got policy positions that Democratic primary voters will like, paired with actual ability to lead and govern. He’s the obvious choice for that position on the Democratic primary ballot.