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Our Favorite Fictionial Governors
But seriously, remember to vote!
Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino (Photo: alloveralbany.com)
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All joking aside, please vote today. Google has a helpful map of polling locations (and it’s also really easy to see if you’re registered to vote, just in case you’re not sure). It really doesn’t get much easier than that. Sorry to get so “real” for a second there. Now let’s get back to the fun stuff: below are a few of our favorite fictional governors, and whether they’re more Carl Paladino or Andrew Cuomo. We’ll try not to let our politics show.
Grand Moff Tarkin from Star Wars: Episode IV
Position: Governor of the Imperial Outland Regions

Tommy Carcetti, from The Wire
Position: Governor of Maryland

Nathan Explosion, from Metalocalypse
Position: Temporary governor of Florida
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Mary Bailey, from The Simpsons
Position: Governor of whatever state Springfield’s in

Charles Foster Kane, from Citizen Kane
Position: Almost governor of New York

Menelaus “Pappy” O’Daniel, from O Brother: Where Art Thou
Position: Governor of Mississippi

William J. Le Petomane, from Blazing Saddles
Position: Governor of whatever state Rock Ridge is in