Is the position of senator greater in prestige than that of governor?

[wuushew]

What determines the answer? I suppose big states like California or New York are pretty rewarding governorships.

How common is job swapping between Senate and Governorships in either direction?

[napi21]

I think a Senator has more prestige because they actually make &

change the Federal Laws that affect the whole country, a Governor can only affect the laws in his State.

[TexasObserver]

1. Senate is more prestigious. Governors have appointed themselves to the senate before.

A senator dies. The state governor gets to appoint the senator to serve until the next election for that seat. Occasionally, a governor will appoint himself to the senate, then vacate the governorship.

There are a handful of governorships that would be more prestigious, but even so, governors don't usually have any national standing.

[wuushew]

3. Well lets compare Texas vs. California

rumors abound that Arnold will run vs. Boxer for Senate and supposedly Kay Bailey Hutchison wants to be Queen of Texas.

[TexasObserver]

4. Kay Bailey doesn't want to hang around in minority party status in the senate ...

... and she's got a good shot at winning governor, so that's her motivation.

Ahnold wants a national office, and has been governor.

KBH wants out of the senate because she's been there a good while, and it looks like the GOP won't run the senate any time soon. It's not a matter of the prestige of the governship, so much as it is avoiding hanging around the senate when Dems are running the show.

[mmonk]

2. In our new system of government, the Senate, like the House,

seems largely ceremonial.