North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory gets the highest grade, and one of only four As, in the libertarian Cato Institute’s new Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2014. Download the PDF here.

McCrory and Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a fellow Republican, get matching scores in the Cato report. Other A grades go to Paul LePage of Maine and Mike Pence of Indiana.

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Note how Cato describes the steps McCrory took to earn his high marks.

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