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The following is a list of incumbent governors of the states and territories of the United States.

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Demographics

Party

There are currently 28 Democrats and 22 Republicans serving as governors. Based on the results of the 2008 elections, there were expected to be 29 Democrats and 21 Republicans serving as governors as of January 2009. However, President-elect Barack Obama has nominated Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to be the next United States Secretary of Homeland Security. Assuming Napolitano is confirmed to that position, Arizona's Secretary of State, Jan Brewer, a Republican, would become Arizona's governor. In that case, there would be 28 Democrats and 22 Republicans serving as governors.

Tenure

The longest-serving current governor is John Hoeven, who has served as North Dakota's governor since December 15, 2000. The second-longest tenure, that of Texas Governor Rick Perry, is six days shorter. The newest governor is Luis Fortuño of Puerto Rico, who was sworn in January 2, 2009.

Age

The oldest current governor is Ruth Ann Minner, 73, of Delaware; as of Minner's retirement in January 2009, the oldest governor will be Ted Kulongoski, 68, of Oregon. The youngest current governor is Bobby Jindal, 37, of Louisiana.

Gender

There are 42 men and 8 women currently serving as governor.

Race, Ethnicity, and Background

There are 45 Caucasian Americans, two African Americans (Deval Patrick of Massachusetts and David Paterson of New York), one Hispanic American (Bill Richardson of New Mexico), one Indian American (Bobby Jindal of Louisiana)and one Arab American John Baldacci of maine currently serving as governor.

Physical Disability

Governor David Paterson of New York is the first legally blind governor in U.S. history.

Personal Wealth

Three governors, Jon Corzine1 of New Jersey, Arnold Schwarzenegger2 of California, and Phil Bredesen of Tennessee, have declined to accept their salaries because of their personal wealth.

Gubernatorial election timeline schedule

Two states, New Hampshire and Vermont, have their governors serve a two year term with elections held November of every even year. All the other forty eight states have their governors serve a four year term. Arkansas used to have two year gubernatorial terms, but it was changed in 1992 to four year terms.

All states hold gubernatorial elections on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November.

  • 34 states hold their gubernatorial elections in even numbered year which are not divisible by four (i.e. concurrent with congressional, but not presidential elections). Recent years are 2002, 2006, and 2010.
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
  • 9 States hold their gubernatorial elections in years divisible by four (i.e. concurrent with presidential elections). Recent years are 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.
Delaware, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Utah, Washington and West Virginia
  • 3 States hold their gubernatorial elections in the year before a year divisible by four. Recent years are 2003, 2007, and 2011.
Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi
  • 2 States hold their gubernatorial elections in the year following a year divisible by four. Recent years are 2001, 2005, and 2009.
New Jersey and Virginia

State governors

In the table below, Seat Up indicates the year of the next election; the current term ends in January of the following year for all states except Alaska, Hawaii and Kentucky, where the term ends in December of the election year. The notation (term limits) after the year indicates that the current governor is ineligible to seek re-election in that year; the notation (retiring) indicates that the current governor has announced their intention to retire at the end of the term.

Current Governor Picture State Past Party Took office Seat Up
Bob Riley Alabama List Republican 2003 2010 (term limits)
Sarah Palin Alaska List Republican 2006 2010
Janet Napolitano Arizona List Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Mike Beebe Arkansas List Democratic 2007 2010
Arnold Schwarzenegger California List Republican 2003 2010 (term limits)
Bill Ritter Colorado List Democratic 2007 2010
M. Jodi Rell Connecticut List Republican 2004 2010
Ruth Ann Minner Delaware List Democratic 2001 2008 (term limits)
Charlie Crist Florida List Republican 2007 2010
Sonny Perdue Georgia List Republican 2003 2010 (term limits)
Linda Lingle Hawaii List Republican 2002 2010 (term limits)
Butch Otter Idaho List Republican 2007 2010
Rod Blagojevich Illinois List Democratic 2003 2010
Mitch Daniels Indiana List Republican 2005 2012 (term limits)
Chet Culver Iowa List Democratic 2007 2010
Kathleen Sebelius Kansas List Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Steve Beshear Kentucky List Democratic 2007 2011
Bobby Jindal Louisiana List Republican 2008 2011
John Baldacci Maine List Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Martin O'Malley Maryland List Democratic 2007 2010
Deval Patrick Massachusetts List Democratic 2007 2010
Jennifer Granholm Michigan List Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Tim Pawlenty Minnesota List Republican 2003 2010
Haley Barbour Mississippi List Republican 2004 2011 (term limits)
Matt Blunt Missouri List Republican 2005 2008 (retiring)
Brian Schweitzer Montana List Democratic 2005 2012
Dave Heineman Nebraska List Republican 2005 2010
Jim Gibbons Nevada List Republican 2007 2010
John Lynch New Hampshire List Democratic 2005 2010
Jon Corzine New Jersey List Democratic 2006 2009
Bill Richardson New Mexico List Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
David Paterson New York List Democratic 2008 2010
Mike Easley North Carolina List Democratic 2001 2008 (term limits)
John Hoeven North Dakota List Republican 2000 2012
Ted Strickland Ohio List Democratic 2007 2010
Brad Henry Oklahoma List Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Ted Kulongoski Oregon List Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Ed Rendell Pennsylvania List Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Donald Carcieri Rhode Island List Republican 2003 2010 (term limits)
Mark Sanford South Carolina List Republican 2003 2010 (term limits)
Mike Rounds South Dakota List Republican 2003 2010 (term limits)
Phil Bredesen Tennessee List Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Rick Perry Texas List Republican 2000 2010
Jon Huntsman, Jr. Utah List Republican 2005 2012
Jim Douglas Vermont List Republican 2003 2010
Tim Kaine Virginia List Democratic 2006 2009 (term limits)
Christine Gregoire Washington List Democratic 2005 2012 (term limits)
Joe Manchin West Virginia List Democratic 2005 2012 (term limits)
Jim Doyle Wisconsin List Democratic 2003 2010
Dave Freudenthal Wyoming List Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)

United States Territories and the District of Columbia

The following are governors and other executives of each of the territories and the Nation's Capital:

Executive Picture Territory Past Party Took Office Seat Up
Togiola Tulafono American Samoa List Democratic 2003 2012
Adrian Fenty (mayor) District of Columbia List Democratic 2007 2011
Felix Perez Camacho Guam List Republican 2002 2010
Benigno R. Fitial Northern Mariana Islands List Covenant 2006 2009
Luis G. Fortuño Puerto Rico List Republican 2009 2012
John de Jongh U.S. Virgin Islands List Democratic 2007 2010

Current governors-elect

The following is a list of current governors-elect of the United States and the dates on which they will be inaugurated as governor.

Governor-Elect Picture State Party Inauguration Date
Jack Markell Delaware Democratic January 20, 2009
Jay Nixon Missouri Democratic January 12, 2009
Beverly Perdue North Carolina Democratic January 10, 2009

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Chen, David W. (2006-10-04). "The Goldman Sachs Crew That’s Helping Run Trenton Government". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved on 2008-07-21.
  2. ^ Nelson, Soraya (2006-04-15). "News: Schwarzenegger releases tax returns". OCRegister.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.

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