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List of United States Governors - Definition and Overview

This is a table of the current Governors of the 50 States.

The current party composition of the 50 state governors are:

See also: Lists of current U.S. Senators, Representatives

In the table below, Seat Up indicates the year the current governor will leave office, or the year of the next election, whichever is first; the notation (term limits) after the year indicates that the current governor is ineligible to seek re-election in that year.

Current Governor State Past Party Elected/took officeSeat Up
Robert T. Riley Alabama ListRepublican 2002 2006
Frank H. Murkowski Alaska ListRepublican2002 2006
Janet Napolitano Arizona ListDemocrat2002 2006
Mike Huckabee Arkansas ListRepublican1996 2006 (term limits)
Arnold A. Schwarzenegger California ListRepublican 2003 2006
William F. Owens Colorado ListRepublican1998 2006 (term limits)
M. Jodi Rell Connecticut ListRepublican2004 2006
Ruth Ann Minner Delaware ListDemocrat2000 2008 (term limits)
John E. "Jeb" Bush Florida ListRepublican1998 2006 (term limits)
G. Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III Georgia ListRepublican2002 2006
Linda Lingle Hawaii ListRepublican2002 2006
Dirk A. Kempthorne Idaho ListRepublican1998 2006
Rod R. Blagojevich Illinois ListDemocrat2002 2006
Mitch Daniels Indiana ListRepublican 2004 2008
Thomas J. Vilsack Iowa ListDemocrat1998 2006
Kathleen Sebelius Kansas ListDemocrat2002 2006
Ernest L. Fletcher Kentucky ListRepublican2003 2007
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Louisiana ListDemocrat2003 2007
John Elias Baldacci Maine ListDemocrat2002 2006
Robert L. Ehrlich Maryland ListRepublican2002 2006
W. Mitt Romney Massachusetts ListRepublican2002 2006
Jennifer M. Granholm Michigan ListDemocrat2002 2006
Timothy Pawlenty Minnesota ListRepublican2002 2006
Haley R. Barbour Mississippi ListRepublican2003 2007
Matthew Blunt Missouri ListRepublican2004 2008
Brian Schweitzer Montana ListDemocrat2004 2008
Dave Heineman Nebraska ListRepublican2005 2006
Kenny C. Guinn Nevada ListRepublican1998 2006 (term limits)
John Lynch New Hampshire ListDemocrat2004 2006
Richard Codey New Jersey ListDemocrat2004 2005 (acting governor)
William B. Richardson New Mexico ListDemocrat2002 2006
George E. Pataki New York ListRepublican1994 2006
Michael F. Easley North Carolina ListDemocrat2000 2008 (term limits)
John Hoeven North Dakota ListRepublican2000 2008
Robert A. Taft II Ohio ListRepublican1998 2006 (term limits)
Brad Henry Oklahoma ListDemocrat2002 2006
Theodore R. Kulongoski Oregon ListDemocrat2002 2006
Edward G. Rendell Pennsylvania ListDemocrat2002 2006
Donald L. Carcieri Rhode Island ListRepublican2002 2006
Mark C. Sanford South Carolina ListRepublican2002 2006
M. Michael Rounds South Dakota ListRepublican2002 2006
Philip N. Bredesen Tennessee ListDemocrat2002 2006
J. Richard Perry Texas ListRepublican2000 2006
Jon Huntsman, Jr. Utah ListRepublican2004 2008
James H. Douglas Vermont ListRepublican2002 2006
Mark R. Warner Virginia ListDemocrat2001 2005 (term limits)
Christine Gregoire Washington ListDemocrat2004 20081
Joe Manchin West Virginia ListDemocrat2004 2008
James E. Doyle Wisconsin ListDemocrat2002 2006
David D. Freudenthal Wyoming ListDemocrat2002 2006

In addition to the states, several other areas belong to the United States. The governors of those areas are:

GovernorTerritoryParty Elected/took officeSeat Up
Togiola Tulafono American Samoa Democrat 2003 2008
Felix Camacho Guam Republican 2002 2006
Juan N. Babauta Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth Republican 2001 2005
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Puerto Rico, Commonwealth PPD (Democrat)2004 2008
Charles Wesley Turnbull U.S. Virgin Islands Democrat 1998 2006

Footnotes

Note 1: Christine Gregoire has been inaugurated as Governor of Washington, but her election is still subject to a legal challenge from the Republican candidate, Dino Rossi. See Washington gubernatorial election, 2004 for more details.

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