The Green Papers: Midterm Election 2002
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 2002 Governor's Chairs
by State

This is a list of the current Governors' seats, the incumbents occupying them, and the candidacy status of said incumbents. Chairs up for election in the year 2002 are marked as such.

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Alabama  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

Chair up for election Democrat Governor Don Siegelman
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary

Alaska  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

Chair up for election Democrat Governor Tony Knowles
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Arizona  Term Limit: The Governor can not serve for more than 8 years; 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Jane Dee Hull
As Secretary of State, succeeded to the office upon the resignation of Governor Fife Symington (Republican): 5 September 1997; first elected to a full term: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Arkansas  Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Mike Huckabee
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
As Lieutenant Governor, succeeded to the office upon the resignation of Governor Jim Guy Tucker (Democrat): 15 July 1996; first elected to a full term: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 21 May 2002 Primary

California  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

Chair up for election Democrat Governor Gray Davis
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 5 March 2002 Primary

Colorado  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Bill Owens
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 13 August 2002 - Primary

Connecticut  Term Limit: None; 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor John G. Rowland
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1984, 1986, 1988]
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - July 2002 Convention

Delaware  Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

  Democrat Governor Ruth Ann Minner
First elected: 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.

Florida  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary

Georgia  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

Chair up for election Democrat Governor Roy E. Barnes
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 20 August 2002 - Primary

Hawaii  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

Chair up for election Democrat Governor Ben Cayetano
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Idaho  Term Limit: None; 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Dirk Kempthorne
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
[also served in U.S. Senate- elected: 1992]
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - Tuesday 28 May 2002 Primary

Illinois  Term Limit: None; 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor George H. Ryan
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Open Chair - Voluntary Retirement
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Indiana  Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

  Democrat Governor Frank O'Bannon
First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.

Iowa  Term Limit: None; 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

Chair up for election Democrat Governor Tom Vilsack
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary

Kansas  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Bill Graves
First elected: 1994; re-relected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Kentucky  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

  Democrat Governor Paul Patton
First elected: 1995; re-elected; 1999
Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2003
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.

Louisiana  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

  Republican Governor M.J. "Mike" Foster
First elected: 1995; re-elected: 1999
Chair up for election: Saturday 18 October 2003
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.

Maine  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent

Chair up for election Independent Governor Angus S. King
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Maryland  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

Chair up for election Democrat Governor Parris N. Glendening
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Massachusetts  Term Limit: None; 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Jane Swift
As Lieutenant Governor, suceeded to the office upon the resignation of Governor Argeo Paul Cellucci (Republican): 10 April 2001
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Open Chair - Voluntary Retirement
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Michigan  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor John Engler
First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1994, 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Minnesota  Term Limit: None; 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Independence

Chair up for election Independence Governor Jesse Ventura
First elected: 1998 (under the banner of the Reform Party: left the Party February 2000)
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Open Chair - Voluntary Retirement
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Mississippi  Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

  Democrat Governor Ronnie Musgrove
First elected: 1999
Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2003
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.

Missouri  Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

  Democrat Governor Bob Holden
First elected: 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.

Montana  Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

  Republican Governor Judy Martz
First elected: 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.

Nebraska  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Mike Johanns
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 14 May 2002 Primary

Nevada  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Kenny Guinn
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 3 September 2002 Primary

New Hampshire  Term Limit: None; 2-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

Chair up for election Democrat Governor Jeanne Shaheen
First elected: 1996; re-elected: 1998, 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Open Chair - Nominee for U.S. Senate
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

New Jersey  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

  Democrat Governor James E. ["Jim"] McGreevey
First elected: 2001
Chair up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2005
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.

New Mexico  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Gary E. Johnson
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

New York  Term Limit: None; 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor George E. Pataki
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary

North Carolina  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

  Democrat Governor Mike Easley
First elected: 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.

North Dakota  Term Limit: None; 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

  Republican Governor John Hoeven
First elected: 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.

Ohio  Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Bob Taft
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary

Oklahoma  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Frank Keating
First elected: 1994; re-elected 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Oregon  Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

Chair up for election Democrat Governor John Kitzhaber
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Pennsylvania  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Mark Schweiker
Assumed office: 5 October 2001 upon the resignation of Tom Ridge.
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Open Chair - Voluntary Retirement
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Rhode Island  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Lincoln C. Almond
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

South Carolina  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

Chair up for election Democrat Governor Jim Hodges
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 11 June 2002 Primary

South Dakota  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor William J. Janklow
First elected to these terms: 1994; re-elected: 1998 [had previously been elected Governor in 1978 and re-elected in 1982]
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair - NOTE:Nominee for U.S. House (At-Large seat)
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Tennessee  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Don Sundquist
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Texas  Term Limit: None; 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Rick Perry
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Lt. Gov. Rick Perry became Governor 21 December 2000 when George W. Bush resigned to take the office of President of the United States. First elected to a full term: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 12 March 2002 Primary

Utah  Term Limit: 3 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

  Republican Governor Michael O. Leavitt
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Governor Leavitt is eligible to run for re-election in 2004 since he was an incumbent when Utah's term limits were adopted. [Utah Code Section 20A-10-201 (4) For purposes of calculating the term limits established by this section, no person may count the time a state officer, state representative, or state senator served in a particular office before January 1, 1995.]

Vermont  Term Limit: None; 2-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

Chair up for election Democrat Governor Howard Dean
As Lieutenant Governor, succeeded to the office upon the death of Governor Richard A. Snelling (Republican): 14 August 1991; first elected to a full term: 1992; re-elected: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Open Chair - Voluntary Retirement
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Virginia  Term Limit: 1 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

  Democrat Governor Mark Warner
First elected: 2001 (succeeding Republican James S. Gilmore)
Chair up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2005
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.

Washington  Term Limit: None; 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

  Democrat Governor Gary Locke
First elected: 1996, 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.

West Virginia  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat

  Democrat Governor Robert E. Wise, Jr.
First elected: 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.

Wisconsin  Term Limit: None; 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Scott McCallum
Entered office: 2001. Lieutenant Governor Scott McCallum assumed the Governor's Chair upon the resignation of Governor Tommy G. Thompson. (Governor Thompson became Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Bush Administration.)
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 10 September 2002 - Primary

Wyoming  Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election Republican Governor Jim Geringer
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
 

 


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