The Green Papers: General Election 2005
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 2005 Governor's Chairs
by State

This is a list of the current Governors' chairs, the incumbents occupying them, and the candidacy status of said incumbents. Chairs up for election in the year 2005 are marked as such.

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New Jersey  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2001, 2005. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Independent 26,422 1.22% Hector L. Castillo
Slogan: Education Not Corruption
  Candidate Independent; (Libertarian) 13,700 0.63% Jeffrey Pawlowski
Slogan: Libertarian Party
  Candidate Independent; (Green) 11,179 0.51% Matthew J. Thieke
Slogan: The Green Party
  Candidate Independent 8,603 0.40% Edward Forchion
Slogan: Legalize Marijuana-(G.R.I.P.)
  Candidate Independent 4,914 0.23% Michael Latigona
Slogan: One New Jersey
  Candidate Independent 3,762 0.17% Wesley K. "Wes" Bell
Slogans: Repeal Casino Taxes, Cut Waste, Shake Up Trenton, Repeal N.J.D.E.P., Restore Rebates, End Pay To Play, Stop State Corruption, Cut Waste, Balance Budget, Restore Rebates, Exempt Marine Construction, Restore Rebates, Repeal N.J.D.E.P., Balance Budget, Cut State Spending, Balance Budget.
  Candidate Independent; (Socialist Workers Party) 2,023 0.09% Angela L. Lariscy
Slogan: Socialist Workers Party
  Candidate Independent 1,850 0.09% Constantino Rozzo
Slogan: Socialist Party USA
Total 2,173,172 100.00%  

Virginia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2001, 2005. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Independent 43,953 2.22% State Senator H. Russell "Russ" Potts, Jr.
State Senator H. Russell Potts Jr. (R-Winchester) identifies himself specifically as "Independent Republican"
Total 1,983,778 100.00%  

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

  Democratic
  Democratic-Farmer Labor
  Green
  Independence
  Independent
  Libertarian
  No Party Affiliation
  Republican
  Scattering
  Socialist Workers Party
 

 


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