The Green Papers: General Election 2005 |
2005 Governor's Chairs by State |
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Alabama 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Bob Riley First elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Alaska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Frank H. Murkowski First elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Arkansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Mike Huckabee 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 7 November 2006 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. |
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California 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger First elected: 2003 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Colorado 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Bill Owens First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. |
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Connecticut 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor M. Jodi Rell succeeded to the Governorship, 1 July 2004, upon the resignation of Governor John Rowland who had announced said resignation on 21 June 2004. Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Florida 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. |
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Georgia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Sonny Perdue First elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Hawaii 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Linda Lingle First elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Idaho 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Dirk Kempthorne First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 [also served in U.S. Senate- elected: 1992] Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Indiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Mitchell E. "Mitch" Daniels First elected: 2004 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Kentucky 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Ernie Fletcher First elected: 2003 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Maryland 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Robert L. "Bob" Ehrlich, Jr. First elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Massachusetts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Mitt Romney First elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Minnesota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Tim Pawlenty First elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Mississippi 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Haley Barbour First elected: 2003 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Missouri 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Matt Blunt First elected: 2004 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Nebraska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Dave Heineman Succeeded to the Governor's Chair upon the 20 January 2005 resignation of Governor Mike Johanas. Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Governor Mike Johanas (Republican, first elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002) was nominated by President George W. Bush for Secretary of Agriculture on 2 December 2004. He was approved by the U.S. Senate viva voce (by voice vote) on 20 January 2005. Following his approval, Secretary Johanns resigned his Governor's Chair. | |||||
Nevada 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Kenny Guinn First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. |
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New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor George E. Pataki First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 Open Chair - on 27 July 2005, Gov. Pataki announced he will not be seeking re-election to a fourth term in 2006. |
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North Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: North Dakota passed an initiative in November 2022 to amend the state's Constitution to add Gubernatorial term limits of 2 4 year terms. Applies to individuals elected after 1 January 2023 | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor John Hoeven First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Ohio 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Bob Taft First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. |
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Rhode Island 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Donald L. Carcieri First elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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South Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Mark Sanford First elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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South Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Mike Rounds First elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Texas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Rick Perry 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 7 November 2006 |
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Utah 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. First elected: 2004 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2006. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor James H. "Jim" Douglas First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2004. Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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. |
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