The Green Papers: 2009 General Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 2009 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 2009 are marked as such.

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New Jersey  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2005, 2009. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Elected Republican 1,174,445 48.45% former US Attorney Christopher J. "Chris" Christie
For Lieutenant Governor: Monmouth County Sheriff Kimberly M. "Kim" Guadagno
  Candidate Democratic 1,087,731 44.88% Governor Jon S. Corzine
For Lieutenant Governor: State Senator Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen County)
  Candidate Independent 139,579 5.76% Christopher "Chris" Daggett
For Lieutenant Governor Frank J. Esposito
Slogan: Independent for NJ
  Candidate Independent; (Libertarian) 4,830 0.20% Kenneth R. "Kenny" Kaplan
For Lieutenant Governor: John Paff
Slogan: Libertarian Party
  Candidate Independent 3,585 0.15% Gary T. Steele
For Lieutenant Governor: Nancy Pennella
Slogan: Leadership, Independence, Vision
  Candidate Independent 2,869 0.12% Jason Cullen
For Lieutenant Governor: Gloria Leustek
Slogan: People Not Politics
  Candidate Independent 2,598 0.11% David R. Meiswinkle
For Lieutenant Governor: Noelani Musicaro
Slogan: Middle Class Empowerment
  Candidate Independent 2,563 0.11% Kostas Petris
For Lieutenant Governor: August Petris
Slogan: For The People
  Candidate Independent; (Socialist Party USA) 2,085 0.09% Gregory "Greg" Pason
For Lieutenant Governor: Costantino "Tino" Rozzo
Slogan: Socialist Party USA
  Candidate Independent 1,625 0.07% Gary Stein
For Lieutenant Governor: Cynthia Stein
Slogans: Rock The Boat, Giv'm Heck Gary, Nice N Easy, Fools Rush In, Stormy Weather, Just in Time, All The Way, Where Are You, I Have Dreamed, They All Laughed, These Foolish Things, A Fine Romance, Lear'n The Blues, Without A Song, Something Stupid, Street Of Dreams, All Alone, How About You, Pennies From Heaven, My Shining Hour, Love And Marriage
  Candidate Independent 1,021 0.04% Joshua Leinsdorf
For Lieutenant Governor: VACANCY (was Joanne Miller)
Slogan: Fair Election Party
  Candidate Independent 753 0.03% Alvin Lindsay, Jr.
For Lieutenant Governor: Eugene Harley
Slogan: Lindsay for Governor
  Candidate Write-in 108 0.00% Write-In
Personal Choice
Total 2,423,792 100.00%  

Virginia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2005, 2009. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 1,163,523 58.62% former Attorney General Robert F. "Bob" McDonnell
30 May 2009: Nominated by Convention
  Candidate Democratic 818,909 41.26% state Senator R. Creigh Deeds
  Candidate Write-in 2,502 0.13% Write in
Total 1,984,934 100.00%  

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.

Major Parties
  Democratic
  Republican
Major Third Parties
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  Socialist Party USA
Independents
  Independent
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in
 

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.


 


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