The Green Papers: 2011 Off-Year Election |
2011 Governor's Chairs by State |
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Indiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Democratic | former state Representative John Gregg | ||||
Democratic | Thomas Lenfert | ||||
19 February 2011: Announced he will not seek the Governor's chair in 2012. |
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Republican | Congressman Mike Pence 5 May 2011: Candidate for Governor in 2012 |
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Republican | former Hamilton County Commissioner Jim Wallace | ||||
Libertarian | Rupert Boneham | ||||
Kentucky 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | 464,245 | 55.72% | Governor Steven L. "Steve" Beshear for Lieutenant Governor: Jerry E. Abramson |
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Republican | 294,034 | 35.29% | state Senator David L. Williams for Lieutenant Governor: Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer |
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Independent | 74,860 | 8.99% | Gatewood Galbraith for Lieutenant Governor: Dea Riley |
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Total | 833,139 | 100.00% | |||
Louisiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | 672,950 | 65.82% | Governor Piyush "Bobby" Jindal | ||
Democratic | 182,755 | 17.87% | Tara Hollis | ||
Democratic | 49,988 | 4.89% | Cary J. Deaton | ||
Democratic | 33,194 | 3.25% | Ivo "Trey" Roberts | ||
No Party Affiliation | 26,679 | 2.61% | David Blanchard | ||
Democratic | 21,846 | 2.14% | "Niki Bird" Papazoglakis | ||
Libertarian | 12,517 | 1.22% | Scott A. Lewis, III | ||
No Party Affiliation | 9,103 | 0.89% | William Robert "Bob" Lang, Jr. | ||
No Party Affiliation | 8,171 | 0.80% | Ron Ceasar | ||
No Party Affiliation | 5,236 | 0.51% | Leonard Alan "Lenny" Bollingham | ||
Total | 1,022,439 | 100.00% | |||
Mississippi 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | 516,422 | 61.11% | Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant | ||
Democratic | 328,651 | 38.89% | Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny L. DuPree Received 43% in the 2 August 2011 Primary. Proceeds to 23 August 2011 runoff. Won the Tuesday 23 August 2011 Second Primary (Runoff) with 55% of the vote. |
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Total | 845,073 | 100.00% | |||
Missouri 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Republican | Bill Randles | ||||
Republican | David "Dave" Spence | ||||
Montana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Attorney General Steve Bullock | ||||
Democratic | state Senator Larry Jent | ||||
8 July 2011: Withdrew |
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Republican | state Senator Jeff Essmann | ||||
Republican | Robert T. "Bob" Fanning, Jr. For Lieutenant Governor, Chuck Baldwin (Constitution Party's 2008 Presidential Nominee) |
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Republican | former Congressman Rick Hill | ||||
Republican | Neil C. Livingstone For Lieutenant Governor, state Senator Ryan Zinke |
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Republican | Jim Lynch | ||||
Republican | former state Senator Ken Miller | ||||
Republican | Chouteau County Commissioner Jim O'Hara | ||||
Republican | former state Senator Corey Stapleton | ||||
Republican | Keith Winkler | ||||
Libertarian | Ron Vandevender | ||||
Independent | Ronald J. Lassle | ||||
New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | former state Senator Maggie Hassan | ||||
Republican | Ovide M. Lamontagne | ||||
Republican | former state Representative Kevin H. Smith | ||||
Independent | Edward Charles "Hobo Ed" Furlong, III Running for Bartlett Selectman and possibly Governor. |
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North Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue | ||||
Republican | former Charlotte Mayor Patrick "Pat" McCrory | ||||
Republican | Doug Schell | ||||
North Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Jack Dalrymple | ||||
Republican | Paul Sorum | ||||
Utah 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
13 September 2011: Running for the U.S. House in Arizona CD 8. |
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Republican | former state Representative Morgan Philpot 28 July 2011: Announced a run for Congress. Congressional District to be determined. 1 December 2011: Announced that he is running for Governor. |
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Republican | state Representative Kenneth W. "Ken" Sumsion | ||||
Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Republican | state Senator Randy Brock | ||||
Marijuana | Cris Ericson Running for the Senate Class 1 seat and the Governor's chair in 2012. |
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Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2009, 2013. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Lieutenant Governor William T. "Bill" Bolling 17 August 2011: Candidate for Governor in 2013. |
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Republican | Attorney General Kenneth T. "Ken" Cuccinelli, II | ||||
Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Congressman Jay R. Inslee 24 June 2011: Candidate for Governor in 2012. Congressman CD 1. |
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Republican | Shahram Hadian | ||||
Republican | Attorney General Rob McKenna | ||||
West Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Earl Ray Tomblin | ||||
Republican | Ralph William "Bill" Clark | ||||
Republican | Bill Maloney | ||||
Republican | Joseph Oliverio | ||||
Republican | Scott "Cody" Regan | ||||
Constitution | Phil Hudok |
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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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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