The Green Papers: 2011 Off-Year Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 2011 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 2011 are marked as such.

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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
  Candidate Democratic     former state Representative John Gregg
  Candidate Democratic     Thomas Lenfert
    Democratic     Evansille Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel - apparently not a candidate
19 February 2011: Announced he will not seek the Governor's chair in 2012.
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Mike Pence
5 May 2011: Candidate for Governor in 2012
  Candidate Republican     former Hamilton County Commissioner Jim Wallace
  Candidate Libertarian     Rupert Boneham

Kentucky  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Elected Democratic 464,245 55.72% Governor Steven L. "Steve" Beshear
for Lieutenant Governor: Jerry E. Abramson
  Candidate Republican 294,034 35.29% state Senator David L. Williams
for Lieutenant Governor: Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer
  Candidate Independent 74,860 8.99% Gatewood Galbraith
for Lieutenant Governor: Dea Riley
Total 833,139 100.00%  

Louisiana  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
  Elected Republican 672,950 65.82% Governor Piyush "Bobby" Jindal
  Candidate Democratic 182,755 17.87% Tara Hollis
  Candidate Democratic 49,988 4.89% Cary J. Deaton
  Candidate Democratic 33,194 3.25% Ivo "Trey" Roberts
  Candidate No Party Affiliation 26,679 2.61% David Blanchard
  Candidate Democratic 21,846 2.14% "Niki Bird" Papazoglakis
  Candidate Libertarian 12,517 1.22% Scott A. Lewis, III
  Candidate No Party Affiliation 9,103 0.89% William Robert "Bob" Lang, Jr.
  Candidate No Party Affiliation 8,171 0.80% Ron Ceasar
  Candidate 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
  Elected Republican 516,422 61.11% Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant
  Candidate 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.
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
  Candidate Republican     Bill Randles
  Candidate 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
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General Steve Bullock
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Larry Jent
    Democratic     state Senator David E. "Dave" Wanzenried - apparently not a candidate
8 July 2011: Withdrew
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Jeff Essmann
  Candidate Republican     Robert T. "Bob" Fanning, Jr.
For Lieutenant Governor, Chuck Baldwin (Constitution Party's 2008 Presidential Nominee)
  Candidate Republican     former Congressman Rick Hill
  Candidate Republican     Neil C. Livingstone
For Lieutenant Governor, state Senator Ryan Zinke
  Candidate Republican     Jim Lynch
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Ken Miller
  Candidate Republican     Chouteau County Commissioner Jim O'Hara
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Corey Stapleton
  Candidate Republican     Keith Winkler
  Candidate Libertarian     Ron Vandevender
  Candidate 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
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Maggie Hassan
  Candidate Republican     Ovide M. Lamontagne
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Kevin H. Smith
  Candidate Independent     Edward Charles "Hobo Ed" Furlong, III
Running for Bartlett Selectman and possibly Governor.

North Carolina  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Governor Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue
  Candidate Republican     former Charlotte Mayor Patrick "Pat" McCrory
  Candidate Republican     Doug Schell

North Dakota  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
  Candidate Republican     Governor Jack Dalrymple
  Candidate Republican     Paul Sorum

Utah  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
    Republican     Monty Nafoosi - apparently not a candidate
13 September 2011: Running for the U.S. House in Arizona CD 8.
  Candidate 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.
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Kenneth W. "Ken" Sumsion

Vermont  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Randy Brock
  Candidate Marijuana     Cris Ericson
Running for the Senate Class 1 seat and the Governor's chair in 2012.

Virginia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2009, 2013. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor William T. "Bill" Bolling
17 August 2011: Candidate for Governor in 2013.
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General Kenneth T. "Ken" Cuccinelli, II

Washington  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Jay R. Inslee
24 June 2011: Candidate for Governor in 2012.
Congressman CD 1.
  Candidate Republican     Shahram Hadian
  Candidate 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
  Candidate Democratic     Governor Earl Ray Tomblin
  Candidate Republican     Ralph William "Bill" Clark
  Candidate Republican     Bill Maloney
  Candidate Republican     Joseph Oliverio
  Candidate Republican     Scott "Cody" Regan
  Candidate 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.

Major Parties
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Major Third Parties
  Constitution
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  Marijuana
Independents
  Independent
  No Party Affiliation
 

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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