The Green Papers: 2012 General Election |
2012 Governor's Chairs by State |
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Delaware 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 | 113,793 | 28.59% | Jeffrey E. "Jeff" Cragg | ||
Total | 398,033 | 100.00% | |||
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 | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Republican | 1,275,424 | 49.49% | Congressman Mike Pence For Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Sue Ellspermann |
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Total | 2,577,329 | 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 | 1,160,265 | 42.53% | David "Dave" Spence | ||
Total | 2,727,883 | 100.00% | |||
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 | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Republican | 228,879 | 47.34% | former Congressman Rick Hill For Lieutenant Governor, state Senator Jon Sonju |
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Total | 483,489 | 100.00% | |||
Nebraska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
6 December 2012: Ended his campaign after his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. |
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Republican | Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy | ||||
New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Republican | 295,026 | 42.52% | Ovide M. Lamontagne | ||
Total | 693,877 | 100.00% | |||
New Jersey 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2009, 2013. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Christopher J. "Chris" Christie Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Kimberly M. "Kim" Guadagno |
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North Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Republican | 2,440,707 | 54.62% | former Charlotte Mayor Patrick "Pat" McCrory | ||
Total | 4,468,295 | 100.00% | |||
North Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | 200,526 | 63.10% | Governor Jack Dalrymple for Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor Drew H. Wrigley |
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Total | 317,812 | 100.00% | |||
Texas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Larry Secede Kilgore | ||||
Utah 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | 688,592 | 68.41% | Governor Gary R. Herbert for Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor Gregory S. "Greg" Bell. 21 April 2012: Received his party's nomination. |
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Total | 1,006,524 | 100.00% | |||
Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Republican | 110,940 | 37.55% | state Senator Randy Brock | ||
Total | 295,412 | 100.00% | |||
Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2009, 2013. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
17 August 2011: Candidate for Governor in 2013. 28 November 2012: Suspends campaign. |
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Republican | Attorney General Kenneth T. "Ken" Cuccinelli, II | ||||
Republican | Tareq Salahi | ||||
Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Republican | 1,488,245 | 48.46% | Attorney General Rob McKenna Prefers Republican Party |
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Total | 3,071,047 | 100.00% | |||
West Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Republican | 303,291 | 45.64% | William Joseph "Bill" Maloney | ||
Total | 664,486 | 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 | |
Democratic-Nonpartisan League | |
Republican | |
Major Third Parties | |
Constitution | |
Green | |
Libertarian | |
Other Third Parties | |
Liberty Union | |
Marijuana | |
Mountain | |
Progressive | |
Working Families | |
Independents | |
Independent | |
No Party Preference | |
Unaffiliated | |
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
Scattering | |
Write-in |
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