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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
  Candidate 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) **
  Elected Republican 1,275,424 49.49% Congressman Mike Pence
For Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Sue Ellspermann
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
  Candidate 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) **
  Candidate Republican 228,879 47.34% former Congressman Rick Hill
For Lieutenant Governor, state Senator Jon Sonju
Total 483,489 100.00%  

Nebraska  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
    Republican     state Senator Mike Flood - apparently not a candidate
6 December 2012: Ended his campaign after his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.
  Candidate 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) **
  Candidate 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
  Candidate Republican     Governor Christopher J. "Chris" Christie
Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Kimberly M. "Kim" Guadagno

North Carolina  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected 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
  Elected Republican 200,526 63.10% Governor Jack Dalrymple
for Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor Drew H. Wrigley
Total 317,812 100.00%  

Texas  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
  Candidate Republican     Larry Secede Kilgore

Utah  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
  Elected 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.
Total 1,006,524 100.00%  

Vermont  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Candidate 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
    Republican     Lieutenant Governor William T. "Bill" Bolling - apparently not a candidate
17 August 2011: Candidate for Governor in 2013.
28 November 2012: Suspends campaign.
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General Kenneth T. "Ken" Cuccinelli, II
  Candidate Republican     Tareq Salahi

Washington  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Republican 1,488,245 48.46% Attorney General Rob McKenna
Prefers Republican Party
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
  Candidate 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.

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