2012 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2012 General Election

2012 Governor's Chairs
by State

11 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2012

11 Elected

39 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2012

13 Open Governor's Chairs (voluntary retirement, seeking other political office, term limits)

6 Incumbents renominated by same party

4 Democratic
2 Republican

74 Candidates seeking a Governor's Chair (Candidates may run under the banner of multiple parties. Hence, the number of parties may be greater than the number of candidates.)

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North Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

		Republican	Governor Jack Dalrymple • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First sworn: 7 December 2010 re: Governor John Hoeven (Republican) ascension to the U.S. Senate. • Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 12 June 2012 Primary
	Governor John Hoeven (Republican) ran for an won the U.S. Senate Class 3 seat in North Dakota in 2010. He was first elected as Governor in 2000 and re-elected in 2004 and 2008. Lieutenant Governor Jack Dalrymple was sworn in as the 32nd Governor of North Dakota on 7 December 2010. Mr. Dalrymple was first elected as Lieutenant Governor in 2000 and re-elected in 2004 and 2008.

Utah 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

		Republican	Governor Gary R. Herbert • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • As Lieutenant Governor, succeeded to the Governorship upon the resignation of Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (Republican), effective 11 August 2009. First elected in a special election: 2010 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 21 April 2012 Convention

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