| The Green Papers: 2015 General Election |
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2015 Governor's Chairs by State |
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| California 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr. • First elected: 2010 (Governor Brown served 2 terms as Governor-- from 1975 through 1983); re-elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair |
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| Colorado 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor John W. Hickenlooper • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair |
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| Connecticut 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Dannel P. "Dan" Malloy • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 |
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| Delaware 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Jack A. Markell • First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2012 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair |
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| Hawaii 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor David Yutaka Ige • First elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Shan S. Tsutsui |
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| Minnesota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Mark Dayton • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 |
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| Missouri 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Jeremiah W. "Jay" Nixon • First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2012 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit. |
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| Montana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Steve Bullock • First elected: 2012 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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| New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2016. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Maggie Hassan • First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Open Chair - 5 October 2015: Candidate for the U.S. Senate Class 3 Seat in 2016. |
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| New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 |
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| Oregon 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Kate Brown • Ascended to the Governor's chair 18 February 2015 re: resignation of John A. Kitzhaber (Democratic). • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Governor Brown will serve until a Tuesday 8 November 2016 Special Election. |
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Governor John A. Kitzhaber (Democratic), who was first elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014, resigned Wednesday 18 February 2015 amid a scandal involving payments an advocacy group made to this fiancée. Secretary of State Kate Brown (Democratic) ascended to the Governor's chair upon the Governor's official resignation and will serve until a Tuesday 8 November 2016 Special Election is held. | |||||
| Pennsylvania 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Tom Wolf • First elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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| Rhode Island 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Gina Marie Raimondo • First elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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| Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2016. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Peter Shumlin • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2012, 2014. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Open Chair - 8 June 2015: "I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for a fourth term in 2016." |
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| If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election, the state Legislature chooses the next Governor. | |||||
| Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2013, 2017. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Terry McAuliffe • First elected: 2013 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2017 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair |
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| Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Jay R. Inslee • First elected: 2012 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 |
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| West Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Earl Ray Tomblin • Ascended to the Governor's chair as acting Governor when Governor Joe Manchin, III resigned to take office as a U.S. Senator: 15 November 2010. First elected in a Special Election: 4 October 2011. Re-elected: 2012 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair |
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| 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 | |
| • Republican | |
| Major Third Parties | |
| • Constitution | |
| • Libertarian | |
| • Reform | |
| Other Third Parties | |
| • Marijuana | |
| Independents | |
| • Independent | |
| Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
| • Write-in | |
| Notes |
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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. |