The Green Papers: 2016 General Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 2016 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 2016 are marked as such.

There have been 0 deaths, 0 resignations, and 0 changes of party affiliation in 2016.

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Alabama  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic     Christopher A. Countryman

California  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

   
  Candidate Democratic     David Asem
  Candidate Democratic     Treasurer John Chiang
17 May 2016: Announced his candidacy for Governor in 2018.
  Candidate Democratic     former Public Instruction Superintendent Delaine Eastin
  Candidate Democratic     Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom
11 February 2015: Announced his candidacy for Governor in 2018.
  Candidate Democratic     ex-Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
10 November 2016: Announced his candidacy for Governor in 2018.
  Candidate Democratic     former state Controller Steve Westly
Possible candidate. Served as Controller 2002 - 2006.

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

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democratic 248,404 58.34% Congressman John Charles Carney, Jr.
16 September 2015: Announced his run for Governor.
Total 425,812 100.00%  

Florida  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic     Richard Dembinsky

Indiana  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic 1,235,503 45.42% former state Representative John R. Gregg
for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Christina Hale
Total 2,719,968 100.00%  

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

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic 1,277,360 45.57% Attorney General Chris Koster
Total 2,803,046 100.00%  

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

   
  Elected Democratic 255,933 50.25% Governor Steve Bullock
for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney
Total 509,360 100.00%  

Nevada  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic     Clark County Commissioner Stephen F. "Steve" Sisolak

New Hampshire  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2016. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic 337,589 46.57% Executive Councilor Colin Van Ostern
Total 724,863 100.00%  

New Jersey  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2013, 2017. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic     Bill Brennan
  Candidate Democratic     Jim Johnson
    Democratic     state Senator Raymond J. "Ray" Lesniak - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Democratic     former Ambassador to Germany Phil Murphy
  Candidate Democratic     state Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski

North Carolina  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Elected Democratic 2,309,157 49.02% Attorney General Roy Asberry Cooper
Total 4,711,014 100.00%  

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

   
  Elected Democratic; Working Families 985,027 50.62% Governor Kate Brown
21 September 2015: Governor Kate Brown (Democratic) announced that she will run for the remainder of the term in the special election.
Total 1,946,046 100.00%  

Utah  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic 323,349 28.74% Mike Weinholtz
for Lieutenant Governor: Kim Bowman
Total 1,125,035 100.00%  

Vermont  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2016. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic 139,253 43.45% former state Representative Sue Minter
Total 320,467 100.00%  

Virginia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2013, 2017. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

   
  Candidate Democratic     Lieutenant Governor Ralph S. Northam
24 February 2015: Announced candidacy.

Washington  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

   
  Elected Democratic 1,760,520 54.25% Governor Jay R. Inslee
Total 3,245,282 100.00%  

West Virginia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democratic 350,408 49.09% Jim Justice
Total 713,858 100.00%  

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-Farmer Labor
  Democratic-Nonpartisan League
  Republican
Major Third Parties
  Constitution
  Green
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  America First
  Independent American
  Independent Party of Oregon
  Liberty Union
  Mountain
  Unity
  Working Families
Independents
  Independent
  No Affiliation
  No Party Affiliation
  Unaffiliated
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering
  Write-in
 

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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