| The Green Papers: 2016 General Election |
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| Alabama 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Robert J. Bentley • 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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| Florida 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Richard L. "Rick" Scott • 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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| Georgia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor John Nathan "Nathan" Deal • 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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| Idaho 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010, 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Open Chair - 14 October 2014: "Won't run for a fourth term" in 2018. |
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| 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 |
Republican | Governor Michael R. "Mike" Pence • First elected: 2012 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Open Chair - 3 May 2016 Renomination by Primary. 14 July 2016: Media reports indicate that Donald John Trump, Sr.- the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party for President when that Party's National Convention meets in Cleveland, Ohio next week- has chosen Governor Mike Pence [R-Indiana] to be his Vice President should Trump be elected President of the United States this coming Fall. Governor Pence has reportedly suspended his re-election campaign. |
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| ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | |||||
| Kansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Samuel D. "Sam" Brownback • 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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| Maine 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Paul R. LePage • 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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| Michigan 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Rick Snyder • 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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| Mississippi 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Phil Bryant • First elected: 2011; re-elected: 2015. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2019 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit. |
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| Nevada 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Brian E. Sandoval • 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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| New Jersey 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2013, 2017. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Christopher J. "Chris" Christie • First elected: 2009; re-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 - At term limit |
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| New Mexico 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Susana Martinez • 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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| North Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: North Dakota passed an initiative in November 2022 to amend the state's Constitution to add Gubernatorial term limits of 2 4 year terms. Applies to individuals elected after 1 January 2023 | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor Jack Dalrymple • Succeeded: 7 December 2010 upon the resignation of Governor John Hoeven (Republican) having been elected to the U.S. Senate. First elected: 2012 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Open Chair - 24 August 2015: Governor Jack Dalrymple announces he will not run for re-election. |
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| ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | |||||
| Ohio 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor John Richard Kasich • 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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| Oklahoma 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Mary C. Fallin • 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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| South Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Nikki Randhawa Haley • 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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23 November 2016: President-elect Trump nominates Governor Nikki Haley for the position of United Nations Ambassador. | |||||
| South Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Dennis M. Daugaard • 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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| Tennessee 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor William "Bill" Haslam • 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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| 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 |
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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. |