2018 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2018 General Election

2018 Governor's Chairs
by State

36 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2018

36 Elected

14 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2018

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

19 Incumbents renominated by same party

1 Incumbent lost primary - no longer a candidate for this office

1 Republican

262 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.)

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 2018 are marked as such.

There have been 0 deaths, 0 resignations, and 0 changes of party affiliation in 2018.

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



	Libertarian	5,402	1.91%	William S. "Billy" Toien • for Lieutenant Governor: Carolyn C. "Care" Clift
Total		283,134	100.00%

Arkansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian	25,885	2.90%	Mark West
Total		891,509	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	69,519	2.75%	Scott Helker • for Lieutenant Governor: Michelle Poague
Total		2,525,062	100.00%

Connecticut 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	6,086	0.43%	Rodney "Rod" Hanscomb • for Lieutenant Governor: Jeffrey "Jeff" Thibeault
Total		1,406,803	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	37,235	0.95%	Ted Metz
Total		3,939,409	100.00%

Idaho 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	6,551	1.08%	Bev "Angel" Boeck
Total		605,131	100.00%

Illinois 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian	109,518	2.41%	Grayson "Kash" Jackson • for Lieutenant Governor: Sanj Mohip • a.k.a. Benjamin Adam Winderweedle
Total		4,547,657	100.00%

Iowa 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian	21,426	1.61%	Jake Porter • for Lieutenant Governor: Lynne Gentry
Total		1,334,279	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	20,009	1.90%	Jeff Caldwell • for Lieutenant Governor: Mary Gerlt
Total		1,054,622	100.00%

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


	Libertarian	13,241	0.57%	Shawn Quinn • for Lieutenant Governor: Christina Smith
Total		2,304,512	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	56,606	1.33%	William H. "Bill" Gelineau • for Lieutenant Governor: Angelique Chaiser Thomas
Total		4,250,585	100.00%

Minnesota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	26,735	1.03%	Josh Welter • for Lieutenant Governor: Mary O'Connor
Total		2,587,287	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	8,640	0.89%	Jared Lord
Total		971,799	100.00%

New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2018. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian	8,197	1.43%	Jilletta Jarvis
Total		573,602	100.00%

New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Libertarian	95,033	1.53%	Larry Sharpe • for Lieutenant Governor: Andrew C. Hollister
Total		6,230,959	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	80,055	1.80%	Travis M. Irvine • for Lieutenant Governor: J. Todd Grayson
Total		4,435,820	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	40,833	3.44%	Chris Powell • Proceeds to and won the 28 August 2018 Runoff
Total		1,186,385	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


	Libertarian	28,927	1.55%	Nicholas J. "Nick" Chen
Total		1,866,997	100.00%

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


	Libertarian	49,229	0.98%	Ken V. Krawchuk • for Lieutenant Governor: former Canon-McMillan School Board Member Kathleen "Kathy" Smith
Total		5,012,555	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	4,848	1.43%	Kurt Evans • for Lieutenant Governor: Richard Shelatz
Total		339,214	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)

	Independent; (Libertarian)	5,198	0.23%	Sherry L. Clark
	Independent; (Libertarian)	2,969	0.13%	Heather Scott
	Independent; (Libertarian)	1,550	0.07%	George Blackwell Smith, IV
	Independent; (Libertarian)	1,502	0.07%	Cory King
	Independent; (Libertarian)	1,396	0.06%	Tracy C. Yaste Tisdale
	Independent; (Libertarian)	1,217	0.05%	Justin Cornett
	Independent; (Libertarian)	1,012	0.05%	Vinnie Vineyard
	Independent; (Libertarian)	869	0.04%	Gabriel Fancher
	Independent; (Libertarian)	814	0.04%	Sean Bruce Fleming
	Independent; (Libertarian)	800	0.04%	Alfred Shawn Rapoza
	Independent; (Libertarian)	726	0.03%	Mike Toews
	Independent; (Libertarian)	652	0.03%	Matthew Koch
	Independent; (Libertarian)	613	0.03%	Jeremy Allen Stephenson
	Independent; (Libertarian)	588	0.03%	Jaron D. Weidner
	Independent; (Libertarian)	496	0.02%	William Andrew "Andrew" Helmstetter
Total		2,243,294	100.00%

Texas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican



	Libertarian	140,632	1.69%	former Lago Vista City Councilman Mark Jay Tippetts
Total		8,343,443	100.00%

Wisconsin 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian	20,225	0.76%	Phillip "Phil" Anderson • for Lieutenant Governor: Patrick Baird
Total		2,673,308	100.00%

Wyoming 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period. The Wyoming Supreme Court determined on 4 May 2004 that term limits require an amendment to the state constitution rather than, as they were, imposed by a 1992 ballot initiative. At the time, the ruling was not applied to statewide offices. Reference: CATHCART v. MEYER, 2004 WY 49, 88 P.3d 1050, Case Number: 04-32, 04-33, 04-34, Decided: 05/04/2004
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	3,010	1.47%	Lawrence Gerard Struempf
Total		205,275	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
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution
	• Green
	• Libertarian
	• Reform
	• Wisconsin Green
Other Third Parties
	• Clear Water Party of Iowa
	• Compassion
	• Conservative
	• Earth Rights
	• Grassroots - Legalize Cannabis
	• Griebel Frank for CT
	• Humanitarian
	• Independence
	• Independent American
	• Independent Party of Connecticut
	• Independent Party of Oregon
	• Liberty Union
	• Marijuana
	• Moderate
	• Natural Law
	• Progressive
	• Republican Takeover
	• Serve America Movement
	• Socialist Workers Party
	• U.S. Taxpayers
	• Unity
	• Women's Equality
	• Working Families
Independents
	• Independent
	• No Affiliation
	• No Party Affiliation
	• No Political Party
	• None
	• Nonpartisan
	• Petition
	• The Wisconsin Party
	• Unenrolled
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• None of these candidates
	• 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.