2021 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2021 General Election

2021 Governor's Chairs
by State

2 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2021

2 Democratic

48 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2021

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

1 Incumbent Governor - election status not yet determined (primaries and/or nominating conventions yet to be held)

1 Democratic

92 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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New Jersey 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2017, 2021. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic



	Independent	Justin Maldonado

Texas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Independent	Patrick Scott Wynne

Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2017, 2021. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Independent	Princess Blanding • Liberation Party
	Independent	Brad Froman

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
Other Third Parties
	• Socialist Workers Party
Independents
	• Independent
	• No Party Affiliation
	• No Party Preference
	• Unaffiliated
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Not readily classifiable
	• Write-in