The Green Papers: 2021 General Election |
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2021 Governor's Chairs by State |
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California 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Gavin Newsom First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Colorado 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Jared Polis First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Connecticut 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Edward "Ned" Lamont First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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Delaware 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor John Charles Carney, Jr. Previously served in the U.S. House 2011-2017. First elected to the Governor's Chair: 2016, 2020. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 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: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor David Yutaka Ige First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair |
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Illinois 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor J.B. Pritzker First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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Kansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Laura Kelly First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Kentucky 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Andy Beshear First elected: 2019 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Louisiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor John Bel Edwards First elected: 2015; re-elected: 2019 Chair up for regular election: Saturday 14 October 2023 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At Term Limit |
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Maine 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Janet T. Mills First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Michigan 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Gretchen Whitmer First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Minnesota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Timothy J. "Tim" Walz First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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Nevada 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Stephen F. "Steve" Sisolak First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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New Mexico 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014, 2018. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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North Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Roy Asberry Cooper, III First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair |
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Oregon 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. 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); first elected in a Special Election: 2016; re-elected 2018. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair |
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Pennsylvania 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Thomas W. "Tom" Wolf First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair |
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Rhode Island 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Daniel J. "Dan" McKee 2 March 2021: Ascended to the office of Governor [re: Governor Gina Raimondo confirmed as Secretary of Commerce in the Biden Administration] Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Governor Gina Marie Raimondo (Democratic), who was first elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018, was nominated on 7 January 2021 to be Secretary of Commerce in Biden Administration. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, 84-15, on 2 March 2021. 2 March 2021: Lieutenant Governor Daniel J. "Dan" McKee ascends to the Governor's Chair and sworn. | |||||
Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Jay R. Inslee First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016, 2020. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 |
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Wisconsin 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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. |
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Write-in |
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