The Green Papers: 2022 General Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 2022 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 2022 are marked as such.

There have been 0 deaths, 1 resignation, and 0 changes of party affiliation in 2022.

  • New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (Democratic) resigned on 24 August 2021.
  • New York Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Courtney "Kathy" Hochul (Democratic) ascended to the Governor's Chair upon Governor's Cuomo's resignation on 24 August 2021.

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Alabama  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     Yolanda Rochelle Flowers
• proceeds to and won Runoff
Alaska  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     former state Representative Les Gara
• for Lieutenant Governor: Jessica A. Cook
• 16 August 2022 Primary: Advances to General Election with 23%, 2nd place.
Arizona  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: The Governor can not serve for more than 8 years
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic     Secretary of State  Katie Hobbs
    Democratic     former state Representative Aaron Lieberman - lost primary
• 27 May 2022: Withdrew but remains on the ballot. "... it is clear to me that there’s just not a realistic path forward in this race...."
    Democratic     former Nogales Mayor Marco López - lost primary
Arkansas  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
    Democratic     Anthony "Tony" Bland - lost primary
  Candidate Democratic     Chris Jones
    Democratic     former state Representative Jay Martin - lost primary
    Democratic     James "Rus" Russell, III - lost primary
    Democratic     Supha Xayprasith-Mays - lost primary
California  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Democratic     Governor  Gavin Newsom
Colorado  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Democratic     Governor  Jared Polis
• for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera
Connecticut  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Democratic; Griebel Frank for CT; Working Families     Governor  Edward "Ned" Lamont
• for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz
Florida  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     former Member of Congress  Charlie Joseph Crist
• for Lieutenant Governor: Karla Hernandez-Mats
• Previously served as Governor (Republican): 2007-2011. Ran for, but lost, the contest for the Florida U.S. Senate Class 3 Seat in 2010 as "No Party Affiliation". First elected to the U.S. House (as a Democrat): 2016, re-elected: 2018, 2020.
Member of Congress CD 13
Georgia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     former state Representative Stacey Yvonne Abrams
Hawaii  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic     Lieutenant Governor  Joshua B. "Josh" Green
• for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Sylvia Luke
Idaho  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     Stephen Heidt
Illinois  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
    Democratic     Beverly Miles - lost primary
• for Lieutenant Governor: Karla Shaw
  Candidate Democratic     Governor  J.B. Pritzker
• for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton
Iowa  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     Diedre DeJear
• for Lieutenant Governor: Clinton County Auditor Eric Van Lancker
Kansas  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
    Democratic     Richard S. Karnowski - lost primary
• for Lieutenant Governor: Barry J. Franco
  Candidate Democratic     Governor  Laura Kelly
• for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor David Toland
Kentucky  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Democratic     Brian Hockensmith
Louisiana  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Democratic     Hunter Lundy
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
   
  Candidate Democratic     Governor  Janet T. Mills
Maryland  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic     Wes Moore
• for Lieutenant Governor: former state Delegate Aruna Miller
Massachusetts  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General  Maura Healey
• for Lieutenant Governor: Salem Mayor Kimberley "Kim" Driscoll
• Received 71.2% at the 3-4 June Democratic State Convention.
Michigan  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Democratic     Governor  Gretchen Whitmer
• for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Garlin D. Gilchrist, II
Nebraska  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Carol Blood
• for Lieutenant Governor: former state Senator Al Davis
Nevada  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Democratic     Governor  Stephen F. "Steve" Sisolak
New Hampshire  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2022. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Tom Sherman
New Jersey  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2021, 2025. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Steve Sweeney
New Mexico  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Democratic     Governor  Michelle Lujan Grisham
• for Lieutenant Governor: Howie C. Morales
New York  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Democratic; Working Families     Governor  Kathleen Courtney "Kathy" Hochul
• for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado
• 12 August 2021: Declared she will run for re-election.
Ohio  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     Dayton Mayor  Nan Whaley
• for Lieutenant Governor: Cuyahoga County Council Member Cheryl L. Stephens
Oklahoma  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     Public Instruction Superintendent  Joy Hofmeister
• First elected Public Instruction Superintendent as a Repubican: 2014; re-elected: 2018; affiliated with the Democratic Party: 7 October 2021.
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
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic; Working Families     former state Representative Tina Kotek
• 21 January 2022: Resigning from the state Legislature to focus on her campaign.
Pennsylvania  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General  Joshua D. "Josh" Shapiro
• Running mate: state Representative Austin Davis
Rhode Island  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
    Democratic     former Secretary of State Matthew A. "Matt" Brown - lost primary
• First elected: 2002. Ran for but withdrew from the Class 1 Senate Seat: 2006.
for Lieutenant Governor: Cynthia Mendes
    Democratic     Helena Buonanno Foulkes - lost primary
    Democratic     Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea - lost primary
• 24 May 2021: Candidate for Governor in 2022
  Candidate Democratic     Governor  Daniel J. "Dan" McKee
    Democratic     Luis Daniel Muñoz - lost primary
South Carolina  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
    Democratic     Carlton Boyd - lost primary
  Candidate Democratic     former Member of Congress  Joseph Kendrick "Joe" Cunningham
• for Lieutenant Governor: Tally Parham Casey
• First elected: 2018; unsuccessful candidate for re-election: 2020.
    Democratic     state Senator Maymia S. "Mia" McLeod - lost primary
    Democratic     Calvin Jerome "CJ Mack" McMillan - lost primary
    Democratic     William H. "Cowboy" Williams - lost primary
South Dakota  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  Jamie Smith
• for Lieutenant Governor: Jennifer Keintz
Tennessee  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     Jason Brantley Martin
Texas  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     former Member of Congress  Beto O'Rourke
• First elected as a Democrat: 2012, re-elected: 2014, 2016. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate: 2018.
Vermont  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic; Progressive     Brenda Siegel
Wisconsin  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Democratic     Governor  Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers
• for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Sara Russell Rodriguez
Wyoming  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. 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
   
  Candidate Democratic     Theresa Anne Livingston
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
Other Third Parties
 • Actual Justice
 • American Constitution
 • American Solidarity
 • Americans Coming Together Party
 • Conservative
 • Grassroots - Legalize Cannabis
 • Griebel Frank for CT
 • Independence
 • Independence-Alliance
 • Independent American
 • Independent Greens
 • Independent Party of Connecticut
 • Keystone
 • Labor
 • Legal Marijuana Now
 • Liberation
 • Natural Law
 • Progressive
 • Socialist Workers Party
 • U.S. Taxpayers
 • Unity
 • Working Families
Independents
 • Decline to State
 • Independent
 • No Party Affiliation
 • Non Affiliated
 • None
 • Nonpartisan
 • Unaffiliated
 • Working Class
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • None of these candidates
 • Not readily classifiable
 • 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.

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"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.

 

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