2022 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2022 General Election

2022 Governor's Chairs
by State

36 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2022

36 Elected

14 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2022

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

26 Incumbents renominated by same party

239 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 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



	Libertarian	45,958	3.25%	former Birmingham City Council Member James "Jimmy" Blake
Total		1,415,283	100.00%

Arizona 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


		Open Chair (no incumbent)

	Write-in; (Libertarian)	213	0.01%	Mikaela Shonnie "Mikki" Lutes-Burton
Total		2,559,485	100.00%

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)
	Libertarian	16,690	1.84%	Ricky Dale Harrington, Jr.
Total		907,037	100.00%

Colorado 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic



	Libertarian	28,939	1.15%	Kevin Ruskusky • for Lieutenant Governor: Michele Poague
Total		2,508,770	100.00%

Florida 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian	19,299	0.25%	Hector Roos • for Lieutenant Governor: Jerry "Tub" Rorabaugh
Total		7,771,399	100.00%

Georgia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian	28,163	0.71%	Shane Hazel
Total		3,953,433	100.00%

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


	Libertarian	6,714	1.13%	White Bird City Council Member Paul Sand
Total		592,557	100.00%

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


	Libertarian	111,712	2.72%	Scott Schluter • for Lieutenant Governor: John Phillips
Total		4,104,636	100.00%

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


	Libertarian	28,998	2.36%	Rick Stewart • for Lieutenant Governor: Marco Battaglia
Total		1,230,416	100.00%

Kansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Libertarian	11,106	1.10%	Seth Cordell • for Lieutenant Governor: Evan Laudick-Gains
Total		1,008,998	100.00%

Maryland 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	30,101	1.50%	David Lashar • for Lieutenant Governor: Christiana Logansmith
Total		2,005,223	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	39,244	1.56%	Frank H. "Kevin" Reed • for Lieutenant Governor: Peter Everett
Total		2,511,461	100.00%

Michigan 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Libertarian	38,800	0.87%	Mary Buzuma • for Lieutenant Governor: Brian Ellison
Total		4,461,972	100.00%

Nebraska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	26,455	3.93%	Scott Zimmerman • for Lieutenant Governor: Jason Blumenthal
Total		672,593	100.00%

Nevada 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Libertarian	14,919	1.46%	Brandon Davis
Total		1,019,071	100.00%

New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2022. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian	5,071	0.82%	Kelly Halldorson
	Libertarian	2,772	0.45%	Karlyn Borysenko
Total		619,135	100.00%

New Mexico 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Libertarian	17,387	2.44%	Karen Evette Bedonie • for Lieutenant Governor: Efren Gallardo, Jr.
Total		712,256	100.00%

Oklahoma 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian	16,243	1.41%	Natalie Bruno
Total		1,153,284	100.00%

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)
	Libertarian	6,867	0.35%	R. Leon Noble
Total		1,952,883	100.00%

Pennsylvania 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	51,611	0.96%	Jonathan Matthew Hackenburg • for Lieutenant Governor: Timothy D. "Tim" McMaster
Total		5,366,179	100.00%

Rhode Island 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Libertarian	2,811	0.79%	Elijah Jon Gizzarelli • 23 August 2022: Libertarian Party of Rhode Island reports that ballot access was granted after disqualified signatures were reconciled. 25 July 2022: Challenge Denial of Ballot Placement
Total		357,670	100.00%

South Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian	20,826	1.22%	Morgan "Bruce" Reeves • for Lieutenant Governor: Jessica Ethridge
Total		1,703,192	100.00%

South Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian	9,983	2.85%	Tracey Quint • for Lieutenant Governor: Ashley Strand
Total		350,166	100.00%

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


	Libertarian	81,932	1.01%	former Lago Vista City Council Member Mark Tippetts
Total		8,102,908	100.00%

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


	Libertarian	8,157	4.12%	Jared J. Baldes
Total		198,198	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
	• American Constitution
	• Constitution
	• Green
	• Libertarian
	• U.S. Taxpayers
Other Third Parties
	• American Solidarity
	• Americans Coming Together Party
	• Conservative
	• Grassroots - Legalize Cannabis
	• Griebel Frank for CT
	• Independence-Alliance
	• Independent American
	• Independent Greens
	• Independent Party of Connecticut
	• Keystone
	• Legal Marijuana Now
	• Natural Law
	• Progressive
	• Socialist Workers Party
	• Unity
	• Working Families
Independents
	• Independent
	• Independent Unenrolled
	• No Party Affiliation
	• Non Affiliated
	• None
	• Nonpartisan
	• Unaffiliated
	• Working Class
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• None of these candidates
	• 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.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

"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.