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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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; (Green)	254	0.01%	Liana West
	Write-in; (Libertarian)	213	0.01%	Mikaela Shonnie "Mikki" Lutes-Burton
	Write-in; (Independent Greens)	139	0.01%	William Josué Pounds, IV • Independent-Green
	Write-in; (Republican)	74	0.00%	Steph Noelle "Steph" Denny
	Write-in; (Republican)	55	0.00%	Alice Novoa
	Write-in; (Independent)	44	0.00%	RayShawn D'Anthony "Shawn" Merrill
	Write-in; (None)	41	0.00%	Anthony Camboni
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)

	Write-in			Dan Nelson
	Write-in			Elvis Presley
	Write-in			Jason Tate
	Write-in			Michael Woodard
Total		907,037	100.00%

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


	Write-in; (Unaffiliated)			Zachary Varon • for Lieutenant Governor: Sean Hoyt
	Write-in; (Unaffiliated)			Paul Willmon • for Lieutenant Governor: Kathren May
Total		2,508,770	100.00%

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


	Write-in; (Green)	98	0.01%	Michelle Louise Bicking • for Lieutenant Governor: Cassandra "Cass" Martineau
Total		1,268,893	100.00%

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


	Write-in	18	0.00%	David C. Byrne
	Write-in	7	0.00%	Milton J. Lofton
Total		3,953,433	100.00%

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


	Write-in	28	0.00%	Shon-Tiyon Horton
	Write-in	28	0.00%	Emily Johnson
	Write-in	18	0.00%	Elizabeth Ann Sebesta
	Write-in	7	0.00%	Michael Kinney
Total		4,104,636	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)
	Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	596	0.03%	Kyle Sefcik
Total		2,005,223	100.00%

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


	Write-in	26	0.00%	Evan S. Space
	Write-in	8	0.00%	Bob Scott
	Write-in	4	0.00%	Joyce Priscilla Gipson
	Write-in	3	0.00%	Michael David Kelley
	Write-in	3	0.00%	Ervin Joseph Lamie
	Write-in	2	0.00%	Joseph Michael Hunt
	Write-in	1	0.00%	Elizabeth Ann Adkisson
	Write-in	0	0.00%	Justin Paul Blackburn
	Write-in	0	0.00%	Michael Ray Deck
	Write-in	0	0.00%	Eugene Rosell Hunt, Jr.
	Write-in	0	0.00%	Joseph Irving
Total		4,461,972	100.00%

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


	Write-in	8,082	0.20%	Marshall Usher • for Lieutenant Governor: Shannon Walker
	Write-in	574	0.01%	Timothy Grady • for Lieutenant Governor: Dayna Bickley
	Write-in	231	0.01%	Renea Turner • for Lieutenant Governor: Adina Pelletier
	Write-in	77	0.00%	Craig Patton • for Lieutenant Governor: Collin Cook
Total		4,134,877	100.00%

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


	Write-in	386	0.02%	Lemichael D. Wilson
	Write-in	2	0.00%	Curtis Carney
	Write-in	1	0.00%	Stephen C. Maxwell
	Write-in	0	0.00%	Kameron Parker Scott
Total		1,739,882	100.00%

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


	Write-in; (American Solidarity)	1,243	0.02%	Jacqueline Abernathy
	Write-in; (Republican)	394	0.00%	Mark V. Goloby • 1 March 2022: Ran for but lost the Republican Primary for Comptroller of Public Accounts
Total		8,102,908	100.00%

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


	Write-in; (Independent)	104	0.00%	Seth Haskin
Total		2,656,490	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.