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

20 Republican
16 Democratic

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

		Democratic	Governor Gavin Newsom • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • on General Election ballot
		Democratic	6,470,099	59.18%	Governor Gavin Newsom
		Republican	4,462,910	40.82%	state Senator Brian Dahle
Total			10,933,009	100.00%

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

		Democratic	Governor Jared Polis • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated

		Democratic	1,468,481	58.53%	Governor Jared Polis • for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera

		Republican	983,040	39.18%	University of Colorado Regent Heidi Ganahl • for Lieutenant Governor: Danny Moore

		Libertarian	28,939	1.15%	Kevin Ruskusky • for Lieutenant Governor: Michele Poague

		American Constitution	21,623	0.86%	Danielle Neuschwanger • for Lieutenant Governor: Darryl Gibbs

		Unity	6,687	0.27%	Paul Noël Fiorino • for Lieutenant Governor: Cynthia Munhos De Aquino Sirianni

		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

		Democratic	Governor Edward "Ned" Lamont • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated

		Democratic; Griebel Frank for CT; Working Families	710,186	55.97%	Governor Edward "Ned" Lamont • for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz

		Republican	546,209	43.05%	Robert V. "Bob" Stefanowski • for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Laura Devlin

		Independent Party of Connecticut	12,400	0.98%	Robert B. "Bob" Hotaling • for Lieutenant Governor: former Chairman of the Glastonbury Town Council Stewart "Chip" Beckett

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

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

Open		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
			Open Chair (no incumbent)

		Democratic	261,025	62.24%	Lieutenant Governor Joshua B. "Josh" Green • for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Sylvia Luke

		Republican	152,237	36.30%	former Lieutenant Governor Duke Aiona • for Lieutenant Governor: Seaula Tupa'i, Jr.

		Scattering	5,522	1.32%	Blank Votes
		Scattering	579	0.14%	Over Votes
Total			419,363	100.00%

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

		Democratic	Governor J.B. Pritzker • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated

		Democratic	2,253,748	54.91%	Governor J.B. Pritzker • for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton

		Republican	1,739,095	42.37%	state Senator Darren Bailey • for Lieutenant Governor: Stephanie Trussell

		Libertarian	111,712	2.72%	Scott Schluter • for Lieutenant Governor: John Phillips

		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%

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

		Democratic	Governor Laura Kelly • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated

		Democratic	499,849	49.54%	Governor Laura Kelly • for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor David Toland

		Republican	477,591	47.33%	Attorney General Derek Schmidt • for Lieutenant Governor: Katie Sawyer • Derek Schmidt was first elected Attorney General: 2010; re-elected: 2014, 2018.

		Independent	20,452	2.03%	state Senator Dennis Pyle • for Lieutenant Governor: Kathleen E. Garrison • Dennis Pyle was formerly a Republican

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

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 • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated

		Democratic	376,934	55.36%	Governor Janet T. Mills

		Republican	287,304	42.19%	former Governor Paul R. LePage • First elected Governor: 2010; re-elected: 2014. At term limit in 2018.

		Independent Unenrolled	12,581	1.85%	Sam Hunkler • Independent Unenrolled

		Scattering	4,090	0.60%	BLANK
Total			680,909	100.00%

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

		Democratic	Governor Gretchen Whitmer • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated

		Democratic	2,430,505	54.47%	Governor Gretchen Whitmer • for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Garlin D. Gilchrist, II

		Republican	1,960,635	43.94%	Tudor M. Dixon • for Lieutenant Governor: former state Representative Shane Hernandez

		Libertarian	38,800	0.87%	Mary Buzuma • for Lieutenant Governor: Brian Ellison

		U.S. Taxpayers; (Republican)	16,246	0.36%	Donna Brandenburg • for Lieutenant Governor: Mellissa Carone • Donna Brandenburg was previously removed as a Republican due to insufficient petition signatures.

		Green	10,766	0.24%	Kevin Hogan Graves • for Lieutenant Governor: Destiny Clayton • aka Kevin Hogan

		Natural Law	4,973	0.11%	Daryl M. Simpson • for Lieutenant Governor: Doug Dern

		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%

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

		Democratic	Governor Timothy J. "Tim" Walz • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	1,312,349	52.27%	Governor Timothy J. "Tim" Walz • for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan

		Republican	1,119,941	44.61%	former state Senator Scott Jensen • for Lieutenant Governor: Matt Birk

		Legal Marijuana Now	29,346	1.17%	James Aaron McCaskel • for Lieutenant Governor: David Sandbeck

		Grassroots - Legalize Cannabis	22,599	0.90%	Steve Patterson • for Lieutenant Governor: Matt Huff

		Independence-Alliance	18,156	0.72%	Hugh McTavish • for Lieutenant Governor: Mike Winter

		Socialist Workers Party	7,241	0.29%	Gabrielle M. Prosser • for Lieutenant Governor: Kevin A. Dwire

		Scattering	1,029	0.04%	WRITE-IN
Total			2,510,661	100.00%

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. • Renominated

		Republican	497,377	48.81%	Clark County Sheriff Joseph "Joe" Lombardo

		Democratic	481,991	47.30%	Governor Stephen F. "Steve" Sisolak

		Libertarian	14,919	1.46%	Brandon Davis

		None of these candidates	14,866	1.46%	None of These Candidates

		Independent American	9,918	0.97%	Ed Bridges
Total			1,019,071	100.00%

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 • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated

		Democratic	370,168	51.97%	Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham • for Lieutenant Governor: Howie C. Morales

		Republican	324,701	45.59%	Mark V. Ronchetti • for Lieutenant Governor: Ant L. Thornton

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

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

		Democratic	Governor Kathleen Courtney "Kathy" Hochul • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Ascended to the Governor's Chair: 24 August 2021 [re: resignation of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (Democratic)] • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated

		Democratic; Working Families	3,140,415	52.67%	Governor Kathleen Courtney "Kathy" Hochul • for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado • 12 August 2021: Declared she will run for re-election.

		Republican; Conservative	2,762,581	46.33%	Member of Congress Lee Michael Zeldin • for Lieutenant Governor: Alison Esposito • Alison Esposito for Lieutenant Governor. 8 April 2021: Announced his candidacy for Governor. Member of Congress District 1. 18 September 2021: Announced that he is being treated for early chronic myeloid leukemia and is in remission. 2 March 2022: Only Republican candidate to receive enough votes at the state Convention to qualify for the primary. Other candidates must petition to obtain ballot access. 28 June 2022: Won the Conservative Primary

		Scattering	41,829	0.70%	Blank
		Scattering	9,290	0.16%	Scattering
		Scattering	8,163	0.14%	Void
	Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (Democratic) who was first elected in 2010, and re-elected in 2014 and 2018, resigned on 24 August 2021. On 10 August 2021, he announced, "Given the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing. My resignation will be effective in 14 days. The independent investigation has concluded that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so, violated federal and state law." Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Courtney "Kathy" Hochul (Democratic) will ascend to the Governor's Chair upon Governor's Cuomo's resignation. 24 August 2021: Andrew M. Cuomo resigned.
Total			5,962,278	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		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
			Open Chair (no incumbent)

		Democratic; Working Families	917,074	46.96%	former state Representative Tina Kotek • 21 January 2022: Resigning from the state Legislature to focus on her campaign.

		Republican	850,347	43.54%	former state Representative Christine Drazan • 31 January 2022: Resigned from state House of Representatives.

		Non Affiliated	168,431	8.62%	former state Senator Elizabeth "Betsy" Johnson • Democratic state Senator (Scappoose)

		Constitution	8,051	0.41%	Donice Noelle Smith

		Libertarian	6,867	0.35%	R. Leon Noble

		Scattering	2,113	0.11%	Misc.
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		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
			Open Chair (no incumbent)

		Democratic	3,031,137	56.49%	Attorney General Joshua D. "Josh" Shapiro • Running mate: state Representative Austin Davis

		Republican	2,238,477	41.71%	state Senator Douglas V. "Doug" Mastriano • for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Carrie Lewis DelRosso

		Libertarian	51,611	0.96%	Jonathan Matthew Hackenburg • for Lieutenant Governor: Timothy D. "Tim" McMaster

		Green	24,436	0.46%	Christina "PK" DiGiulio • for Lieutenant Governor: Cherry Valley Borough Mayor Michael Bagdes-Canning

		Keystone	20,518	0.38%	Joseph P. "Joe" Soloski • for Lieutenant Governor: Nichole M. Shultz
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

		Democratic	Governor Daniel J. "Dan" McKee • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • 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. • Renominated

		Democratic	207,166	57.92%	Governor Daniel J. "Dan" McKee

		Republican	139,001	38.86%	Ashley Marie Kalus • aka Ashley Weinzweig

		Independent	4,512	1.26%	Zachary Baker "Zach" Hurwitz
		Independent	3,123	0.87%	Paul A. Rianna, Jr.

		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

		Scattering	1,057	0.30%	Write-in
	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.
Total			357,670	100.00%

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

		Democratic	Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated

		Democratic	1,358,774	51.15%	Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers • for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Sara Russell Rodriguez

		Republican	1,268,535	47.75%	Tim Michels • for Lieutenant Governor: state Senator Roger Roth • 10 June 2022: The Wisconsin Elections Commission rejected the challenge and kept Tim Michels on the primary ballot. 6 June 2022: Petitions challenged.

		Independent	27,198	1.02%	Joan Ellis Beglinger • Withdrew. No running mate. Remains on the ballot.

		Scattering	1,879	0.07%	SCATTERING

		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.

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