The Green Papers: 2023 General Election |
2023 Governor's Chairs by State |
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Arizona 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Katie Hobbs First elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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California 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Gavin Newsom First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit |
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Colorado 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Jared Polis First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit |
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Connecticut 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Edward "Ned" Lamont First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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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: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Joshua B. "Josh" Green First elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Illinois 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor J.B. Pritzker First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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Kansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Laura Kelly First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At 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 Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2023 First elected: 2019; re-elected: 2023. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Renominated |
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Louisiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
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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: 2022, 2026. 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; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit. |
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Maryland 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Wes Moore First elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Massachusetts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Maura Healey First elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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Michigan 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Gretchen Whitmer First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit. |
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Minnesota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Timothy J. "Tim" Walz First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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New Jersey 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2021, 2025. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Philip "Phil" Murphy First elected: 2017, re-elected: 2021 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2025 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit. |
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New Mexico 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit. |
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New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Kathleen Courtney "Kathy" Hochul Ascended to the Governor's Chair: 24 August 2021 [re: resignation of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (Democratic)]. First elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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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: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Tina Kotek First elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Pennsylvania 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Joshua D. "Josh" Shapiro First elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Rhode Island 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. 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]. First elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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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 Open Chair - 1 May 2023: Governor Inslee will not seek re-election: "I'm ready to pass the torch...." |
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Wisconsin 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
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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. 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. |
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