2023 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2023 General Election

2023 Governor's Chairs
by State

3 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2023

3 Elected

47 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2023

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

2 Incumbents renominated by same party

99 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 2023 are marked as such.

There have been 0 deaths, 0 resignation, and 0 changes of party affiliation in 2023.

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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

	Democratic	694,482	52.53%	Governor Andy Beshear • for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman

	Republican	627,457	47.46%	Attorney General Daniel Cameron • for Lieutenant Governor: Robert M. "Robby" Mills • 10 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023.

	Write-in	82	0.01%	Brian Fishback • for Lieutenant Governor: William "Bill" Fishback
Total		1,322,021	100.00%

Louisiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

Open	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
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Republican	547,827	51.56%	Attorney General "Jeff" Landry
	Democratic	275,525	25.93%	former state Transportation Secretary Shawn D. Wilson • 4 March 2023: Resigned as Transportation Secretary.
	Republican	62,287	5.86%	Stephen "Wags" Waguespack
	Republican	56,654	5.33%	Treasurer John M. Schroder, Sr. • 9 January 2023: Candidate for Governor.
	Independent	52,165	4.91%	Hunter Lundy
	Democratic	27,662	2.60%	Daniel M. "Danny" Cole
	Republican	18,468	1.74%	state Senator Sharon W. Hewitt
	Independent	5,190	0.49%	Benjamin Barnes
	Republican	4,426	0.42%	Patrick Henry "Dat" Barthel
	Republican	3,605	0.34%	state Representative Richard James Nelson • 20 September 2023: "Today, I am withdrawing from the Louisiana Governor's race, and endorsing Jeff Landry." He remains on the ballot.
	Independent	3,400	0.32%	Jeffery Istre
	Republican	1,734	0.16%	Xavier Ellis
	No Party	1,260	0.12%	"Keitron" Gagnon
	Republican	1,164	0.11%	"Xan" John
	Independent	1,131	0.11%	Frank Scurlock
Total		1,062,498	100.00%

Mississippi 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

	Republican	Governor Tate Reeves • 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

	Republican	418,233	50.94%	Governor Tate Reeves

	Democratic	391,614	47.70%	Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley

	Independent	11,153	1.36%	Gwendolyn Gray • 12 October 2023: Withdrew. "I am encouraging all my Family, Friends and Supporters to vote for Brandon Presley...." Remains on the ballot.
Total		821,000	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
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution
	• Green
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Mountain
Independents
	• Independent
	• No Party
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• 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.