The Green Papers: 2024 General Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 2024 Governor's Chairs
by State

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 2024 are marked as such.

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

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California  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Toni G. Atkins
  Candidate Democratic     Lieutenant Governor  Eleni Kounalakis
• 24 April 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
  Candidate Democratic     Public Instruction Superintendent  Tony K. Thurmond
• 23 September 2023: "I didn't come from money, power, or influence. I'm running for Governor to be a voice for those who need one ...."
  Candidate Democratic     former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
  Candidate Democratic     former state Controller Betty Yee
• First elected as Comptroller: 2014, re-elected: 2018
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
   
  Candidate Democratic     Lieutenant Governor  Bethany Hall-Long
• 12 September 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
  Candidate Democratic     New Castle County Executive  Matt Meyer
  Candidate Democratic     Collin O'Mara
  Candidate Republican     Jerrold A. "Jerry" Price
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Michael "Mike" Ramone
  Candidate Republican     Bobby Williamson
Georgia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     Justin Laster
Indiana  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic     former state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer G. McCormick
• for Lieutenant Governor: former state Representative Terry Goodin
• Ms. McCormick was formerly a Republican.
  Candidate Republican     Senator  Michael K. "Mike" Braun
• for Lieutenant Governor: Micah Beckwith
  Candidate Libertarian     Donald Rainwater
• for Lieutenant Governor: Tonya Hudson
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Christopher Ryan Stried
Michigan  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Republican     William Null
Missouri  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 Republican
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
    Democratic     Sheryl Gladney - lost primary
    Democratic     Mike Hamra - lost primary
    Democratic     Hollis L. Laster - lost primary
    Democratic     Eric Morrison - lost primary
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  Crystal Quade
    Republican     Secretary of State  John R. "Jay" Ashcroft - lost primary
• 6 April 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
    Republican     state Senator  William C. "Bill" Eigel - lost primary
    Republican     Darren L. Grant - lost primary
    Republican     Jeremy Gundel - lost primary
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Mike Kehoe
    Republican     Darrell Leon McClanahan, III - lost primary
• 17 June 2024: The Missouri Republican Party has filed an appeal.
17 May 2024: Missouri Cole Circuit Court trial court ruled against the Missouri Republican Party's attempt to remove Darrell McClanahan from the primary ballot. Ref: Missoouri Republican Party v Secretary of State, Cole Circuit Court, 24AC- CC02151. The party lost. Media article.
    Republican     Robert James Olson - lost primary
    Republican     Amber Thomsen - lost primary
    Republican     Chris Wright - lost primary
  Candidate Libertarian     Bill Slantz
Montana  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     Ryan Busse
• for Lieutenant Governor: Raph Graybill
    Democratic     Jim Hunt - lost primary
• for Lieutenant Governor: Jerry Driscoll
  Candidate Republican     Governor  Greg Gianforte
• for Lieutenant Governor: Kristen Juras
    Republican     state Representative  Tanner J. Smith - lost primary
• for Lieutenant Governor: state Public Service Commissioner Randy Pinocci
  Candidate Libertarian     Kaiser Leib
• for Lieutenant Governor: Matt Campbell
Nevada  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Republican     M. Kameron Hawkins
New Hampshire  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     Manchester Mayor  Joyce Craig
  Candidate Democratic     Jon Kiper
  Candidate Democratic     Executive Councilor  Cinde Warmington
  Candidate Republican     former U.S. Senator  Kelly Ayotte
• First elected: 2010; unsuccessful candidate for re-election: 2016.
  Candidate Republican     Shaun Fife
  Candidate Republican     Robert Wayne McClory
  Candidate Republican     Richard A. McMenamon, II
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Chuck Morse
  Candidate Republican     Frank Negus Staples
  Candidate Libertarian     Stephen Villee
    Independent     Edmond J. LaPlante - apparently not a candidate
New Jersey  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2021, 2025. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Democratic     Newark Mayor  Ras J. Baraka
  Candidate Democratic     Jersey City Mayor  Steven M. Fulop
  Candidate Democratic     Montclair Mayor  Sean M. Spiller
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Steve Sweeney
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Jon M. Bramnick
  Candidate Republican     former state Assembly Member Jack Ciattarelli
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Edward "Ed" Durr
• Ed the Trucker
  Candidate Republican     Bill Spadea
North Carolina  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General  Joshua Harold "Josh" Stein
• 18 January 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Mark Keith Robinson
  Candidate Constitution     Walter Vincent "Vinny" Smith
  Candidate Green     Michael Wayne "Wayne" Turner
  Candidate Libertarian     Michael Raymond "Mike" Ross
North Dakota  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: North Dakota passed an initiative in November 2022 to amend the state's Constitution to add Gubernatorial term limits of 2 4 year terms. Applies to individuals elected after 1 January 2023
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League     state Senator  Merrill Piepkorn
• for Lieutenant Governor: Patrick Hart
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Kelly M. Armstrong
• for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Michelle Strinden
    Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Tammy J. Miller - lost primary
• for Lieutenant Governor: state Commerce Commissioner Josh Teigen
  Candidate Independent     Michael "Coach" Coachman
• for Lieutenant Governor: Lydia Gessele
Ohio  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Jon A. Husted
  Candidate Republican     Jeremiah Workman
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General  David A. "Dave" Yost
Pennsylvania  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Libertarian     Ken Krawchuk
Utah  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  Brian Smith King
• for Lieutenant Governor: Rebekah Cummings
  Candidate Republican     Governor  Spencer J. Cox
• for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Deidre M. Henderson
  Candidate Libertarian     J. Robert Latham
• for Lieutenant Governor: Barry Evan Short
  Candidate Independent American     Tommy Williams
• for Lieutenant Governor: Archie A. Williams, III
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Tom Tomeny
• for Lieutenant Governor: William Lansing Taylor
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican)     state Representative  Phil Lyman
• for Lieutenant Governor: Natalie Clawson
• 3 May 2024: State 3rd District Court Judge Matthew Bates rules that Layne Bangerter is not eligible to run for Lieutenant Governor in the 25 June Republican primary due to the 5 year residency requirement.
6 May 2024: Natalie Clawson named as the replacement running mate.
25 June 2024: Lost Gubernatorial Republican Primary.
13 August 2024: Running for Governor as a write-in.
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated)     Richard Kennedy Lyman
• for Lieutenant Governor: Carol Ann Lyman
  Candidate Write-in     Charlie Tautuaa
• for Lieutenant Governor: Sylvia Miera Fisk
Vermont  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic; Progressive     former Middlebury Town Selectboard Member Esther Charlestin
    Democratic     formor Underhill Selectman Peter K. Duval - lost primary
  Candidate Republican     Governor  Phil Scott
  Candidate Peace And Justice     June Goodband
    Progressive     Marielle Blais - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Independent     Kevin Hoyt
  Candidate Independent     Eli "Poa" Mutino
Virginia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2021, 2025. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Abigail A. Spanberger
• 13 November 2023: Member of Congress Abigail A. Spanberger (Democratic) will not seek re-election to the U.S. House District 7 in 2024 in order to run for Governor in 2025.
  Candidate Republican     Merle Rutledge, Jr.
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Winsome Earle Sears
• circa 5 September 2024: Filed paperwork to run for Governor in 2025.
Washington  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
    Democratic     Ricky Anthony - lost primary
    Republican     former Richland School Board Member M. Semi Bird - lost primary
• 1 August 2023: Apparently recalled as Richland School Board Member.
    Nonpartisan     Brian Bogen - lost primary
    Republican     A.L. Brown - lost primary
    Democratic     Edward Cale, IV - lost primary
    No Party Preference     Jim Clark - lost primary
• STATES NO PARTY PREFERENCE
    Independent     William Combs - lost primary
    Independent     Jeff Curry - lost primary
    Republican     Jim Daniel - lost primary
    Independent     Frank Dare - lost primary
    Libertarian     Michael DePaula - lost primary
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General  Bob Ferguson
• 2 May 2023: Announced exploratory campaign for Governor.
    Democratic     Fred Grant - lost primary
    Democratic     Cassondra Magdalene Hanson - lost primary
    Republican     Bill Hirt - lost primary
    Republican     Jennifer Hoover - lost primary
    Democratic     Chaytan Inman - lost primary
    Democratic     EL'ona Kearney - lost primary
    Republican     Leon A. Lawson - lost primary
• TRUMP REPUBLICAN
    Independent     Alan Makayev - lost primary
• NONSENSE BUSTERS
    Independence     Rosetta Marshall-Williams - lost primary
    No Party Preference     Brad Mjelde - lost primary
• STATES NO PARTY PREFERENCE
    Democratic     state Senator  Mark Douglas Mullet - lost primary
  Candidate Republican     former Member of Congress  David G. "Dave" Reichert
• First elected to the U.S. House: 2004; re-elected: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016; not a candidate for reelection: 2018.
    Democratic     Don L. Rivers - lost primary
    Green     Andre Stackhouse - lost primary
    Independent     Alex Tsimerman - lost primary
• STANDUP-AMERICA
    Republican     Martin Lee Wheeler - lost primary
West Virginia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic     Huntington Mayor  Stephen Taylor "Steve" Williams
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General  Patrick James Morrisey
• 4 April 2023: Announced candidacy for Governor.
  Candidate Constitution     former state Delegate Stephen Marshall "S. Marshall" Wilson
• former Republican state legislator
  Candidate Libertarian     Erika Klie Kolenich
  Candidate Mountain     Chase G. Linko-Looper
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Quintin Gerard "Browwn Clowwn" Caldwell
  Candidate Write-in     Troy Green
  Candidate Write-in     William Allen Meadows
Wisconsin  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
   
  Candidate Green     Jill Ferguson
  Candidate Independent     Jacob Veenhuis
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-Nonpartisan League
 • Republican
Major Third Parties
 • Constitution
 • Green
 • Libertarian
 • Peace And Justice
Other Third Parties
 • Independence
 • Independent American
 • Mountain
 • Progressive
Independents
 • Independent
 • No Party Preference
 • Nonpartisan
 • Unaffiliated
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Write-in
 
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