| The Green Papers: 2026 General Election |
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| Arkansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders • 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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| Idaho 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Governor Brad Little • First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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| Nebraska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Governor Jim Pillen • 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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| Nevada 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Governor Joseph "Joe" Lombardo • 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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| New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Governor Kelly Ayotte • First elected: 2024. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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| South Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Governor Larry Rhoden • Ascended to the Chair: 26 January 2025 [re: resignation of Governor Kristi Lynn Noem (Republican)] • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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| 12 November 2024: President-elect Donald Trump nominates Governor Kristi Lynn Noem to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. 25 January 2025: Governor Kristi Lynn Noem (Republican), who was first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, resigned after being confirmed by the US Senate 59-34 as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. She previously served in the U.S. House 2011-2019. 25 January 2024: Lieutenant Governor Larry Rhoden (Republican) who was first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, ascended to the Governor's Chair upon the resignation of Governor Kristi Lynn Noem (Republican). Governor Noem was earlier confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. | |||||
| Texas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Governor Greg Abbott • Previously served as Attorney General: first elected 2002; re-elected: 2006, 2010; First elected as Governor: 2014; re-elected: 2018, 2022. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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| Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Governor Phil Scott • First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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| If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election, the state Legislature chooses the next Governor. [Vermont Constitution Section 47, Chapter II] | |||||
| Wyoming 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period. The Wyoming Supreme Court determined on 4 May 2004 that term limits require an amendment to the state constitution rather than, as they were, imposed by a 1992 ballot initiative. At the time, the ruling was not applied to statewide offices. Reference: CATHCART v. MEYER, 2004 WY 49, 88 P.3d 1050, Case Number: 04-32, 04-33, 04-34, Decided: 05/04/2004. | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Governor Mark Gordon • First elected: 2018; re-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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| 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 | |
| Other Third Parties | |
| • Forward Party | |
| • Independent Party of Florida | |
| • No Labels | |
| • Peace And Freedom | |
| • Progressive Party of Oregon | |
| • United Party | |
| • Unity | |
| Independents | |
| • Independent | |
| • No Party Affiliation | |
| • No Party Preference | |
| • Unaffiliated | |
| Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
| • Write-in | |
| Notes |
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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. |