The Green Papers: General Election 2000

Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm Governor's Chairs
by State
  • 50 Incumbent State Governors
    • 30 Republican
    • 18 Democrat
    • 2 Independent
  • 11 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2000
    • 7 Democrat
    • 4 Republican
  • 11 Elected
    • 8 Democrat
    • 3 Republican

  • 39 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2000
    • 26 Republican
    • 11 Democrat
    • 2 Independent
  • 5 Open Chairs (voluntary retirement, seeking other political office, term limits)
    • 3 Democrat
    • 2 Republican
  • 6 Incumbents renominated by same party
    • 4 Democrat
    • 2 Republican
  • 43 Candidates seeking Governor's Chair
    • 11 Republican
    • 11 Democrat
    • 6 Libertarian
    • 5 Independent
    • 3 Natural Law
    • 2 Reform
    • 1 Vermont Grassroots
    • 1 Progressive
    • 1 Mountain
    • 1 Liberty Union
    • 1 Green

This is a list of the current Governors' seats, the incumbents occupying them, and the candidacy status of said incumbents. Seats up for election in the year 2000 appear in boldface.
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Alaska  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Democrat  Tony Knowles
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Alabama  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Democrat  Don Siegelman
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Arkansas  Term limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime.
  Republican  Mike Huckabee
As Lieutenant Governor, succeeded to the office upon the resignation of Governor Jim Guy Tucker (Democrat): 15 July 1996; first elected to a full term: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Arizona  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Jane Dee Hull
As Secretary of State, succeeded to the office upon the resignation of Governor Fife Symington (Republican): 5 September 1997; first elected to a full term: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
California  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Democrat  Gray Davis
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Colorado  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Bill Owens
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Connecticut  Term limit: None; 4-year term.
  Republican  John G. Rowland
First elected 1994; re-elected:: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Delaware  Term limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime.
  Democrat  Thomas R. Carper
First elected: 1992
Open Seat. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
 WinnerDemocrat  Ruth Ann Minner
Florida  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Jeb Bush
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Georgia  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Democrat  Roy E. Barnes
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Hawaii  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Democrat  Ben Cayetano
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Iowa  Term limit: None; 4-year term.
  Democrat  Tom Vilsack
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Idaho  Term limit: None; 4-year term.
  Republican  Dirk Kempthorne
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Illinois  Term limit: None; 4-year term.
  Republican  George H. Ryan
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Indiana  Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period.
 ReelectedDemocrat  Frank O'Bannon
First elected: 1996
Renominated - 2 May 2000 Primary. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Reelected - 7 November 2000
Kansas  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Bill Graves
First elected: 1994; re-relected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Kentucky  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Democrat  Paul Patton
First elected: 1995; re-elected; 1999
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 4, 2003. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Louisiana  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  M.J. "Mike" Foster
First elected: 1995; re-elected: 1999
Chair up for election: Saturday, October 18, 2003. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Massachusetts  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Argeo Paul Cellucci
As Lieutenant Governor, suceeded to the office upon the resignation of Governor William F. Weld (Republican): 29 July 1997; first elected to a full term: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Maryland  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Democrat  Parris N. Glendening
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Maine  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Independent  Angus S. King
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Michigan  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  John Engler
First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1994, 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Minnesota  Term limit: None; 4-year term.
  Independent  Jesse Ventura
First elected: 1998 (under the banner of the Reform Party: left the Party February 2000)
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Missouri  Term limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime.
  Democrat  Roger B. Wilson
Sworn into office 17 October 2000 upon the death of former Governor Mel Carnahan.
Open Seat. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
 WinnerDemocrat  Bob Holden
Mississippi  Term limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime.
  Democrat  Ronnie Musgrove
First elected: 1999
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 4, 2003. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Montana  Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period.
  Republican  Marc Racicot
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996
Open Seat. Ineligible to run for a third consecutive term. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
 WinnerRepublican  Judy Martz
North Carolina  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Democrat  James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor from 1977 through 1985 (two terms); elected: 1992; re-elected 1996.
Open Seat. Ineligible to run for a third consecutive term. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
 WinnerDemocrat  Mike Easley
North Dakota  Term limit: None; 4-year term.
  Republican  Edward T. Schafer
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996
Open Seat. Governor Schafer not a candidate for re-election.
 WinnerRepublican  John Hoeven
Nebraska  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Mike Johanns
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
New Hampshire  Term limit: None; 2-year term.
 ReelectedDemocrat  Jeanne Shaheen
First elected: 1996; re-elected: 1998
Renominated - 12 September 2000 Primary
Reelected - 7 November 2000
New Jersey  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Christine Todd Whitman
First elected: 1993; re-elected: 1997
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 6, 2001. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
New Mexico  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Gary E. Johnson
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Nevada  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Kenny Guinn
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
New York  Term limit: None; 4-year term.
  Republican  George E. Pataki
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Ohio  Term limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime.
  Republican  Bob Taft
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Oklahoma  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Frank Keating
First elected: 1994; re-elected 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Oregon  Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period.
  Democrat  John Kitzhaber
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Pennsylvania  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Tom Ridge
First Elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Rhode Island  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Lincoln C. Almond
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
South Carolina  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Democrat  Jim Hodges
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
South Dakota  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  William J. Janklow
First elected to these terms: 1994; re-elected: 1998 [had previously been elected Governor in 1978 and re-elected in 1982]
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Tennessee  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Don Sundquist
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Texas  Term limit: None; 4-year term.
  Republican  Rick Perry
Lt. Gov. Rick Perry became Governor 21 December 2000 when George W. Bush resigned to take the office of President of the United States.
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Utah  Term limit: 3 consecutive 4-year terms.
 ReelectedRepublican  Michael O. Leavitt
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996
Renominated - 27 June 2000 Primary. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Reelected - 7 November 2000
Virginia  Term limit: 1 4-year term.
  Republican  James S. Gilmore
First elected: 1997
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 6, 2001. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Vermont  Term limit: None; 2-year term.
 ReelectedDemocrat  Howard Dean
As Lieutenant Governor, succeeded to the office upon the death of Governor Richard A. Snelling (Republican): 14 August 1991; first elected to a full term: 1992; re-elected: 1994, 1996, 1998
Renominated - 12 September 2000 Primary
Reelected - 7 November 2000
Washington  Term limit: None; 4-year terms.
 ReelectedDemocrat  Gary Locke
First elected: 1996
Renominated - 19 September 2000 - Primary
Reelected - 7 November 2000
Wisconsin  Term limit: None; 4-year term.
  Republican  Tommy G. Thompson
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1990, 1994, 1998.
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
West Virginia  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
  Republican  Cecil H. Underwood
First elected: 1996; had previously been elected Governor in 1956.
Renominated - 9 May 2000 Primary (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Robert E. Wise, Jr.
Wyoming  Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period.
  Republican  Jim Geringer
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).