The Green Papers: 2008 General Election

 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm All-up chart of Governors by election 'cycle'

Governors, in all states except New Hampshire and Vermont, serve 4 year terms.
The Governors of New Hampshire and Vermont serve 2 year terms.

Regular Gubernatorial elections are held the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in all states except Louisiana. Louisiana will hold a non-partisan primary on Saturday 20 October 2007 and, if no candidate receives 50% of the vote, a Saturday 17 November 2007 runoff.

Presidential
Election
 
[next regular election:
Tuesday 4 November 2008]

 
[next regular election:
Tuesday 3 November 2009]
Midterm
Election
 
[next regular election:
Tuesday 2 November 2010]
"pre-Presidential"
Off Year Election
 
[most recent election:
Tuesday 6 November 2012]
Delaware: Minner (D)New Jersey: Corzine (D)Alabama: Riley (R) 
Indiana: Daniels (R)Virginia: Kaine (D)Alaska: Palin (R) 
Missouri: Blunt (R) Arizona: Napolitano (D) 
Montana: Schweitzer (D) Arkansas: Beebe (D) 
New Hampshire: Lynch (D) California: Schwarzenegger (R) 
North Carolina: Easley (D) Colorado: Ritter (D) 
North Dakota: Hoeven (R) Connecticut: Rell (R) 
Utah: Huntsman (R) Florida: Crist (R) 
Vermont: Douglas (R) Georgia: Perdue (R) 
Washington: Gregoire (D) Hawaii: Lingle (R) 
West Virginia: Manchin (D) Idaho: Otter (R) 
  Illinois: Blagojevich (D) 
  Iowa: Culver (D) 
  Kansas: Sebelius (D) 
  Maine: Baldacci (D) 
  Maryland: O'Malley (D) 
  Massachusetts: Patrick (D) 
  Michigan: Granholm (D) 
  Minnesota: Pawlenty (R) 
  Nebraska: Heineman (R) 
  Nevada: Gibbons (R) 
  New Hampshire: 2-year term, previous regular election 2008 
  New Mexico: Richardson (D) 
  New York: Paterson (D) 
  Ohio: Strickland (D) 
  Oklahoma: Henry (D) 
  Oregon: Kulongoski (D) 
  Pennsylvania: Rendell (D) 
  Rhode Island: Carcieri (R) 
  South Carolina: Sanford (R) 
  South Dakota: Rounds (R) 
  Tennessee: Bredesen (D) 
  Texas: Perry (R) 
  Vermont: 2-year term, previous regular election 2008 
  Wisconsin: Doyle (D) 
  Wyoming: Freudenthal (D) 
4 November 2008
 
6 Democratic (D)
5 Republican (R)
3 November 2009
 
2 Democratic (D)
2 November 2010
 
19 Democratic (D)
15 Republican (R)
6 November 2012
 
Grand Total
 
28 Democratic (D)
22 Republican (R)
 


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