2010 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2010 Midterm Election

2010 Governor's Chairs
by State

37 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2010

37 Elected

13 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2010

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

13 Incumbents renominated by same party

1 Incumbent lost primary - no longer a candidate for this office

1 Republican

287 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 2010 are marked as such.

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Idaho 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

	Independent; (Republican)	26,655	5.89%	former state Representative Jana M. Kemp
	Independent	3,850	0.85%	Marvin "Pro-Life" Richardson
Total		452,535	100.00%

Illinois 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Independent; (Democratic)	135,705	3.64%	Scott Lee Cohen • for Lieutenant Governor: Baxter B. Swilley. circa 24 April 2010: Independent candidate for Governor. Mr. Cohen was previosuly the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor. 7 February 2010: Withdrew as the nominee for Lieutenant Governor after several issues from his past were made public. 2 February 2010: Won the Democratic Lieutenant Governor primary with 26% of the vote.
Total		3,729,989	100.00%

Kentucky 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Independent			Gatewood Galbraith • for Lieutenant Governor Dea Riley

Louisiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Independent; (Republican)			Dennis "Dan" "Danny Alan" Northcutt • Conservative Independent

Maine 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Independent; (Democratic)	208,270	35.88%	Eliot R. Cutler
	Independent	28,756	4.95%	Shawn H. Moody
	Independent	5,664	0.98%	Kevin L. Scott • Maine's Best Choice

	Write-in; (Independent)	2,569	0.44%	John Jenkins • Party or Political Designation: Independent
	Write-in; (Independent)	22	0.00%	Beverly Cooper-Pete • Party or Political Designation: Independent
	Write-in; (Independent)	10	0.00%	Samuel A. "Samme" "Sam" Bailey • Party or Political Designation: Independent
	Write-in; (Independent)	1	0.00%	Edwin S. Braley • Party or Political Designation: Independent
Total		580,538	100.00%

Massachusetts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Independent; (Democratic)	184,395	7.95%	Treasurer and Receiver-General Timothy P. "Tim" Cahill • for Lieutenant Governor: former state Representative Paul Loscocco (Republican). 1 October 2010: Mr. Loscocco announced he was no longer running and endorsed the Charlie Baker (Republican) ticket. Mr. Loscocco's name remains on the ballot.
Total		2,319,963	100.00%

Minnesota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)

	Independent	7,516	0.36%	Thomas Christopher "Chris" Wright • For Lieutenant Governor: Edwin H. Engelmann Grassroots Party
	Independent; (Green)	6,180	0.29%	Ken Pentel • for Lieutenant Governor: Erin Wallace Ecology Democracy Party
	Independent	4,092	0.19%	Linda S. Eno • for Lieutenant Governor: Howard B. Hanson The Resource Party
Total		2,107,021	100.00%

Nevada 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Independent	6,403	0.89%	Eugene "Gino" DiSimone
	Independent	3,216	0.45%	Aaron Yehuda Honig
Total		716,529	100.00%

Rhode Island 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Independent	123,571	36.10%	former Senator Lincoln Davenport "Linc" Chafee • Mr. Chafee was previously affiliated with the Republican Party.
	Independent	1,091	0.32%	Joseph M. "Joe" Lusi
	Independent	882	0.26%	Todd Giroux
	Independent	793	0.23%	Ronald Algieri
Total		342,290	100.00%

Tennessee 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Independent	6,536	0.41%	Carl "Two Feathers" Whitaker
	Independent	4,728	0.30%	Brandon Dodds
	Independent	4,663	0.29%	Bayron E. Binkley, Jr.,
	Independent; (Prohibition Party)	2,587	0.16%	June Griffin
	Independent	2,057	0.13%	Linda Kay Perry
	Independent; (Green)	1,887	0.12%	Howard M. Switzer
	Independent	1,755	0.11%	Samuel David Duck
	Independent	1,207	0.08%	Thomas Smith, II
	Independent	993	0.06%	Toni K. Hall
	Independent	859	0.05%	David Gatchell
	Independent	828	0.05%	Boyce T. McCall, Sr.
	Independent	809	0.05%	James Reesor
	Independent	600	0.04%	Mike Knois
	Independent	583	0.04%	Donald Ray McFolin
Total		1,601,549	100.00%

Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Independent	1,917	0.79%	Dennis P. Steele • Vermont Independence Day Party / Second Vermont Republic
	Independent	1,341	0.56%	Daniel "Dan" Feliciano
	Independent	684	0.28%	Em Peyton
Total		241,605	100.00%

Wisconsin 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Independent	10,608	0.49%	James Dean "Jim" Langer • No Lieutenant Governor running mate.
	Independent	8,273	0.38%	James James • Common Sense. No Lieutenant Governor running mate.

	Write-in; (Independent)	22	0.00%	Patricia Messicci
	Write-in; (Independent)	18	0.00%	Hariprasad "Hari" Trivedi
Total		2,160,832	100.00%

Wyoming 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. 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 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in; (Constitution; Independent)	13,796	6.74%	Taylor Haynes • 3 September 2010: Will run as a write-in candidate. 27 August 2010: Failed to obtain the requisite 4,988 signatures.
Total		204,618	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
	• Democratic-Farmer Labor
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution
	• Green
	• Green-Rainbow
	• Libertarian
	• Reform
Other Third Parties
	• Alaskan Independence
	• American Constitution
	• American Independent
	• Anti-Prohibition
	• Boston Tea
	• Conservative
	• Free Energy
	• Freedom
	• Independence
	• Independent American
	• Independent Party of Connecticut
	• Independent Party of Oregon
	• Iowa
	• Liberty Union
	• Marijuana
	• Moderate
	• Peace And Freedom
	• Prohibition Party
	• Rent is 2 Damn High
	• Socialist Party USA
	• Socialist Workers Party
	• Taxpayer
	• U.S. Taxpayers
	• United Citizens
	• Working Families
Independents
	• Independent
	• No Party Affiliation
	• Nominated By Petition
	• Nonpartisan
	• Unaffiliated
	• Unenrolled
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• None of these candidates
	• Scattering
	• 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.