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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Alaska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

	Write-in	898	0.35%	Write-in Votes
Total		256,192	100.00%

Arizona 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: The Governor can not serve for more than 8 years
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Write-in; (Republican)	322	0.02%	Janelle Wood
	Write-in	28	0.00%	Anton Dowls
	Write-in	12	0.00%	Cary Dolego
Total		1,728,081	100.00%

Arkansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Write-in	66	0.01%	Elvis D. "Joey Elvis" Presley
	Write-in	49	0.01%	Billy Roper • Nationalist Party of America
	Write-in	20	0.00%	David E. Dinwiddie
Total		789,837	100.00%

California 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in	285	0.00%	Cassandra A. Lieurance
	Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)	43	0.00%	Lea Sherman
	Write-in	13	0.00%	Rakesh Kumar Christian • The American People's Party
	Write-in; (Democratic)	8	0.00%	Nadia B. Smalley
	Write-in	4	0.00%	Hugh Bagley
	Write-in	4	0.00%	Rowan Millar
	Write-in	4	0.00%	Jacob Vangelisti
	Write-in	2	0.00%	Anselmo A. Chavez
	Write-in			Karen England
	Write-in; (Democratic)			Steven Paul "Steve" Mozena
Total		10,095,485	100.00%

Colorado 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	43	0.00%	Holly Cremeens • for Lieutenant Governor: Stephanie L. Mercer
	Write-in; (Democratic)	24	0.00%	Willie Travis Chambers • for Lieutenant Governor: Ed E. Coron (Republican)
	Write-in	18	0.00%	Michael R. Moore • for Lieutenant Governor: Sherry Cusson
	Write-in	1	0.00%	Peter J. Carr • for Lieutenant Governor: Antoinette M. Schaeffer
Total		1,787,730	100.00%

Connecticut 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in	13	0.00%	Paul Copp • for Lieutenant Governor: Joshua K. Hinckley
	Write-in	5	0.00%	P. Robert Thibodeau • for Lieutenant Governor: James Francis Farrell
Total		1,145,799	100.00%

Florida 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in; (Democratic)	121	0.00%	Josue Larose • for Lieutenant Governor: Valencia St. Louis. 16 June 2010: Switched from Democratic to write-in. Originally filed as a Republican. Changed to Democratic on 11 January 2010.
Total		5,359,735	100.00%

Georgia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in	76	0.00%	David C Byrne
	Write-in	48	0.00%	Neal Horsley
	Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)			Jacob Perasso
Total		2,576,161	100.00%

Illinois 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Write-in; (Constitution)	221	0.01%	Michael L. "Mike" White • 23 September 2010: Registered as a write-in candidate. 24 August 2010: Withdrew as a Constitution Party candidate.
	Write-in	17	0.00%	Steve Estill
	Write-in	3	0.00%	Greg Moore
	Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)			John Hawkins
Total		3,729,989	100.00%

Kansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in	7	0.00%	Health Charles Norris
Total		838,790	100.00%

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)
	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; (Republican; Unenrolled)	22	0.00%	J. Martin "Marty" Vachon • Party or Political Designation: Unenrolled. 23 February 2010: Switched from Republican to Unenrolled
	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%

Maryland 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Write-in; (Democratic)	319	0.02%	Ralph Jaffe • for Lieutenant Governor: Freda Jaffe. Running as a write-in after loosing the 14 September 2010 Primary.
	Write-in	179	0.01%	Corrogan R. Vaughn • for Lieutenant Governor: Jim Crawford
Total		1,857,880	100.00%

Massachusetts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)			Kevin Dwire
Total		2,319,963	100.00%

Michigan 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in	7	0.00%	Linda S. Blauwkamp
	Write-in	5	0.00%	Dovelyn Waynick
	Write-in	4	0.00%	Thomas Neuenfeldt
	Write-in	4	0.00%	Mark Van Kleeck
	Write-in	3	0.00%	James Mote
	Write-in	2	0.00%	Larry Hutchinson, Jr.
	Write-in	1	0.00%	Angelo Brown
	Write-in	1	0.00%	George DeLorean
Total		3,226,088	100.00%

Minnesota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in	1,864	0.09%	Write-in
	Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)			Diana Newberry
Total		2,107,021	100.00%

New Mexico 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in; (Republican)	994	0.16%	Kenneth A. Gomez
	Write-in; (Democratic)			Billy J. Driggs
Total		602,827	100.00%

New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in			Andi Weiss Bartczak
	Write-in			Edmund "Ed" Dunn
	Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)			Dan Fein
Total		4,763,688	100.00%

Ohio 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Write-in	635	0.02%	David S. Sargent, II • for Lieutenant Governor: Andrew C. Pfeifer
	Write-in			Sean Swain • Zapatista Party. Incarcerated at the Mansfield Correctional Institution.
Total		3,852,453	100.00%

Oregon 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in; (Independent Party of Oregon)			Richard Esterman • 31 July 2010: Did not receive the nomination of the Independent Party of Oregon.
Total		1,453,548	100.00%

Pennsylvania 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in			George Donald "Don" DeHaven • for Lieutenant Governor: Hagan Smith
	Write-in; (Constitution)			John Krupa • for Lieutenant Governor: Ed Roberson
	Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)			Brian Nevins
	Write-in; (Libertarian)			Marakay Rogers • for Lieutenant Governor: Kat Valleley. 17 August 2010: Withdrew to avoid the legal costs associated with a petition challenge. Running as a write-in candidate.
Total		3,987,551	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)
	Write-in; (Republican)	58	0.00%	Basil Marceaux, Sr. • 16 September: 2010 running a write-in campaign for Governor. 5 August 2010: Lost the Republican Primary. 16 April 2010: Listed by the Department of State as a candidate for U.S. House CD 3 and Governor.
	Write-in	3	0.00%	James Lee
	Write-in	0	0.00%	Gary Nugent
Total		1,601,549	100.00%

Texas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Write-in	7,267	0.15%	Andy Barron
Total		4,979,870	100.00%

Utah 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Write-in	1	0.00%	Michael William Heath
Total		643,307	100.00%

Wisconsin 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Write-in; (Independent)	22	0.00%	Patricia Messicci
	Write-in	19	0.00%	Leslie Ervin Smetak • for Lieutenant Governor: David Myron Smetak
	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.