The Green Papers: 2010 Midterm Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 2010 Governor's Chairs
by State

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

Chair up for election
Open
Republican Governor Bob Riley
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

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

Chair up for election
Open
Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
First elected in a special election: 2003; re-elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

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

Chair up for election
Open
Republican Governor M. Jodi Rell
succeeded to the Governorship, 1 July 2004, upon the resignation of Governor John Rowland who had announced said resignation on 21 June 2004; First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Chair - 9 November 2009: Said she will not seek re-election in 2010.
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

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

Chair up for election
Open
Republican Governor Charlie Crist
First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Open Chair - 12 May 2009: Announced he is running for the U.S. Senate Class 3 Seat in 2010.
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

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

Chair up for election
Open
Republican Governor Sonny Perdue
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

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

Chair up for election
Open
Republican Governor Linda Lingle
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Indiana  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

  Republican Governor Mitchell E. "Mitch" Daniels, Jr.
First elected: 2004; re-elected 2008
Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit

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

Chair up for election
Open
Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Chair - 2 June 2009: Announced he would not seek re-election.
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Mississippi  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

  Republican Governor Haley Barbour
First elected: 2003; re-elected: 2007
Chair up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit

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

Chair up for election
Open
Republican Governor Donald L. Carcieri
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

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

Chair up for election
Open
Republican Governor Marshall C. "Mark" Sanford, Jr.
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

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

Chair up for election
Open
Republican Governor Mike Rounds
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **

Vermont  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Chair up for election
Open
Republican Governor James H. "Jim" Douglas
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2004, 2006, 2008
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Chair - 27 August 2009: Announced he would not run for re-election
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
 If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election, the state Legislature chooses the next Governor.

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.


 


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