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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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

Chair up for election Democratic Governor Mike Beebe
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010
First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated - 18 May 2010 Primary
  Elected Democratic 503,336 63.73% Governor Mike Beebe
  Candidate Republican 262,784 33.27% Jim Keet
  Candidate Green 14,513 1.84% Jim Lendall
  Candidate Scattering 8,158 1.03% Total Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 700 0.09% Write-In
  Candidate Scattering 211 0.03% Total Over Votes
  Candidate Write-in 66 0.01% Elvis D. "Joey Elvis" Presley
  Candidate Write-in 49 0.01% Billy Roper
Nationalist Party of America
  Candidate Write-in 20 0.00% David E. Dinwiddie
Total 789,837 100.00%  

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

Chair up for election
Open
Democratic Governor Willliam "Bill" Ritter, Jr.
First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Open Chair - 5 January 2010: Media reports indicate Governor Ritter will not run for re-election.
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democratic 912,005 51.01% Denver Mayor John W. Hickenlooper
for Lieutenant Governor: Joe Garcia
  Candidate American Constitution; (Republican) 651,232 36.43% former Congressman Thomas G. "Tom" Tancredo
for Lieutenant Governor: former Republican state Representative Pat Miller
  Candidate Republican 199,034 11.13% Daniel Benjamin "Dan" Maes
for Lieutenant Governor: former state Representative Tambor Williams
  Candidate Libertarian 13,314 0.74% Jaimes Brown
for Lieutenant Governor: Ken Wyble
  Candidate Unaffiliated 8,576 0.48% Jason R. Clark
  Candidate Unaffiliated 3,483 0.19% Paul Noel Fiorino
for Lieutenant Governor: Heather Anne McKibben
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated) 43 0.00% Holly Cremeens
for Lieutenant Governor: Stephanie L. Mercer
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic) 24 0.00% Willie Travis Chambers
for Lieutenant Governor: Ed E. Coron (Republican)
  Candidate Write-in 18 0.00% Michael R. Moore
for Lieutenant Governor: Sherry Cusson
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Peter J. Carr
for Lieutenant Governor: Antoinette M. Schaeffer
Total 1,787,730 100.00%  

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

Chair up for election Democratic Governor Patrick "Pat" Quinn
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010
Entered office 29 January 2009 upon the removal from office of Governor Rod Blagojevich.
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Renominated - 2 February 2010 Primary
  Elected Democratic 1,745,219 46.79% Governor Patrick "Pat" Quinn
For Lieutenant Governor: Sheila Simon
27 March 2010: State Democratic Party choose Sheila Simon, daughter of the late U.S. Senator Paul Simon, as the replacement Lieutenant Governor nominee.
  Candidate Republican 1,713,385 45.94% state Senator Bill Brady
For Lieutenant Governor: Jason Plummer.
2 February 2010 primary: 20.26%. 5 March 2010 certified results show Mr. Brady won by 193 votes.
  Candidate 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.
  Candidate Green 100,756 2.70% Richard "Rich" Whitney
For Lieutenant Governor: Don W. Crawford.
  Candidate Libertarian 34,681 0.93% Lex Green
For Lieutenant Governor: Edward "Ed" Rutledge
  Candidate 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.
  Candidate Write-in 17 0.00% Steve Estill
  Candidate Write-in 3 0.00% Greg Moore
  Candidate Scattering 2 0.00% NO CANDIDATE
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)     John Hawkins
Total 3,729,989 100.00%  

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

Chair up for election Democratic Governor Chester "Chet" Culver
First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Renominated - 8 June 2010 Primary
  Elected Republican 592,494 52.27% former Governor Terry E. Branstad
for Lieutenant Governor: state Senator Kim Reynolds
  Candidate Democratic 484,798 42.77% Governor Chester "Chet" Culver
for Lieutenant Governor: Patty Judge
  Candidate Iowa; (Democratic) 20,859 1.84% Jonathan Narcisse
for Lieutenant Governor: Richard Marlar.
16 August 2010: Party affiliation: Iowa Party.
18 March 2010: Decided to run as an Independent rather run in the Democratic Primary: "I heard Iowans saying to me is they do not what me to run as a partisan, but as an Iowan."
  Candidate Libertarian 14,398 1.27% Eric Cooper
for Lieutenant Governor: Nick Weltha
  Candidate Scattering 10,789 0.95% Under Votes
  Candidate Nominated By Petition 3,884 0.34% Gregory James Hughes
for Lieutenant Governor: Robin Prior-Calef
  Candidate Scattering 2,823 0.25% Write-in
  Candidate Socialist Workers Party 2,757 0.24% David Rosenfeld
for Lieutenant Governor: Helen Meyers
  Candidate Scattering 628 0.06% Over Votes
Total 1,133,430 100.00%  

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

Chair up for election
Open
Democratic Governor Mark Parkinson
Entered office: 28 April 2008 upon the ascension of Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Open Chair - Governor Parkinson announced that he does not plan to run for election.
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 530,760 63.28% U.S. Senator Samuel D. "Sam" Brownback
for Lieutenant Governor: state Senator Jeff Colyer
  Candidate Democratic 270,166 32.21% state Senator Tom Holland
for Lieutenant Governor: Kelly Kultala
  Candidate Libertarian 22,460 2.68% Andrew P. Gray
for Lieutenant Governor: Stacey Davis
  Candidate Reform 15,397 1.84% Kenneth W. "Ken" Cannon
for Lieutenant Governor: Daniel J. "Dan" Faubion
  Candidate 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

Chair up for election
Open
Democratic Governor John Elias Baldacci
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) **
  Elected Republican 218,065 37.56% Waterville Mayor Paul R. LePage
  Candidate Independent; (Democratic) 208,270 35.88% Eliot R. Cutler
  Candidate Democratic 109,387 18.84% state Senator Elizabeth H. "Libby" Mitchell
  Candidate Independent 28,756 4.95% Shawn H. Moody
  Candidate Scattering 7,772 1.34% Blank
  Candidate Independent 5,664 0.98% Kevin L. Scott
Maine's Best Choice
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 2,569 0.44% John Jenkins
Party or Political Designation: Independent
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 22 0.00% Beverly Cooper-Pete
Party or Political Designation: Independent
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican; Unenrolled) 22 0.00% J. Martin "Marty" Vachon
Party or Political Designation: Unenrolled.
23 February 2010: Switched from Republican to Unenrolled
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 10 0.00% Samuel A. "Samme" "Sam" Bailey
Party or Political Designation: Independent
  Candidate 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

Chair up for election Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010
First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated - 14 September 2010 Primary
  Elected Democratic 1,044,961 56.24% Governor Martin O'Malley
for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown
  Candidate Republican 776,319 41.79% former Governor Robert L. "Bob" Ehrlich, Jr.
for Lieutenant Governor: former Secretary of State Mary Kane
  Candidate Libertarian 14,137 0.76% Susan J. Gaztañaga
For Lieutenant Governor: Doug McNeil
  Candidate Green 11,825 0.64% Maria Allwine
for Lieutenant Governor: Ken Eidel
  Candidate Constitution 8,612 0.46% Eric Delano Knowles
for Lieutenant Governor: Michael Hargadon
  Candidate Scattering 1,528 0.08% Other Write-Ins
  Candidate 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.
  Candidate 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

Chair up for election Democratic Governor Deval L. Patrick
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010
First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Renominated - 14 September 2010 Primary
  Elected Democratic 1,112,283 47.94% Governor Deval L. Patrick
for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. "Tim" Murray
  Candidate Republican 964,866 41.59% Charles D. "Charlie" Baker
for Lieutenant Governor: state Senator Richard Tisei
  Candidate 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.
  Candidate Green-Rainbow 32,895 1.42% Jill Stein
for Lieutenant Governor: Rick Purcell
  Candidate Scattering 22,924 0.99% Blanks
  Candidate Scattering 2,600 0.11% All Others
  Candidate 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

Chair up for election
Open
Democratic Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
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) **
  Elected Republican 1,874,834 58.11% Rick Snyder
for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Brian N. Calley
  Candidate Democratic 1,287,320 39.90% Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero
for Lieutenant Governor: Brenda Lawrence
  Candidate Libertarian 22,390 0.69% Kenneth "Ken" Proctor
for Lieutenant Governor: Erwin J. Haas
  Candidate U.S. Taxpayers 20,818 0.65% Stacey Mathia
for Lieutenant Governor: Chris Levels
  Candidate Green 20,699 0.64% Harley G. Mikkelson
for Lieutenant Governor: Lynn Meadows
  Candidate Write-in 7 0.00% Linda S. Blauwkamp
  Candidate Write-in 5 0.00% Dovelyn Waynick
  Candidate Write-in 4 0.00% Thomas Neuenfeldt
  Candidate Write-in 4 0.00% Mark Van Kleeck
  Candidate Write-in 3 0.00% James Mote
  Candidate Write-in 2 0.00% Larry Hutchinson, Jr.
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Angelo Brown
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% George DeLorean
Total 3,226,088 100.00%  

New Hampshire  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

Chair up for election Democratic Governor John H. Lynch
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010
First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2006, 2008
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Renominated - 14 September 2010 Primary
  Elected Democratic 240,346 52.64% Governor John H. Lynch
  Candidate Republican 205,616 45.03% John Stephen
  Candidate Libertarian 10,089 2.21% John J. Babiarz
  Candidate Scattering 537 0.12% Scatter
Total 456,588 100.00%  

New Mexico  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

Chair up for election
Open
Democratic Governor William B. "Bill" Richardson
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) **
  Elected Republican 321,219 53.29% Doña Ana County Third Judicial District Attorney Susana Martinez
for Lieutenant Governor: former state Representative John A. Sanchez.
Certified at Convention
  Candidate Democratic 280,614 46.55% Lieutenant Governor Diane D. Denish
for Lieutenant Governor: Brian S. Colón.
Certified at Convention
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 994 0.16% Kenneth A. Gomez
  Candidate 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

Chair up for election
Open
Democratic Governor David A. Paterson
As Lieutenant Governor, succeeded to the Governorship upon the resignation of Governor Eliot L. Spitzer, effective 17 March 2008 (announced 12 March 2008)
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Chair - Six days after having formally announced his candidacy for election in his own right, Governor Paterson officially withdrew his candidacy.
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democratic; Independence; Working Families 2,911,721 61.12% Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo
for Lieutenant Governor: Rochester, NY Mayor Robert "Bob" Duffy.
23 September 2010: Received the Working Families Party nomination.
3 June 2010: Announced he will not submit his name for the The Working Families Party nomination.
27 May 2010: Endorsed for Governor by the State Democratic Convention.
26 May 2010: for Lieutenant Governor: Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy.
25 May 2010: Endorsed by the Independence Party.
22 May 2010: Announced he is running.
20 May 2010: Media reports indicate that his candidacy for this office will be announced early next week, on the eve of the State Democratic Convention (which convenes Tuesday 25 May).
  Candidate Republican; Conservative; Taxpayer 1,548,184 32.50% Carl P. Paladino
for Lieutenant Governor: Chautauqua County Executive Gregory J. "Greg" Edwards.
29 September 2010: Picked up the Conservative Party ballot line after Rick Lazio dropped out.
10 August 2010: Filed 30,000 signatures to obtain ballot access as a "Taxpayer Party" candidate.
28 May 2010: Did not receive the Conservative Party endorsement.
  Candidate Scattering 100,900 2.12% Blank
  Candidate Green; (Socialist Party USA) 59,929 1.26% Howie Hawkins
for Lieutenant Governor: Gloria Mattera
  Candidate Libertarian 48,386 1.02% Warren Redlich
for Lieutenant Governor: Alden Link.
24 April 2010: Received the Libertarian Party nomination.
  Candidate Rent is 2 Damn High 41,131 0.86% Jimmy McMillan
No Lieutenant Governor running mate.
Petitioned, but did not qualify for the Democratic nomination.
AKA: Rent Is 2 Damn High
  Candidate Freedom 24,572 0.52% New York City Council Member Charles Barron
for Lieutenant Governor: Eva M. Doyle.
New York Freedom Democratic Party
  Candidate Anti-Prohibition 20,429 0.43% Kristin M. Davis
for Lieutenant Governor: Tanya Gendelman
  Candidate Scattering 4,473 0.09% Scattering
  Candidate Scattering 3,963 0.08% Void
  Candidate Write-in     Andi Weiss Bartczak
  Candidate Write-in     Edmund "Ed" Dunn
  Candidate 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

Chair up for election Democratic Governor Ted Strickland
First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated - 4 May 2010 Primary
  Elected Republican 1,889,180 49.04% former Congressman John Richard Kasich
for Lieutenant Governor: Auditor Mary Taylor
  Candidate Democratic 1,812,047 47.04% Governor Ted Strickland
for Lieutenant Governor: Yvette McGee Brown
  Candidate Libertarian 92,116 2.39% Kenneth "Ken" Matesz
for Lieutenant Governor: Margaret Ann Leech
  Candidate Green 58,475 1.52% Dennis S. Spisak
for Lieutenant Governor: Anita Rios
  Candidate Write-in 635 0.02% David S. Sargent, II
for Lieutenant Governor: Andrew C. Pfeifer
  Candidate Write-in     Sean Swain
Zapatista Party.
Incarcerated at the Mansfield Correctional Institution.
Total 3,852,453 100.00%  

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

Chair up for election
Open
Democratic Governor Brad Henry
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) **
  Elected Republican 625,506 60.45% Congressman Mary C. Fallin
Congressman CD 5
  Candidate Democratic 409,261 39.55% Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins
Total 1,034,767 100.00%  

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

Chair up for election
Open
Democratic Governor Theodore R. "Ted" Kulongoski
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) **
  Elected Democratic; Independent Party of Oregon 716,525 49.29% former Oregon Governor John A. Kitzhaber
  Candidate Republican 694,287 47.76% Chris Dudley
  Candidate Constitution 20,475 1.41% Gregory E. "Greg" Kord
  Candidate Libertarian 19,048 1.31% Wes W. Wagner
  Candidate Scattering 3,213 0.22% Misc.
  Candidate 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

Chair up for election
Open
Democratic Governor Edward G. "Ed" Rendell
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) **
  Elected Republican 2,172,763 54.49% Attorney General Tom Corbett
for Lieutenant Governor: Bucks County Commissioner James F. "Jim" Cawley.
16 March 2009: Filed paperwork to form an exploratory committee to run for Governor
  Candidate Democratic 1,814,788 45.51% Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato
for Lieutenant Governor: State Representative H. Scott Conklin
  Candidate Write-in     George Donald "Don" DeHaven
for Lieutenant Governor: Hagan Smith
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitution)     John Krupa
for Lieutenant Governor: Ed Roberson
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)     Brian Nevins
  Candidate 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

Chair up for election
Open
Democratic Governor Philip N. "Phil" Bredesen
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) **
  Elected Republican 1,041,545 65.03% Knoxvillle Mayor William "Bill" Haslam
6 January 2009: Announced candidacy
  Candidate Democratic 529,851 33.08% Mike McWherter
  Candidate Independent 6,536 0.41% Carl "Two Feathers" Whitaker
  Candidate Independent 4,728 0.30% Brandon Dodds
  Candidate Independent 4,663 0.29% Bayron E. Binkley, Jr.,
  Candidate Independent; (Prohibition Party) 2,587 0.16% June Griffin
  Candidate Independent 2,057 0.13% Linda Kay Perry
  Candidate Independent; (Green) 1,887 0.12% Howard M. Switzer
  Candidate Independent 1,755 0.11% Samuel David Duck
  Candidate Independent 1,207 0.08% Thomas Smith, II
  Candidate Independent 993 0.06% Toni K. Hall
  Candidate Independent 859 0.05% David Gatchell
  Candidate Independent 828 0.05% Boyce T. McCall, Sr.
  Candidate Independent 809 0.05% James Reesor
  Candidate Independent 600 0.04% Mike Knois
  Candidate Independent 583 0.04% Donald Ray McFolin
  Candidate 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.
  Candidate Write-in 3 0.00% James Lee
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Gary Nugent
Total 1,601,549 100.00%  

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

Chair up for election
Open
Democratic Governor Jim Doyle
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Chair - Circa 15 August 2009: Announced he will not seek re-election.
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 1,128,941 52.25% Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker
for Lieutenant Governor: Rebecca Kleefisch
  Candidate Democratic 1,004,303 46.48% Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett
for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Thomas "Tom" Nelson
  Candidate Independent 10,608 0.49% James Dean "Jim" Langer
No Lieutenant Governor running mate.
  Candidate Independent 8,273 0.38% James James
Common Sense.
No Lieutenant Governor running mate.
  Candidate Libertarian 6,790 0.31%   (no candidate)
for Lieutenant Governor: Terry Virgil.
Note: The Libertarian nominee for Governor failed to qualify.
  Candidate Scattering 1,858 0.09% SCATTERING
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 22 0.00% Patricia Messicci
  Candidate Write-in 19 0.00% Leslie Ervin Smetak
for Lieutenant Governor: David Myron Smetak
  Candidate 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

Chair up for election
Open
Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal
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. Note: 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
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 123,780 60.49% Matt Mead
17 August 2010 Primary: 28.7%
  Candidate Democratic 43,240 21.13% Leslie Petersen
  Candidate Scattering 16,081 7.86% Write-Ins
  Candidate 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.
  Candidate Libertarian 5,362 2.62% Mike Wheeler
  Candidate Scattering 2,292 1.12% Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 67 0.03% Over Votes
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.


 


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  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with multiple incumbents running for them  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with only one major party candidate running for office  
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  2010 Partisan Composition by State  
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  Political Parties  
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  Senate Electoral Classes  
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  Change in Representation in U.S. House by REGION and Subregion between 2000 and 2002  
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  Political Party Floor Leaders in the Congress of the United States