2011 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2011 Off-Year Election

2011 Governor's Chairs
by State

3 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2011

3 Elected

47 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2011

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

1 Incumbent renominated by same party

1 Democratic

1 Incumbent Governor - election status not yet determined (primaries and/or nominating conventions yet to be held)

1 Republican

62 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 2011 are marked as such.

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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

	Democratic			former state Representative John Gregg
	Democratic			Thomas Lenfert
	~~Democratic~~			~~Evansille Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel - apparently not a candidate~~ • 19 February 2011: Announced he will not seek the Governor's chair in 2012.

Kentucky 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Democratic	464,245	55.72%	Governor Steven L. "Steve" Beshear • for Lieutenant Governor: Jerry E. Abramson
Total		833,139	100.00%

Louisiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Democratic	182,755	17.87%	Tara Hollis
	Democratic	49,988	4.89%	Cary J. Deaton
	Democratic	33,194	3.25%	Ivo "Trey" Roberts
	Democratic	21,846	2.14%	"Niki Bird" Papazoglakis
Total		1,022,439	100.00%

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
	Democratic	328,651	38.89%	Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny L. DuPree • Received 43% in the 2 August 2011 Primary. Proceeds to 23 August 2011 runoff. Won the Tuesday 23 August 2011 Second Primary (Runoff) with 55% of the vote.
Total		845,073	100.00%

Montana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Democratic			Attorney General Steve Bullock
	Democratic			state Senator Larry Jent
	~~Democratic~~			~~state Senator David E. "Dave" Wanzenried - apparently not a candidate~~ • 8 July 2011: Withdrew

New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Democratic			former state Senator Maggie Hassan

North Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	*Democratic*			*Governor Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue*

Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Democratic			Congressman Jay R. Inslee • 24 June 2011: Candidate for Governor in 2012. Congressman CD 1.

West Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	*Democratic*			*Governor Earl Ray Tomblin*

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
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Marijuana
Independents
	• Independent
	• No Party Affiliation

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.