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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Kentucky 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

	Independent	74,860	8.99%	Gatewood Galbraith • for Lieutenant Governor: Dea Riley
Total		833,139	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
	Independent			Ronald J. Lassle

New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Independent			Edward Charles "Hobo Ed" Furlong, III • Running for Bartlett Selectman and possibly 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
	• 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.