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.

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

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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

	Republican			Congressman Mike Pence • 5 May 2011: Candidate for Governor in 2012
	Republican			former Hamilton County Commissioner Jim Wallace

Kentucky 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Republican	294,034	35.29%	state Senator David L. Williams • for Lieutenant Governor: Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer
Total		833,139	100.00%

Louisiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Republican	672,950	65.82%	Governor Piyush "Bobby" Jindal
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
	Republican	516,422	61.11%	Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant
Total		845,073	100.00%

Missouri 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Republican			Bill Randles
	Republican			David "Dave" Spence

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
	Republican			state Senator Jeff Essmann
	Republican			Robert T. "Bob" Fanning, Jr. • For Lieutenant Governor, Chuck Baldwin (Constitution Party's 2008 Presidential Nominee)
	Republican			former Congressman Rick Hill
	Republican			Neil C. Livingstone • For Lieutenant Governor, state Senator Ryan Zinke
	Republican			Jim Lynch
	Republican			former state Senator Ken Miller
	Republican			Chouteau County Commissioner Jim O'Hara
	Republican			former state Senator Corey Stapleton
	Republican			Keith Winkler

New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Republican			Ovide M. Lamontagne
	Republican			former state Representative Kevin H. Smith

North Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Republican			former Charlotte Mayor Patrick "Pat" McCrory
	Republican			Doug Schell

North Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	*Republican*			*Governor Jack Dalrymple*
	Republican			Paul Sorum

Utah 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	~~Republican~~			~~Monty Nafoosi - apparently not a candidate~~ • 13 September 2011: Running for the U.S. House in Arizona CD 8.
	Republican			former state Representative Morgan Philpot • 28 July 2011: Announced a run for Congress. Congressional District to be determined. 1 December 2011: Announced that he is running for Governor.
	Republican			state Representative Kenneth W. "Ken" Sumsion

Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Republican			state Senator Randy Brock

Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2009, 2013. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Republican			Lieutenant Governor William T. "Bill" Bolling • 17 August 2011: Candidate for Governor in 2013.
	Republican			Attorney General Kenneth T. "Ken" Cuccinelli, II

Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Republican			Shahram Hadian
	Republican			Attorney General Rob McKenna

West Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Republican			Ralph William "Bill" Clark
	Republican			Bill Maloney
	Republican			Joseph Oliverio
	Republican			Scott "Cody" Regan

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.