The Green Papers: 2011 Off-Year Election |
2011 Governor's Chairs by State |
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Arkansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Mike Beebe First elected: 2006, re-elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit |
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California 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr. First elected: 2010 (Governor Brown served 2 terms as Governor-- from 1975 through 1983) Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Colorado 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor John W. Hickenlooper First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Connecticut 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Dannel P. "Dan" Malloy First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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Delaware 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 | |||||
Democratic | Governor Jack A. Markell First elected: 2008 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Hawaii 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Neil Abercrombie First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Illinois 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Patrick "Pat" Quinn As Lieutenant Governor, entered office 29 January 2009 upon the removal from office of Governor Rod Blagojevich. First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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Maryland 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Martin O'Malley First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - at term limit |
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Massachusetts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Deval L. Patrick First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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Minnesota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Mark Dayton First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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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 | |||||
Democratic | Governor Jeremiah W. "Jay" Nixon First elected: 2008 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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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 | Governor Brian Schweitzer 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. |
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New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor John H. Lynch First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2006, 2008, 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 Open Chair - 15 September 2011: Announced he will not run for re-election. |
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New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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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 First elected: 2008 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Oregon 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor John A. Kitzhaber First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Peter Shumlin First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election, the state Legislature chooses the next Governor. | |||||
Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Christine "Chris" Gregoire First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 Open Chair - 13 June 2011: "Today, I say I will not run for a third term as governor ...." |
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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 Ascended to the Governor's chair as acting Governor when Governor Joe Manchin, III resigned to take office as a U.S. Senator: 15 November 2010. First elected in a Special Election: 4 October 2011. Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Special Election: Tuesday 4 October 2011. Next regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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On 18 January 2011, the West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the state must hold a Special Gubernatorial Election by 15 November 2011. Reference: Citizen Action v. Tomblin - No. 101494. Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin (Democratic) thought he could serve until the next regular election on Tuesday 6 November 2012. He ascended to the Governor's chair when Governor Joe Manchin, III (Democratic) resigned on 15 November 2010 to take office as a U.S. Senator.
7 February 2011: Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed HB 2853 / SB 261. These bills establish a 14 May 2011 Special Gubernatorial Primary for the Democratic, Republican, and Mountain Parties, a 21 May 2011 petition deadline for others, and a 4 October 2011 General Election. The filing deadline for the partisan primary is 12 February 2011. The Bill amends [ARTICLE 10. FILLING VACANCIES. §3-10-2. Vacancy in office of 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. |
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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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