The Green Papers: 2012 General Election |
2012 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 | John Burkhalter | ||||
Democratic | Attorney General Dustin McDaniel | ||||
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 | 275,993 | 69.34% | Governor Jack A. Markell | ||
Total | 398,033 | 100.00% | |||
Florida 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Democratic | state Senator Nan H. Rich 18 April 2012: Announced candidacy |
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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 | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 1,200,016 | 46.56% | former state Representative John R. Gregg For Lieutenant Governor: state Senator Vi Simpson |
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Total | 2,577,329 | 100.00% | |||
Maine 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Democratic | Yarmouth Town Council Man Stephen M. "Steve" Woods | ||||
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 | 1,494,056 | 54.77% | Governor Jeremiah W. "Jay" Nixon | ||
Total | 2,727,883 | 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 | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 236,450 | 48.90% | Attorney General Steve Bullock For Lieutenant Governor, former state Adjutant General John Walsh |
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Total | 483,489 | 100.00% | |||
New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 378,934 | 54.61% | former state Senator Maggie Hassan | ||
Total | 693,877 | 100.00% | |||
New Jersey 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2009, 2013. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Democratic | state Senator Barbara Buono | ||||
New Mexico 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Democratic | Attorney General Gary K. King | ||||
North Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 1,931,580 | 43.23% | Lieutenant Governor Walter H. Dalton | ||
Total | 4,468,295 | 100.00% | |||
Pennsylvania 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Democratic | former Public Utility Commissioner John Hanger | ||||
Rhode Island 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent | |||||
Democratic | former Auditor General Ernest Almonte | ||||
Utah 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Democratic | 277,622 | 27.58% | Peter S. Cooke for Lieutenant Governor, Vincent C. Rampton. 21 April 2012: Won his party's nomination. |
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Total | 1,006,524 | 100.00% | |||
Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic; Working Families | 170,749 | 57.80% | Governor Peter Shumlin | ||
Total | 295,412 | 100.00% | |||
Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2009, 2013. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Democratic | Terry McAuliffe | ||||
Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 1,582,802 | 51.54% | Congressman Jay R. Inslee Prefers Democratic Party. 24 June 2011: Candidate for Governor in 2012. Congressman CD 1. |
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Total | 3,071,047 | 100.00% | |||
West Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | 335,468 | 50.49% | Governor Earl Ray Tomblin | ||
Total | 664,486 | 100.00% | |||
Wisconsin 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Democratic | former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk | ||||
Democratic | Secretary of State Douglas "Doug" La Follette | ||||
Democratic | state Senator Kathleen Vinehout |
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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Democratic-Nonpartisan League | |
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Major Third Parties | |
Constitution | |
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Liberty Union | |
Marijuana | |
Mountain | |
Progressive | |
Working Families | |
Independents | |
Independent | |
No Party Preference | |
Unaffiliated | |
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
Scattering | |
Write-in |
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