2013 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2013 General Election

2013 Governor's Chairs
by State

2 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2013

2 Republican

2 Elected

48 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2013

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

1 Incumbent renominated by same party

1 Republican

239 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 2013 are marked as such.

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Alaska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

	Independent			Christopher Jamison
	Independent; (Republican)			former Mayor of Valdez Bill Walker • for Lieutenant Governor: Craig L. Fleener. 1 August 2013: Mr. Walker announced he would run as an Independent. Previously affiliated with the Republican Party.

Arizona 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: The Governor can not serve for more than 8 years
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Independent			Diana Ramseys-Rasmussen-Kennedy

California 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Independent			Blas Jacob "Jay" Cabrera

Florida 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Independent			James Edward Fraleigh

Idaho 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Independent			Marvin Thomas "Pro-Life" Richardson

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
	Independent			Eliot R. Cutler
	~~Independent~~			~~Alex Hammer - apparently not a candidate~~ • circa 21 March 2013: Withdrew

Massachusetts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
	Independent			Jeffrey S. McCormick

Michigan 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Independent			Robin Sanders

New Jersey 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2009, 2013. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Independent	2,784	0.13%	Hank Schroeder • Lieutenant Governor: Patricia Moschella. logans: ECONOMIC GROWTH, DON'T LOOK BACK
Total		2,120,866	100.00%

South Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Independent			Mike Myers

Tennessee 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
	Independent			Carl "Two Feathers" Whitaker

Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2009, 2013. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

	Write-in; (Independent)			John O. Parmele, Jr.
Total		2,240,314	100.00%

Wisconsin 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

	Independent			Hari Trivedi

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
	• Green
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• American Freedom Party
	• Americans Elect
	• Independent American
	• Marijuana
	• Peace And Freedom
	• Socialist Party USA
	• United Independent
Independents
	• Independent
	• No Party Affiliation
	• Unaffiliated
	• Unenrolled
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Not readily classifiable
	• Scattering
	• Write-in

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.