The Green Papers: 2013 General Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 2013 Governor's Chairs
by State

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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Gubernatorial Links

           
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.
• At term limit
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.
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.
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
Delaware  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. 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; re-elected: 2012
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
• Open Chair
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.
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
Kentucky  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Democratic Governor Steven L. "Steve" Beshear
• First elected: 2007; re-elected: 2011
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2015
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
• At Term Limit
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.
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
• March 2012: Announced he is not running for re-election in 2014.
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
Missouri  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. 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; re-elected: 2012
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
• Open Chair
Montana  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Democratic Governor Steve Bullock
• First elected: 2012
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
• The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
New Hampshire  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2014. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Democratic Governor Maggie Hassan
• First elected: 2012
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
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
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.
Rhode Island  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Democratic Governor Lincoln Davenport "Linc" Chafee
• First elected: 2010 as an Independent. Switched party affiliation to Democratic on 30 May 2013.
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
• The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
• Open Chair - 3 September 2013: Announced he will not seek re-election.
Vermont  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2014. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin
• First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2012
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 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: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Democratic Governor Jay R. Inslee
• First elected: 2012
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
West Virginia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. 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. Re-elected: 2012
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
• Open Chair
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.

 

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2013 Primaries and Runoffs for Statewide offices/Congress
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  Open Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats (the incumbent is not running for re-election)  
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  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with only one major party candidate running for office  
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  2013 Partisan Composition by State  
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  Political Parties  
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  Senate Electoral Classes  
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2012 CONGRESSIONAL Political Party Breakdown by SECTION and Region
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History
  Political Party Floor Leaders in the Congress of the United States  
  Dates of DIRECT PRIMARY Elections re: Major Party Nominations for Statewide and/or Federal Office  
  Length of Terms of Office of STATE Governors throughout American History  
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