2017 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2017 General Election

2017 Governor's Chairs
by State

2 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2017

2 Elected

2 Democratic

48 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2017

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

474 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 2017 are marked as such.

There have been 0 deaths, 1 resignations, and 0 changes of party affiliation in 2017.

Governor Robert J. Bentley (Republican, Alabama) resigned on 10 April 2017 amid a sex scandal. Following his resignation, Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey (Republican) was sworn in as Governor.

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Arizona 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian			Merissa Hamilton
	Libertarian			Barry Hess
	Libertarian			Kevin McCormick

Arkansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican



	Libertarian			Mark West

California 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Libertarian			Zoltan Istvan • Transhumanist
	Libertarian			Nickolas Wildstar

Florida 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian			former Lake County School Board Member Randy Wiseman

Georgia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian			Doug Craig

Illinois 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian			Grayson "Kash" Jackson • a.k.a. Benjamin Adam Winderweedle
	Libertarian			Matthew C. Scaro
	Libertarian			Jon Stewart

Iowa 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian			Marco Battaglia
	Libertarian			Jake Porter

Maine 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian			Richard Light

Maryland 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian			Shawn Quinn • for Lieutenant Governor: Christina Smith

Michigan 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian			William H. "Bill" Gelineau
	Libertarian			John J. Tartar
	Libertarian			Jeffrey "Jeff" Wood

New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2018. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian			Jilletta Jarvis

New Jersey 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2013, 2017. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	10,251	0.49%	Peter J. Rohrman • for Lieutenant Governor: Karese J. Laguerre
Total		2,077,305	100.00%

New Mexico 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	~~Libertarian~~			~~Grady Owens - apparently not a candidate~~

New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Libertarian			Larry Sharpe

Oklahoma 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian			Rex Lawhorn
	Libertarian			Joseph "Joe Exotic Maldonado
	Libertarian			Chris Powell

Pennsylvania 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Libertarian			Ken V. Krawchuk

Texas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian			Kathie Glass
	Libertarian			former Lago Vista City Councilman Mark Tippetts
	Libertarian			Kory Watkins

Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2013, 2017. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Libertarian	27,987	1.07%	Clifford D. "Cliff" Hyra • 6 May 2017: Received his party's nomination. 10,000 petition signatures are needed to put him on the general election ballot. 27 June 2017: Petitions validated.
Total		2,614,282	100.00%

Wisconsin 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Libertarian			Phil Anderson • for Lieutenant Governor: Patrick Baird

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
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Major Third Parties
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	• Green
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
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	• Independence
	• Marijuana
	• Socialist Party USA
	• Unity
	• We The People
Independents
	• Independent
	• No Party Affiliation
	• No Party Preference
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Not readily classifiable
	• Scattering

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.