2019 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2019 General Election

2019 Governor's Chairs
by State

3 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2019

3 Elected

47 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2019

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

1 Incumbent renominated by same party

1 Republican

1 Incumbent Governor - election status not yet determined (primaries and/or nominating conventions yet to be held)

1 Democratic

75 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 2019 are marked as such.

There have been 0 deaths, 0 resignations, and 0 changes of party affiliation in 2019.

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California 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Democratic			Adriel Hampton

Delaware 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic



	Democratic			David Lamar Williams, Jr.

Indiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Democratic			state Senator Eddie D. Melton
	Democratic			former state Health Commissioner Woody Myers
	Democratic			Josh Owens

Kentucky 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Democratic	709,577	49.19%	Attorney General Andy Beshear • for Lieutenant Governor: Jacqueline Coleman
Total		1,442,390	100.00%

Louisiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Democratic	774,498	51.33%	Governor John Bel Edwards • Recieved 47% in the 12 October General Election. Proceeds to 16 November 2019 Runoff
Total		1,508,784	100.00%

Mississippi 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Democratic	402,131	46.62%	Attorney General Jim Hood • 1 October 2018: Will run for Governor in 2019.
Total		862,548	100.00%

Missouri 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Democratic			La'Ondril Brown
	Democratic			Auditor Nicole Galloway
	Democratic			James L. "Jim" Shea

Montana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Democratic			Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney
	Democratic			former state Representative Reilly Neill
	Democratic			state Representative Casey Schreiner
	Democratic			Whitney Williams

Nebraska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Democratic			former state Senator Robert J. "Bob" Krist

New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2020. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Democratic			state Senator Dan Feltes
	Democratic			state Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky
	Democratic			Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky

Utah 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Democratic			Zachary Moses

Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2020. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Democratic			former Vermont Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe

Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2017, 2021. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Democratic			Attorney General Mark R. Herring • 7 December 2018: Announced he would run for Attorney General in 2021.

Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	*Democratic*			*Governor Jay R. Inslee* • 22 August 2019: Running for re-election after withdrawing as a Presidential contender.

West Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Democratic			Jody Murphy
	Democratic			Kanawha County Commissioner Ben Salango
	~~Democratic~~			~~Cecil Teddy Silva - apparently not a candidate~~
	Democratic			Stephen Noble Smith
	Democratic			state Senator Ron D. Stollings
	Democratic			Edwin "Ed" Vanover

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
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Socialist Workers Party
Independents
	• Independent
	• Unaffiliated
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• 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.