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)

6 Republican
4 Democratic

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

		Democratic	Governor David Yutaka Ige • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair

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	Governor Steve Bullock • First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit. 14 May 2019: "I'm Steve Bullock and I'm running for President."

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

		Democratic	Governor Thomas W. "Tom" Wolf • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair
	24 February 2016: Governor Thomas W. "Tom" Wolf Announced that he has prostate cancer which was detected early and is treatable.

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

		Democratic	Governor Gina Marie Raimondo • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At Term Limit

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.