2020 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2020 General Election

2020 Governor's Chairs
by State

11 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2020

11 Elected

39 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2020

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

8 Incumbents renominated by same party

101 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 2020 are marked as such.

There have been 0 deaths, 0 resignations, and 0 changes of party affiliation in 2020.

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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	292,903	59.46%	Governor John Charles Carney, Jr.
Total		492,635	100.00%

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


	Democratic			Richard P. Dembinsky
	Democratic			Amaro Lionheart

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	968,094	32.05%	former state Health Commissioner Woodrow "Woody" Myers • for Lieutenant Governor: former state Representative Linda C. Lawson
Total		3,020,388	100.00%

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


	Democratic			Comptroller Peter Franchot
	Democratic			Ed Tinus

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	1,225,771	40.69%	Auditor Nicole Galloway
Total		3,012,287	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Democratic	250,860	41.56%	Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney • for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Casey Schreiner
Total		603,608	100.00%

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	264,639	33.36%	state Senator Dan Feltes
Total		793,260	100.00%

New Jersey 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2017, 2021. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	*Democratic*			Governor Philip "Phil" Murphy • for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver • 1 October 2020: Announced re-election bid.

New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	*Democratic*			*Governor Andrew M. Cuomo*

North Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Democratic	2,834,790	51.52%	Governor Roy Asberry Cooper, III
Total		5,502,777	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Democratic	442,754	30.35%	Chris Peterson • for Lieutenant Governor: Karina Brown
Total		1,458,878	100.00%

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


	Democratic; Progressive	99,214	26.74%	Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman • Won the 11 August 2020 Progressive party primary as a write-in candidate. Ballot label is Progressive/Democratic.
Total		370,968	100.00%

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			state Delegate Jennifer D. Carroll Foy
	Democratic			Lieutenant Governor Justin E. Fairfax
	Democratic			Attorney General Mark R. Herring • 7 December 2018: Announced he would run for Attorney General in 2021.
	Democratic			former Governor Terry McAuliffe
	Democratic			state Senator Jennifer L. "Jenn" McClellan

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


	Democratic	2,294,243	56.56%	Governor Jay R. Inslee • 22 August 2019: Running for re-election after withdrawing as a Presidential contender.
Total		4,056,454	100.00%

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


	Democratic	237,024	30.83%	Kanawha County Commissioner Carlos Benjamin "Ben" Salango
Total		768,804	100.00%

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
	• Democratic-Nonpartisan League
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution
	• Green
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Independent American
	• Independent Party Of Delaware
	• Mountain
	• Progressive
	• Truth Matters
Independents
	• Independent
	• No Party Affiliation
	• No Party Preference
	• Unaffiliated
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise 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.