The Green Papers: 2020 General Election |
2020 Governor's Chairs by State |
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Alabama 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Kay Ivey Ascended to the chair 10 April 2017 following the resignation of Governor Robert J. Bentley (Republican). First elected: 2018. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. 19 September 2019: Announced that she will be undergoing outpatient radiation for a malignant spot on her lung. |
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Alaska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Mike J. Dunleavy First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Arizona 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Doug Ducey 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 |
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Arkansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Asa Hutchinson First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. Previously served in the U.S. Congress: 3 January 1997 - 6 August 2001 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 |
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California 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Gavin Newsom First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Colorado 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Jared Polis First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Connecticut 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Edward "Ned" Lamont First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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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 | Governor John Charles Carney, Jr. Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 Previously served in the U.S. House 2011-2017. First elected to the Governor's Chair: 2016. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Renominated |
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Florida 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Ronald D. "Ron" DeSantis First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Georgia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Brian Porter Kemp First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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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 |
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Idaho 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Brad Little First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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Illinois 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor J.B. Pritzker First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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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 | |||||
Republican | Governor Eric Joseph Holcomb Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 First elected: 2016 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Renominated |
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Iowa 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Kimberly K. "Kim" Reynolds Ascended to the Governor's Chair: 24 May 2017 [re: Governor Terry E. Branstad (Republican) resignation to become Ambassador to China]; first elected: 2018. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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Kansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Laura Kelly First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Kentucky 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Andy Beshear First elected: 2019 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Louisiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor John Bel Edwards First elected: 2015; re-elected: 2019 Chair up for regular election: Saturday 14 October 2023 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At Term Limit |
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Maine 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Janet T. Mills First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Maryland 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Lawrence J. "Larry" Hogan, Jr. 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 |
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22 June 2015: Governor Hogan announced that he has advanced and aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 16 November 2015: Governor Hogan announced that he was 100% cancer free and in complete remission. | |||||
Massachusetts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Charles D. "Charlie" Baker, Jr. First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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Michigan 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Gretchen Whitmer First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Minnesota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Timothy J. "Tim" Walz First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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Mississippi 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Tate Reeves First elected: 2019. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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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 | |||||
Republican | Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 Ascended to the Governor's chair: 1 June 2018 [re: resignation of Governor Eric Greitens (Republican)] Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Renominated |
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29 May 2018: While the state legislature was considering impeachment proceedings, Governor Eric Greitens (Republican), who was first elected in 2016, announced his resignation effective Friday 1 June 2018 at 5pm local time. 1 June 2018: Lieutenant Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson (Republican) ascends to the Governor's chair. He will serve the remainding 2 1/2 years of Governor Eric Greitens' term. | |||||
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 | |||||
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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." 2 December 2019: Suspended campaign. "... it has become clear that in this moment, I won't be able to break through to the top tier of this still-crowded field of candidates ...." 9 March 2020: "Now I'm taking that fight to the US Senate." |
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Nebraska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor J. Peter "Pete" Ricketts 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 |
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Nevada 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Stephen F. "Steve" Sisolak First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2020. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Chris Sununu Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2018. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 Renominated |
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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 First elected: 2017 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 2 November 2021 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. 22 February 2020: Governor Phil Murphy stated that he will have surgery to remove a kidney tumor. |
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New Mexico 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014, 2018. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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North Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Roy Asberry Cooper, III Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 First elected: 2016 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Renominated |
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North Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: North Dakota passed an initiative in November 2022 to amend the state's Constitution to add Gubernatorial term limits of 2 4 year terms. Applies to individuals elected after 1 January 2023 | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Doug Burgum Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 First elected: 2016 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Renominated |
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Ohio 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Michael "Mike" DeWine First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Oklahoma 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Kevin Stitt First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Oregon 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Kate Brown Ascended to the Governor's chair 18 February 2015 re: resignation of John A. Kitzhaber (Democratic); first elected in a Special Election: 2016; 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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South Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Henry D. McMaster 24 January 2017: Ascended to the Governor's Chair following the resignation of Governor Nikki Randhawa Haley (Republican) who became United Nations Ambassador; first elected: 2018. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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South Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Kristi Lynn Noem First elected: 2018. Previously served in the U.S. House 2011-2019. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Tennessee 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Bill Lee First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Texas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Greg Abbott Previously served as Attorney General: first elected 2002; re-elected: 2006, 2010; First elected as Governor: 2014; re-elected: 2018. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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Utah 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Governor Gary Richard Herbert As Lieutenant Governor, succeeded to the Governorship upon the resignation of Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (Republican), effective 11 August 2009. First elected in a special election: 2010; re-elected: 2012, 2016. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 Open Chair - Retiring at the end of this term. |
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Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2020. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Phil Scott Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2018. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 Renominated |
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If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election, the state Legislature chooses the next Governor. | |||||
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 | Governor Ralph S. Northam First elected: 2017 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 2 November 2021 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Jay R. Inslee Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 on General Election ballot |
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West Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor James C. "Jim" Justice Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 First elected: 2016 (as a Democrat) Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Renominated - 3 August 2017: Announced he was changing his affiliation from Democratic to Republican: "... tomorrow I will be changing my registration to Republican." |
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Wisconsin 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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Wyoming 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period. The Wyoming Supreme Court determined on 4 May 2004 that term limits require an amendment to the state constitution rather than, as they were, imposed by a 1992 ballot initiative. At the time, the ruling was not applied to statewide offices. Reference: CATHCART v. MEYER, 2004 WY 49, 88 P.3d 1050, Case Number: 04-32, 04-33, 04-34, Decided: 05/04/2004 | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Republican | Governor Mark Gordon First elected: 2018 Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's 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. |
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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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