The Green Papers: 2022 General Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 2022 Governor's Chairs
by State

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 2022 are marked as such.

There have been 0 deaths, 1 resignation, and 0 changes of party affiliation in 2022.

  • New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (Democratic) resigned on 24 August 2021.
  • New York Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Courtney "Kathy" Hochul (Democratic) ascended to the Governor's Chair upon Governor's Cuomo's resignation on 24 August 2021.

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

   
  Candidate Democratic 412,961 29.18% Yolanda Rochelle Flowers
proceeds to and won Runoff
Total 1,415,283 100.00%  

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

   
  Candidate Democratic 63,851 24.21% former state Representative Les Gara
for Lieutenant Governor: Jessica A. Cook
16 August 2022 Primary: Advances to General Election with 23%, 2nd place.
Total 263,752 100.00%  

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

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democratic 1,287,891 50.32% Secretary of State  Katie Hobbs
Total 2,559,485 100.00%  

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

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic 319,242 35.20% Chris Jones
Total 907,037 100.00%  

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

   
  Elected Democratic 6,470,099 59.18% Governor  Gavin Newsom
Total 10,933,009 100.00%  

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

   
  Elected Democratic 1,468,481 58.53% Governor  Jared Polis
for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera
Total 2,508,770 100.00%  

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

   
  Elected Democratic; Griebel Frank for CT; Working Families 710,186 55.97% Governor  Edward "Ned" Lamont
for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz
Total 1,268,893 100.00%  

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

   
  Candidate Democratic 3,106,313 39.97% former Member of Congress  Charlie Joseph Crist
for Lieutenant Governor: Karla Hernandez-Mats
Previously served as Governor (Republican): 2007-2011. Ran for, but lost, the contest for the Florida U.S. Senate Class 3 Seat in 2010 as "No Party Affiliation". First elected to the U.S. House (as a Democrat): 2016, re-elected: 2018, 2020.
Member of Congress CD 13
Total 7,771,399 100.00%  

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

   
  Candidate Democratic 1,813,673 45.88% former state Representative Stacey Yvonne Abrams
Total 3,953,433 100.00%  

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

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democratic 261,025 62.24% Lieutenant Governor  Joshua B. "Josh" Green
for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Sylvia Luke
Total 419,363 100.00%  

Idaho  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic 120,160 20.28% Stephen Heidt
Total 592,557 100.00%  

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

   
  Elected Democratic 2,253,748 54.91% Governor  J.B. Pritzker
for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton
Total 4,104,636 100.00%  

Indiana  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic     former State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick

Iowa  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic 482,950 39.25% Diedre DeJear
for Lieutenant Governor: Clinton County Auditor Eric Van Lancker
Total 1,230,416 100.00%  

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

   
  Elected Democratic 499,849 49.54% Governor  Laura Kelly
for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor David Toland
Total 1,008,998 100.00%  

Kentucky  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

   
  Candidate Democratic     Brian Hockensmith

Louisiana  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

   
  Candidate Democratic     Hunter Lundy

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

   
  Elected Democratic 376,934 55.36% Governor  Janet T. Mills
Total 680,909 100.00%  

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

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democratic 1,293,944 64.53% Wes Moore
for Lieutenant Governor: former state Delegate Aruna Miller
Total 2,005,223 100.00%  

Massachusetts  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democratic 1,584,403 63.09% Attorney General  Maura Healey
for Lieutenant Governor: Salem Mayor Kimberley "Kim" Driscoll
Received 71.2% at the 3-4 June Democratic State Convention.
Total 2,511,461 100.00%  

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

   
  Elected Democratic 2,430,505 54.47% Governor  Gretchen Whitmer
for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Garlin D. Gilchrist, II
Total 4,461,972 100.00%  

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

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democratic 242,006 35.98% state Senator  Carol Blood
for Lieutenant Governor: former state Senator Al Davis
Total 672,593 100.00%  

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

   
  Candidate Democratic 481,991 47.30% Governor  Stephen F. "Steve" Sisolak
Total 1,019,071 100.00%  

New Hampshire  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2022. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic 256,766 41.47% state Senator  Tom Sherman
Total 619,135 100.00%  

New Jersey  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2021, 2025. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

   
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Steve Sweeney

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

   
  Elected Democratic 370,168 51.97% Governor  Michelle Lujan Grisham
for Lieutenant Governor: Howie C. Morales
Total 712,256 100.00%  

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

   
  Elected Democratic; Working Families 3,140,415 52.67% Governor  Kathleen Courtney "Kathy" Hochul
for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado

12 August 2021: Declared she will run for re-election.
Total 5,962,278 100.00%  

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

   
  Candidate Democratic 1,545,489 37.38% Dayton Mayor  Nan Whaley
for Lieutenant Governor: Cuyahoga County Council Member Cheryl L. Stephens
Total 4,134,877 100.00%  

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

   
  Candidate Democratic 481,904 41.79% Public Instruction Superintendent  Joy Hofmeister
First elected Public Instruction Superintendent as a Repubican: 2014; re-elected: 2018; affiliated with the Democratic Party: 7 October 2021.
Total 1,153,284 100.00%  

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

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democratic; Working Families 917,074 46.96% former state Representative Tina Kotek
21 January 2022: Resigning from the state Legislature to focus on her campaign.
Total 1,952,883 100.00%  

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

   
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democratic 3,031,137 56.49% Attorney General  Joshua D. "Josh" Shapiro
Running mate: state Representative Austin Davis
Total 5,366,179 100.00%  

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

   
  Elected Democratic 207,166 57.92% Governor  Daniel J. "Dan" McKee
Total 357,670 100.00%  

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

   
  Candidate Democratic 692,691 40.67% former Member of Congress  Joseph Kendrick "Joe" Cunningham
for Lieutenant Governor: Tally Parham Casey
First elected: 2018; unsuccessful candidate for re-election: 2020.
Total 1,703,192 100.00%  

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

   
  Candidate Democratic 123,148 35.17% state Representative  Jamie Smith
for Lieutenant Governor: Jennifer Keintz
Total 350,166 100.00%  

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

   
  Candidate Democratic 572,818 32.92% Jason Brantley Martin
Total 1,739,882 100.00%  

Texas  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic 3,553,656 43.86% former Member of Congress  Beto O'Rourke
First elected as a Democrat: 2012, re-elected: 2014, 2016. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate: 2018.
Total 8,102,908 100.00%  

Vermont  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2022. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic; Progressive 68,248 23.38% Brenda Siegel
Total 291,955 100.00%  

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

   
  Elected Democratic 1,358,774 51.15% Governor  Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers
for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Sara Russell Rodriguez
Total 2,656,490 100.00%  

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

   
  Candidate Democratic 30,686 15.48% Theresa Anne Livingston
Total 198,198 100.00%  

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-Farmer Labor
  Republican
Major Third Parties
  American Constitution
  Constitution
  Green
  Libertarian
  U.S. Taxpayers
Other Third Parties
  American Solidarity
  Americans Coming Together Party
  Conservative
  Grassroots - Legalize Cannabis
  Griebel Frank for CT
  Independence-Alliance
  Independent American
  Independent Greens
  Independent Party of Connecticut
  Keystone
  Legal Marijuana Now
  Natural Law
  Progressive
  Socialist Workers Party
  Unity
  Working Families
Independents
  Independent
  Independent Unenrolled
  No Party Affiliation
  Non Affiliated
  None
  Nonpartisan
  Unaffiliated
  Working Class
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  None of these candidates
  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.

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.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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