The Green Papers: 2023 General Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 2023 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 2023 are marked as such.

There have been 0 deaths, 0 resignation, and 0 changes of party affiliation in 2023.

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Georgia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic     Justin Dekota Laster

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     Bob Kern
  Candidate Democratic     former State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick
  Candidate Republican     Senator  Michael K. "Mike" Braun
29 November 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Suzanne Crouch
  Candidate Republican     Eric Doden

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

   
  Candidate Democratic     Governor  Andy Beshear
    Democratic     Brian Hockensmith - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Democratic     Peppy Martin
  Candidate Democratic     Geoffrey M. "Geoff" Young
    Republican     Brian Bush - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General  Daniel Cameron
10 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023.
  Candidate Republican     Jacob Clark
  Candidate Republican     David O. Cooper
  Candidate Republican     former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft
  Candidate Republican     Eric C. Deters
May not be able to run as an Independent when registered as a political party member.
  Candidate Republican     former McCreary School Board Member Robert "Bob" DeVore
  Candidate Republican     Auditor of Public Accounts  Mike Harmon
12 July 2021: Candidate for Governor in 2022.
    Republican     Clint Johnson - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Republican     Somerset Mayor  Alan Keck
    Republican     state Representative  Savannah Maddox - apparently not a candidate
20 December 2022: Dropped out.
    Republican     Anthony "Tony" Moore - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Republican     Dennis Ray Ormerod
  Candidate Republican     Agriculture Commissioner  Ryan F. Quarles
2 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023.
  Candidate Republican     Johnny Ray Rice
  Candidate Republican     Robbie C. Smith

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

   
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Sharon Hewitt
  Candidate Independent     Jeffery Istre
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General  "Jeff" Landry
  Candidate Democratic     Hunter Lundy
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Richard James Nelson
  Candidate Republican     Treasurer  John M. Schroder, Sr.
9 January 2023: Candidate for Governor.
  Candidate Republican     Stephen Waguespack
  Candidate Democratic     state Transportation Secretary  Shawn Wilson

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

   
    Democratic     Bob Hickingbottom - apparently not a candidate
17 February 2023: Disqualified by Mississippi Democratic Party.
  Candidate Democratic     Public Service Commissioner  Brandon Presley
    Democratic     Gregory Wash - apparently not a candidate
17 February 2023: Disqualified by Mississippi Democratic Party.
  Candidate Republican     David Grady Hardigree
  Candidate Republican     Governor  Tate Reeves
  Candidate Republican     John Witcher
  Candidate Independent     Gwendolyn Gray

Missouri  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  William C. "Bill" Eigel
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Mike Kehoe
  Candidate Republican     Deshon Porter

Nevada  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Republican     M. Kameron Hawkins

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
  Candidate Republican     former state Assembly Member Jack Ciattarelli

North Carolina  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

   
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General  Joshua Harold "Josh" Stein
18 January 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.

Ohio  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Republican     Matt A. Mayer

Utah  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Republican     Governor  Spencer J. Cox

Washington  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

   
  Candidate Republican     Richland School Board Member  M. Semi Bird

West Virginia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Republican     Terri Bradshaw
  Candidate Republican     state Delegate  Moore Capito
Son of Senator Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)
  Candidate Republican     Auditor  John Bohen "J.B." McCuskey
29 February 2023: "I am here today to announce my candidacy for governor of West Virginia."
  Candidate Republican     Chris Miller
Son of Member of Congress Carol Devine Miller, grandson of the late Governor Arch Moore, cousin of state Treasurer Riley Moore.
  Candidate Republican     Edwin Vanover
  Candidate Republican     Secretary of State  Andrew "Mac" Warner
11 January 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
  Candidate Republican     Rashida Yost
  Candidate Americans Coming Together Party     former state Delegate S. Marshall Wilson
  Candidate Mountain     Chase Linko-Looper

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
Other Third Parties
  Americans Coming Together Party
  Mountain
Independents
  Independent
 

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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