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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California  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

   
  Candidate Democratic     Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis
24 April 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
  Candidate Democratic     former state Controller Betty Yee
First elected as Comptroller: 2014, re-elected: 2018

Delaware  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 Democratic

   
  Candidate Democratic     Lieutenant Governor  Bethany Hall-Long
12 September 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
  Candidate Democratic     New Castle County Executive  Matt Meyer

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

   
  Candidate Democratic     Justin 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
formerly a Republican
  Candidate Republican     Senator  Michael K. "Mike" Braun
29 November 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
  Candidate Republican     former Indiana Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Suzanne Crouch
  Candidate Republican     Eric Doden
  Candidate Republican     former Attorney General Curtis T. Hill, Jr.
First elected: 2016, did not receive his party's nomination in 2020.
  Candidate Libertarian     Donald Rainwater
  Candidate Write-in     Christopher Stried

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

   
  Candidate Democratic     Governor  Andy Beshear
for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman
    Democratic     Peppy Martin - lost primary
    Democratic     Geoffrey M. "Geoff" Young - lost primary
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General  Daniel Cameron
10 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023.
    Republican     Jacob Clark - lost primary
    Republican     David O. Cooper - lost primary
    Republican     former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft - lost primary
    Republican     Eric C. Deters - lost primary
    Republican     former McCreary School Board Member Robert "Bob" DeVore - lost primary
    Republican     Auditor of Public Accounts  Mike Harmon - lost primary
12 July 2021: Candidate for Governor in 2022.
    Republican     Somerset Mayor  Alan Keck - lost primary
    Republican     Dennis Ray Ormerod - lost primary
    Republican     Agriculture Commissioner  Ryan F. Quarles - lost primary
2 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023.
    Republican     Johnny Ray Rice - lost primary
    Republican     Robbie C. Smith - lost primary
  Candidate Write-in     Brian Fishback
for Lieutenant Governor: William "Bill" Fishback

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

   
  Candidate Independent     Benjamin Barnes
  Candidate Republican     Patrick Henry "Dat" Barthel
  Candidate Democratic     Daniel M. "Danny" Cole
  Candidate Republican     Xavier Ellis
  Candidate No Party     "Keitron" Gagnon
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Sharon W. Hewitt
  Candidate Independent     Jeffery Istre
  Candidate Republican     "Xan" John
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General  "Jeff" Landry
  Candidate Independent     Hunter Lundy
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Richard James Nelson
20 September 2023: "Today, I am withdrawing from the Louisiana Governor's race, and endorsing Jeff Landry." He remains on the ballot.
  Candidate Republican     Treasurer  John M. Schroder, Sr.
9 January 2023: Candidate for Governor.
  Candidate Independent     Frank Scurlock
  Candidate Republican     Stephen "Wags" Waguespack
  Candidate Democratic     former state Transportation Secretary Shawn D. Wilson
4 March 2023: Resigned as Transportation Secretary.

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

   
  Candidate Democratic     Public Service Commissioner  Brandon Presley
    Republican     David Grady Hardigree - lost primary
  Candidate Republican     Governor  Tate Reeves
    Republican     John Witcher - lost primary
  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 Democratic     state Representative  Crystal Quade
  Candidate Republican     Secretary of State  John R. "Jay" Ashcroft
6 April 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  William C. "Bill" Eigel
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Mike Kehoe
  Candidate Republican     Darrell McClanahan, III
  Candidate Republican     Deshon Porter

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

   
  Candidate Democratic     Ryan Busse
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Tanner J. Smith

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 Hampshire  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic     Manchester Mayor  Joyce Craig
  Candidate Democratic     Executive Councilor  Cinde Warmington
  Candidate Republican     former U.S. Senator  Kelly Ayotte
First elected: 2010; unsuccessful candidate for re-election: 2016.
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Chuck Morse

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

   
  Candidate Democratic     Jersey City Mayor  Steven M. Fulop
  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     Mike Morgan
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General  Joshua Harold "Josh" Stein
18 January 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
  Candidate Republican     Treasurer  Dale Robbins Folwell
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Mark Keith Robinson
  Candidate Republican     Jesse Thomas
  Candidate Republican     former Member of Congress  Bradley Mark "Mark" Walker
First elected to the U.S. Congress: 2014, re-elected 2016, 2018; Not a candidate for reelection: 2020; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate: 2022.
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Andy Wells
  Candidate Libertarian     Shannon Bray
  Candidate Libertarian     Michael "Mike" Ross

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

   
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Jon A. Husted
  Candidate Republican     Matt A. Mayer
  Candidate Republican     Jeremiah Workman
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General  David A. "Dave" Yost

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

   
  Candidate Libertarian     Ken Krawchuk

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

   
  Candidate Republican     Governor  Spencer J. Cox
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Phil Lyman

Virginia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2021, 2025. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

   
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Abigail A. Spanberger
Congressional District 7

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

   
  Candidate Republican     former Richland School Board Member M. Semi Bird
1 August 2023: Apparently recalled as Richland School Board Member.
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General  Bob Ferguson
2 May 2023: Announced exploratory campaign for Governor.
  Candidate Democratic     Public Lands Commissioner  Hilary Franz
  Candidate Republican     Daniel Miller
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Mark Douglas Mullet
  Candidate Republican     former Member of Congress  David G. "Dave" Reichert
First elected to the U.S. House: 2004; re-elected: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016; not a candidate for reelection: 2018.

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

   
  Candidate Democratic     Cecil Silva
  Candidate Democratic     Huntington Mayor  Stephen T. "Steve" Williams
  Candidate Republican     Terri Bradshaw
  Candidate Republican     state Delegate  Moore Capito
Son of Senator Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)
  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     Attorney General  Patrick James Morrisey
4 April 2023: Announced candidacy for Governor.
  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 Constitution     former state Delegate S. Marshall Wilson
  Candidate Libertarian     Erika Kolenich
  Candidate Mountain     Chase Linko-Looper
  Candidate Independent     Quintin Gerard Caldwell
  Candidate Independent     Fred Vance

Wisconsin  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

   
  Candidate Independent     Jacob Veenhuis

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
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Major Third Parties
  Constitution
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  Mountain
Independents
  Independent
  No Party
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.

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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