2023 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2023 General Election

2023 Governor's Chairs
by State

3 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2023

3 Elected

47 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2023

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

2 Incumbents renominated by same party

99 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 2023 are marked as such.

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

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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



	Republican			Jerrold A. Price

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


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

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


	Republican	627,457	47.46%	Attorney General Daniel Cameron • for Lieutenant Governor: Robert M. "Robby" Mills • 10 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023.
Total		1,322,021	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Republican	547,827	51.56%	Attorney General "Jeff" Landry
	Republican	62,287	5.86%	Stephen "Wags" Waguespack
	Republican	56,654	5.33%	Treasurer John M. Schroder, Sr. • 9 January 2023: Candidate for Governor.
	Republican	18,468	1.74%	state Senator Sharon W. Hewitt
	Republican	4,426	0.42%	Patrick Henry "Dat" Barthel
	Republican	3,605	0.34%	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.
	Republican	1,734	0.16%	Xavier Ellis
	Republican	1,164	0.11%	"Xan" John
Total		1,062,498	100.00%

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	418,233	50.94%	Governor Tate Reeves
Total		821,000	100.00%

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


	Republican			Secretary of State John R. "Jay" Ashcroft • 6 April 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
	Republican			state Senator William C. "Bill" Eigel
	Republican			Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe
	Republican			Darrell McClanahan, III
	Republican			Deshon Porter
	Republican			Chris Wright

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


	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


	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


	Republican			former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte • First elected: 2010; unsuccessful candidate for re-election: 2016.
	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


	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


	Republican			Treasurer Dale Robbins Folwell
	Republican			William Marc "Bill" Graham
	Republican			Lieutenant Governor Mark Keith Robinson
	~~Republican~~			~~former state Senator Andy Wells - apparently not a candidate~~

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


	Republican			Lieutenant Governor Jon A. Husted
	~~Republican~~			~~Matt A. Mayer - apparently not a candidate~~
	Republican			Jeremiah Workman
	Republican			Attorney General David A. "Dave" Yost

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


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

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


	Republican			former Richland School Board Member M. Semi Bird • 1 August 2023: Apparently recalled as Richland School Board Member.
	Republican			Daniel Miller
	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


	Republican			Terri Bradshaw
	Republican			former state Delegate Moore Capito • Son of Senator Shelley Moore Capito (Republican), grandson of the late Governor Arch Moore (Republican), cousin of state Treasurer Riley McGowan Moore (Republican).
	Republican			Chris Miller • Son of Member of Congress Carol Devine Miller.
	Republican			Attorney General Patrick James Morrisey • 4 April 2023: Announced candidacy for Governor.
	Republican			Roy Springfield
	Republican			Edwin Vanover
	Republican			Secretary of State Andrew "Mac" Warner • 11 January 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
	Republican			Rashida Yost

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
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution
	• Green
	• 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.

"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.