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

47 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2023

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

2 Incumbent Governors - election status not yet determined (primaries and/or nominating conventions yet to be held)

60 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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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.

	*Democratic*		*Governor Andy Beshear*
	~~Democratic~~		~~Brian Hockensmith - apparently not a candidate~~
	Democratic		Peppy Martin
	Democratic		Geoffrey M. "Geoff" Young

	~~Republican~~		~~Brian Bush - apparently not a candidate~~
	Republican		Attorney General Daniel Cameron • 10 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023.
	Republican		Jacob Clark
	Republican		David O. Cooper
	Republican		former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft
	Republican		Eric C. Deters • May not be able to run as an Independent when registered as a political party member.
	Republican		former McCreary School Board Member Robert "Bob" DeVore
	Republican		Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Harmon • 12 July 2021: Candidate for Governor in 2022.
	~~Republican~~		~~Clint Johnson - apparently not a 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~~
	Republican		Dennis Ray Ormerod
	Republican		Agriculture Commissioner Ryan F. Quarles • 2 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023.
	Republican		Johnny Ray Rice
	Republican		Robbie C. Smith

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

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

	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.

	~~Democratic~~		~~Bob Hickingbottom - apparently not a candidate~~ • 17 February 2023: Disqualified by Mississippi Democratic Party.
	Democratic		Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley
	~~Democratic~~		~~Gregory Wash - apparently not a candidate~~ • 17 February 2023: Disqualified by Mississippi Democratic Party.

	Republican		David Grady Hardigree
	*Republican*		*Governor Tate Reeves*
	Republican		John Witcher

	Independent		Gwendolyn Gray

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.

"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.