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The following is a list of incumbent governors of the states and territories of the United States.

Demographics

There are 42 men and 8 women currently serving as governors. There are currently 28 Democrats and 22 Republicans serving as governors. Based on the results of the 2008 elections, there were expected to be 29 Democrats and 21 Republicans serving as governors as of January 2009. However, President-elect Barack Obama has nominated Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to be the next United States Secretary of Homeland Security. Assuming Napolitano is confirmed to that position, Arizona's Secretary of State, Jan Brewer, a Republican, would become Arizona's governor. In that case, there would be 28 Democrats and 22 Republicans serving as governors.

The longest-serving current governor is John Hoeven, who has served as North Dakota's governor since December 15, 2000. The second-longest tenure, that of Texas Governor Rick Perry, is six days shorter. The newest governor is David Paterson of New York, who was sworn in March 17, 2008. The oldest current governor is Ruth Ann Minner, 73, of Delaware; as of Minner's retirement in January 2009, the oldest governor will be Ted Kulongoski, 68, of Oregon. The youngest current governor is Bobby Jindal, 37, of Louisiana. The average age of the current governors is 56.

Three governors, Jon Corzine¹ of New Jersey, Arnold Schwarzenegger² of California, and Phil Bredesen of Tennessee, declined to accept their salaries because of their personal wealth.

Gubernatorial election timeline schedule

Two states, New Hampshire and Vermont, have their governors serve a two year term with elections held November of every even year. All the other forty eight states have their governors serve a four year term. Arkansas used to have two year gubernatorial terms, but it was changed in 1992 to four year terms.

All states hold gubernatorial elections of the first Tuesday in November following the first Monday in November.

• 34 states hold their gubernatorial elections in even numbered year which are not divisible by four (i.e. consolidated with congressional, but not presidential elections).

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

• 9 States hold their gubernatorial elections in years divisible by four (i.e. consolidated with presidential elections).

Delaware, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Utah, Washington and West Virginia

• 3 States hold their gubernatorial elections in the year before a year divisible by four

Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi

• 2 States hold their gubernatorial elections in the year following a year divisible by four

New Jersey and Virginia

State governors

In the table below, Seat Up indicates the year of the next election; the current term ends in January of the following year for all states except Alaska, Hawaii and Kentucky, where the term ends in December of the election year. The notation (term limits) after the year indicates that the current governor is ineligible to seek re-election in that year; the notation (retiring) indicates that the current governor has announced their intention to retire at the end of the term.

Current Governor	Picture	State	Past	Party	Took office	Seat Up
Bob Riley		Alabama	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Sarah Palin		Alaska	List	Republican	2006	2010
Janet Napolitano		Arizona	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Mike Beebe		Arkansas	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Arnold Schwarzenegger		California	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Bill Ritter		Colorado	List	Democratic	2007	2010
M. Jodi Rell		Connecticut	List	Republican	2004	2010
Ruth Ann Minner		Delaware	List	Democratic	2001	2008 (term limits)
Charlie Crist		Florida	List	Republican	2007	2010
Sonny Perdue		Georgia	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Linda Lingle		Hawaii	List	Republican	2002	2010 (term limits)
Butch Otter		Idaho	List	Republican	2007	2010
Rod Blagojevich		Illinois	List	Democratic	2003	2010
Mitch Daniels		Indiana	List	Republican	2005	2012
Chet Culver		Iowa	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Kathleen Sebelius		Kansas	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Steve Beshear		Kentucky	List	Democratic	2007	2011
Bobby Jindal		Louisiana	List	Republican	2008	2011
John Baldacci		Maine	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Martin O'Malley		Maryland	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Deval Patrick		Massachusetts	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Jennifer Granholm		Michigan	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Tim Pawlenty		Minnesota	List	Republican	2003	2010
Haley Barbour		Mississippi	List	Republican	2004	2011 (term limits)
Matt Blunt		Missouri	List	Republican	2005	2008 (retiring)
Brian Schweitzer		Montana	List	Democratic	2005	2012
Dave Heineman		Nebraska	List	Republican	2005	2010
Jim Gibbons		Nevada	List	Republican	2007	2010
John Lynch		New Hampshire	List	Democratic	2005	2010
Jon Corzine		New Jersey	List	Democratic	2006	2009
Bill Richardson		New Mexico	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
David Paterson		New York	List	Democratic	2008	2010
Mike Easley		North Carolina	List	Democratic	2001	2008 (term limits)
John Hoeven		North Dakota	List	Republican	2000	2012
Ted Strickland		Ohio	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Brad Henry		Oklahoma	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Ted Kulongoski		Oregon	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Ed Rendell		Pennsylvania	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Donald Carcieri		Rhode Island	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Mark Sanford		South Carolina	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Mike Rounds		South Dakota	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Phil Bredesen		Tennessee	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Rick Perry		Texas	List	Republican	2000	2010
Jon Huntsman, Jr.		Utah	List	Republican	2005	2012
Jim Douglas		Vermont	List	Republican	2003	2010
Tim Kaine		Virginia	List	Democratic	2006	2009 (term limits)
Christine Gregoire		Washington	List	Democratic	2005	2012 (term limits)
Joe Manchin		West Virginia	List	Democratic	2005	2012
Jim Doyle		Wisconsin	List	Democratic	2003	2010
Dave Freudenthal		Wyoming	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)

Other executives

The following are governors and other executives of each of the territories and the other political divisions of the United States:

Executive	Picture	Territory	Past	Party	Took Office	Seat Up
Togiola Tulafono		American Samoa	List	Democratic	2003	2012
Adrian Fenty (mayor)		District of Columbia	List	Democratic	2007	2011
Felix Perez Camacho		Guam	List	Republican	2002	2010
Benigno R. Fitial		Northern Mariana Islands	List	Covenant	2006	2009
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá		Puerto Rico	List	PPD/Democratic	2004	2008 (defeated for re-election)
John de Jongh		U.S. Virgin Islands	List	Democratic	2007	2010

Current governors-elect

The following is a list of current governors-elect of the United States and the dates on which they will be inaugurated as governor.

Governor-Elect	Picture	State	Party	Inauguration Date
Jack Markell		Delaware	Democratic	January 20, 2009
Jay Nixon		Missouri	Democratic	January 12, 2009
Beverly Perdue		North Carolina	Democratic	January 1, 2009
Luis Fortuño		Puerto Rico	New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, Republican	January 2, 2009

See also

• List of United States Lieutenant Governors

Notes

External links

• National Governors Association

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