List of United States governors
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The following is a list of the current governors of the states and territories of the United States. As of 2021 there are 27 Republicans and 23 Democrats holding the office of governor in the states. There are 4 Democrats and 1 Republican (one is also a member of the New Progressive Party) as governor of United States Territories and Mayor of the District of Columbia.
State governors[change | change source]
In the table below, Next Election means the year the governor's term ends. The current term ends in January of the given year for every state except Alaska, Hawaii, and Kentucky, where the term ends in December of the year of election. When the table has (term limits) after the year it means that the current governor cannot seek re-election in that year. If the table has (retiring) it means that the current governor has said they will not seek re-election at the end of the term or to run for another office.
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Republican | October 15, 1944 | Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer | April 10, 2017 | 2023 | List | |||
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Republican | May 5, 1961 | Alaska Senate | December 3, 2018 | 2022 | List | |||
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Republican | April 9, 1964 | Treasurer | January 5, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | List | |||
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Republican | December 3, 1950 | Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border & Transportation Security, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. House, U.S. Attorney |
January 13, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | List | |||
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Gavin Newsom | Democratic | October 10, 1967 | Lieutenant Governor, Mayor of San Francisco | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Jared Polis | Democratic | May 12, 1975 | U.S. House, Colorado State Board of Education | January 8, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Democratic | January 3, 1954 | Greenwich Selectman | January 9, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
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Democratic | May 20, 1956 | U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor | January 17, 2017 | 2021 | List | |||
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Republican | September 14, 1978 | U.S. House | January 8, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
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Republican | November 2, 1963 | Secretary of State, Georgia Senate | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
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Democratic | January 15, 1957 | Hawaii Senate, Hawaii House | December 1, 2014 | 2022 (term limits) | List | |||
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Republican | February 15, 1954 | Lieutenant Governor, Idaho Senate | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
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Democratic | January 19, 1965 | No prior public experience | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
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Republican | May 2, 1968 | Lieutenant Governor, Chief of Staff to Senator Dan Coats, Chair of the Indiana Republican Party, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor of Indiana | January 9, 2017 | 2021 | List | |||
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Republican | August 4, 1959 | Lieutenant Governor, Iowa Senate | May 24, 2017 | 2023 | List | |||
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Democratic | January 24, 1950 | Kansas Senate | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
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Democratic | November 29, 1977 | Attorney General | December 10, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
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Democratic | September 16, 1966 | Minority Leader of the Louisiana House | January 11, 2016 | 2024 (term limits) | List | |||
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Democratic | December 30, 1947 | Attorney General, Maine House | January 2, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
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Republican | May 25, 1956 | Secretary of Appointments | January 21, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | List | |||
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Republican | November 13, 1956 | Swampscott Selectman, Secretary of Administration and Finance, Secretary of Health and Human Services |
January 8, 2015 | 2023 | List | |||
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Gretchen Whitmer | Democratic | August 23, 1971 | Michigan Senate, Michigan House | January 1, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Democratic–Farmer–Labor | April 6, 1964 | U.S. House | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||||
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Republican | June 5, 1974 | Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer | January 14, 2020 | 2024 | List | |||
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Republican | September 17, 1955 | Lieutenant Governor, Missouri Senate, Missouri House, Sheriff of Polk County | June 1, 2018 | 2021 | List | |||
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Republican | April 17, 1961 | U.S. House | January 4, 2021 | 2025 | List | |||
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Republican | August 19, 1964 | No prior public experience | January 8, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | List | |||
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Steve Sisolak | Democratic | December 26, 1953 | Clark County Commission, Nevada Board of Regents | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Republican | November 5, 1974 | New Hampshire Executive Council | January 5, 2017 | 2021 | List | |||
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Democratic | August 16, 1957 | U.S. Ambassador, Finance Chair of the Democratic National Committee | January 16, 2018 | 2022 | List | |||
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Michelle Lujan Grisham | Democratic | October 24, 1959 | U.S. House, Secretary of Health | January 1, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Democratic | December 6, 1957 | Attorney General, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | January 1, 2011 | 2022[1] | List | |||
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Democratic | June 13, 1957 | Attorney General, North Carolina Senate, North Carolina House | January 1, 2017 | 2021 | List | ||||
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Republican | August 1, 1956 | No prior public experience | December 15, 2016 | 2024 | List | |||
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Republican | January 5, 1947 | Attorney General, U.S. Senate, Lieutenant Governor, U.S. House, Ohio Senate | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
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Republican | December 28, 1972 | No prior public experience | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
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Democratic | June 21, 1960 | Secretary of State, Oregon Senate, Oregon House | February 18, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | List | |||
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Democratic | November 17, 1948 | Secretary of Revenue | January 20, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | List | |||
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Democratic | June 16, 1951 | Lieutenant Governor | March 2, 2021 | 2023 | List | |||
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Republican | May 27, 1947 | Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Chair of the South Carolina Republican Party, U.S. Attorney | January 24, 2017 | 2023 | List | |||
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Kristi Noem | Republican | November 30, 1971 | U.S. House, South Dakota House | January 5, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Republican | October 9, 1959 | No prior public experience | January 19, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
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Republican | November 13, 1957 | Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court | January 20, 2015 | 2023 | List | |||
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Republican | July 11, 1975 | Lieutenant Governor | January 4, 2021 | 2025 | List | |||
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Republican | August 4, 1958 | Lieutenant Governor, Vermont Senate | January 5, 2017 | 2021 | List | |||
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Democratic | September 13, 1959 | Lieutenant Governor, Virginia Senate | January 13, 2018 | 2022 (term limits) | List | |||
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Democratic | February 9, 1951 | U.S. House, Washington House | January 16, 2013 | 2021 | List | |||
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April 27, 1951 | No prior public experience | January 16, 2017 | 2021 | List | |||
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Democratic | November 5, 1951 | Superintendent of Public Instruction | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
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Mark Gordon | Republican | March 4, 1957 | Treasurer | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
Territory governors[change | change source]
The following hold the gubernatorial offices of the United States territories.
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Lemanu Peleti Mauga | Democratic [note 2] |
Lieutenant Governor | January 3, 2021 | 2025 | List | ||
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Lou Leon Guerrero | Democratic | November 8, 1950 | Senator of the Guam Legislature | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | List | |
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Ralph Torres | Republican | August 6, 1979 | Lieutenant Governor, Northern Mariana Islands Legislature | December 29, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | List | |
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Pedro Pierluisi | New Progressive | July 9, 1960 | Resident Commissioner | January 2, 2021 | 2025 | List | |
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Albert Bryan | Democratic | February 21, 1968 | Commissioner of Labor | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | List | |
Federal district mayor[change | change source]
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Muriel Bowser | Democratic | Council of the District of Columbia | January 2, 2015 | 2023 | List | |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ NY gubernatorial terms begin at midnight New Year's Day.
- ↑ "West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican". New York Times. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
Notes
- ↑ Justice was elected as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party six months into his term.[2]
- ↑ Officially, the governor of American Samoa is a non-partisan position, but officeholders do affiliate with political parties at the national level. Moliga was elected as an Independent, but switched to the Democratic Party in 2015.