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The following is a list of the current governors of the states and territories of the United States. As of January 2024, there were 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

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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.

The longest-serving incumbent U.S. governor is Greg Abbott of Texas, who took office on January 20, 2015. The most recently inaugurated governor is Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, who took office on January 20, 2026.[1] A total of 15 current governors previously served as lieutenant governor, while 13 previously served in the United States House of Representatives.[2]

Current state governors of the United States
State Image Governor[1] Party[1] Born Prior public experience[2] Inauguration[1] Elected End of term[1] Ref.
Alabama (list) Photographic portrait of Kay Ivey Kay Ivey Republican October 15, 1944 (age 81) Lieutenant Governor
State Treasurer		 April 10, 2017 2018

2022

 2027 (term limits) [3]
Alaska (list) Photographic portrait of Mike Dunleavy Mike Dunleavy Republican May 5, 1961 (age 65) Alaska Senate December 3, 2018 2018

2022

 2026 (term limits) [4]
Arizona (list) Photographic portrait of Katie Hobbs Katie Hobbs Democratic December 28, 1969 (age 56) Secretary of State
Minority Leader of the Arizona Senate
Arizona House		 January 2, 2023 2022 2027 [5]
Arkansas (list) Photographic portrait of Sarah Huckabee Sanders Sarah Huckabee Sanders Republican August 13, 1982 (age 43) White House Press Secretary January 10, 2023 2022 2027 [6]
California (list) Photographic portrait of Gavin Newsom Gavin Newsom Democratic October 10, 1967 (age 58) Lieutenant Governor
Mayor of San Francisco
San Francisco Board of Supervisors		 January 7, 2019 2018

2021 (recall) 2022

 2027 (term limits) [7]
Colorado (list) Photographic portrait of Jared Polis Jared Polis Democratic May 12, 1975 (age 51) U.S. House
Colorado State Board of Education		 January 8, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 (term limits) [8]
Connecticut (list) Photographic portrait of Ned Lamont Ned Lamont Democratic January 3, 1954 (age 72) Chair of the State Investment Advisory Council
Greenwich Board of Estimate and Taxation
Greenwich Board of Selectmen		 January 9, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 [9]
Delaware (list) Photographic portrait of Matt Meyer Matt Meyer Democratic September 29, 1971 (age 54) Executive of New Castle County January 21, 2025 2024 2029 [10]
Florida (list) Photographic portrait of Ron DeSantis Ron DeSantis Republican September 14, 1978 (age 47) U.S. House January 8, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 (term limits) [11]
Georgia (list) Photographic portrait of Brian Kemp Brian Kemp Republican November 2, 1963 (age 62) Secretary of State
Georgia Senate		 January 14, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 (term limits) [12]
Hawaii (list) Photographic portrait of Josh Green Josh Green Democratic February 11, 1970 (age 56) Lieutenant Governor
Hawaii Senate
Hawaii House		 December 5, 2022 2022 2026 [13]
Idaho (list) Photographic portrait of Brad Little Brad Little Republican February 15, 1954 (age 72) Lieutenant Governor
Idaho Senate		 January 7, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 [14]
Illinois (list) Photographic portrait of JB Pritzker JB Pritzker Democratic January 19, 1965 (age 61) Chair of the Illinois Human Rights Commission January 14, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 [15][16]
Indiana (list) Photographic portrait of Mike Braun Mike Braun Republican March 24, 1954 (age 72) U.S. Senate
Indiana House		 January 13, 2025 2024 2029 [17]
Iowa (list) Photographic portrait of Kim Reynolds Kim Reynolds Republican August 4, 1959 (age 66) Lieutenant Governor
Iowa Senate
Clarke County Treasurer		 May 24, 2017 2018

2022

 2027 (retiring) [18]
Kansas (list) Photographic portrait of Laura Kelly Laura Kelly Democratic January 24, 1950 (age 76) Kansas Senate January 14, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 (term limits) [19]
Kentucky (list) Photographic portrait of Andy Beshear Andy Beshear Democratic November 29, 1977 (age 48) State Attorney General December 10, 2019 2019

2023

 2027 (term limits) [20]
Louisiana (list) Photographic portrait of Josh Green Jeff Landry Republican December 23, 1970 (age 55) State Attorney General
U.S. House		 January 8, 2024 2023 2028 [21]
Maine (list) Photographic portrait of Janet Mills Janet Mills Democratic December 30, 1947 (age 78) State Attorney General
Maine House		 January 2, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 (term limits) [22]
Maryland (list) Photographic portrait of Wes Moore Wes Moore Democratic October 15, 1978 (age 47) No prior public experience January 18, 2023 2022 2027 [23]
Massachusetts (list) Photographic portrait of Maura Healey Maura Healey Democratic February 8, 1971 (age 55) State Attorney General January 5, 2023 2022 2027 [24]
Michigan (list) Photographic portrait of Gretchen Whitmer Gretchen Whitmer Democratic August 23, 1971 (age 54) Minority Leader of the Michigan Senate
Michigan House		 January 1, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 (term limits) [25][26]
Minnesota (list) Photographic portrait of Tim Walz Tim Walz Democratic–Farmer–Labor[note 1] April 6, 1964 (age 62) U.S. House January 7, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 (retiring) [28]
Mississippi (list) Photographic portrait of Tate Reeves Tate Reeves Republican June 5, 1974 (age 52) Lieutenant Governor
State Treasurer		 January 14, 2020 2019

2023

 2028 (term limits) [29]
Missouri (list) Photographic portrait of Mike Kehoe Mike Kehoe Republican January 17, 1962 (age 64) Lieutenant Governor
Majority Leader of the Missouri Senate		 January 13, 2025 2024 2029 [30]
Montana (list) Photographic portrait of Greg Gianforte Greg Gianforte Republican April 17, 1961 (age 65) U.S. House January 4, 2021 2020

2024

 2029 (term limits) [31]
Nebraska (list) Photographic portrait of Jim Pillen Jim Pillen Republican December 31, 1955 (age 70) No prior public experience January 5, 2023 2022 2027 [32]
Nevada (list) Photographic portrait of Joe Lombardo Joe Lombardo Republican November 8, 1962 (age 63) Clark County Sheriff January 2, 2023 2022 2027 [33]
New Hampshire (list) Photographic portrait of Kelly Ayotte Kelly Ayotte Republican June 27, 1968 (age 57) U.S. Senate
Attorney General		 January 9, 2025 2024 2027 [34]
New Jersey (list) Photographic portrait of Mikie Sherrill Mikie Sherrill Democratic January 19, 1972 (age 54) U.S. House January 20, 2026 2025 2030 [35]
New Mexico (list) Photographic portrait of Michelle Lujan Grisham Michelle Lujan Grisham Democratic October 24, 1959 (age 66) U.S. House
Bernalillo County Commission
State Secretary of Health		 January 1, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 (term limits) [36][37]
New York (list) Photographic portrait of Kathy Hochul Kathy Hochul Democratic August 27, 1958 (age 67) Lieutenant Governor
U.S. House
Erie County Clerk		 August 24, 2021 2022 2026[note 2] [39]
North Carolina (list) Photographic portrait of Josh Stein Josh Stein Democratic September 13, 1966 (age 59) State Attorney General
North Carolina Senate		 January 1, 2025 2024 2029 [40]
North Dakota (list) Photographic portrait of Kelly Armstrong Kelly Armstrong Republican October 6, 1976 (age 49) U.S. House
Chair of the North Dakota Republican Party
North Dakota Senate		 December 15, 2024 2024 2028 [41]
Ohio (list) Photographic portrait of Mike DeWine Mike DeWine Republican January 5, 1947 (age 79) State Attorney General
U.S. Senate
Lieutenant Governor
U.S. House
Ohio Senate
Greene County Prosecutor		 January 14, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 (term limits) [42]
Oklahoma (list) Photographic portrait of Kevin Stitt Kevin Stitt Republican December 28, 1972 (age 53) No prior public experience January 14, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 (term limits) [43]
Oregon (list) Photographic portrait of Tina Kotek Tina Kotek Democratic September 30, 1966 (age 59) Speaker of the Oregon House January 9, 2023 2022 2027 [44]
Pennsylvania (list) Photographic portrait of Josh Shapiro Josh Shapiro Democratic June 20, 1973 (age 52) State Attorney General
Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
Pennsylvania House		 January 17, 2023 2022 2027 [45]
Rhode Island (list) Photographic portrait of Dan McKee Dan McKee Democratic June 16, 1951 (age 75) Lieutenant Governor March 2, 2021 2022 2027 [46]
South Carolina (list) Photographic portrait of Henry McMaster Henry McMaster Republican May 27, 1947 (age 79) Lieutenant Governor
State Attorney General		 January 24, 2017 2018

2022

 2027 (term limits) [47]
South Dakota (list) Photographic portrait of Larry Rhoden Larry Rhoden Republican February 5, 1959 (age 67) Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of Agriculture
South Dakota House
South Dakota Senate		 January 25, 2025 N/A 2027 [48]
Tennessee (list) Photographic portrait of Bill Lee Bill Lee Republican October 9, 1959 (age 66) No prior public experience January 19, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 (term limits) [49]
Texas (list) Photographic portrait of Greg Abbott Greg Abbott Republican November 13, 1957 (age 68) State Attorney General
Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court		 January 20, 2015 2014

2018 2022

 2027 [50]
Utah (list) Photographic portrait of Spencer Cox Spencer Cox Republican July 11, 1975 (age 50) Lieutenant Governor
Utah House
Sanpete County Commission		 January 4, 2021 2020

2024

 2029 (retiring) [51][52]
Vermont (list) Photographic portrait of Phil Scott Phil Scott Republican August 4, 1958 (age 67) Lieutenant Governor
Vermont Senate		 January 5, 2017 2016

2018 2020 2022 2024

 2027 [53]
Virginia (list) Abigail Spanberger Democratic August 7, 1979 (age 46) U.S. House January 17, 2026 2025 2030 (term limits) [54]
Washington (list) Photographic portrait of Bob Ferguson Bob Ferguson Democratic February 23, 1965 (age 61) State Attorney General
Chair of the King County Council		 January 15, 2025 2024 2029 [55]
West Virginia (list) Photographic portrait of Patrick Morrisey Patrick Morrisey Republican December 21, 1967 (age 58) State Attorney General January 13, 2025 2024 2029 [56]
Wisconsin (list) Photographic portrait of Tony Evers Tony Evers Democratic November 5, 1951 (age 74) State Superintendent of Public Instruction January 7, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 (retiring) [57]
Wyoming (list) Photographic portrait of Mark Gordon Mark Gordon Republican March 14, 1957 (age 69) State Treasurer January 7, 2019 2018

2022

 2027 (term limits) [58]

Territory governors

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Current territorial governors of the United States
Territory Image Governor[1] Party[1] Born Prior public experience Inauguration[1] End of term[1] Ref.
American Samoa (list) Photographic portrait of Lemanu Peleti Mauga Pula Nikolao Pula Republican December 31, 1955 (age 70) Director of the Office of Insular Affairs January 3, 2025 2029 [59][60]
Guam (list) Photographic portrait of Lou Leon Guerrero Lou Leon Guerrero Democratic November 8, 1950 (age 75) Guam Legislature January 7, 2019 2027 (term limits) [61][62]
Northern Mariana Islands (list) Photographic portrait of David Apatang David M. Apatang Independent July 10, 1948 (age 77) Lieutenant Governor
Mayor of Saipan
Northern Mariana Islands House		 July 23, 2025 2027 [63]
Puerto Rico (list) Official portrait of Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez.jpg Jenniffer González-Colón Republican August 5, 1976 (age 49) Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico		 January 2, 2025 2029 [64]
U.S. Virgin Islands (list) Photographic portrait of Albert Bryan Albert Bryan Democratic February 21, 1968 (age 58) Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Labor January 7, 2019 2027 (term limits) [65][66]

Federal district mayor

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Current federal district mayors of the United States
Federal district Image Mayor Party Born Prior public experience Inauguration End of term
District of Columbia (list) Photographic portrait of Muriel Bowser Muriel Bowser Democratic[67] August 2, 1972 (age 53)[67] D.C. Council
Advisory Neighborhood Commission[67]		 January 2, 2015[68] 2027

References

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  54. ↑ "Gov. Glenn Youngkin". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
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  58. ↑ "Gov. Mark Gordon". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on March 28, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
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Notes

  1. ↑ The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is affiliated with the national Democratic Party.[27]
  2. ↑ In New York, gubernatorial terms begin at midnight on New Year's Day.[38]

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