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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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Kay Ivey | Republican | October 15, 1944 | Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer | April 10, 2017 | 2023 | List | ||
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Mike Dunleavy | Republican | May 5, 1961 | Alaska Senate | December 3, 2018 | 2022 | List | ||
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Doug Ducey | Republican | April 9, 1964 | Treasurer | January 5, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | List | ||
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Asa Hutchinson | 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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Ned Lamont | Democratic | January 3, 1954 | Greenwich Selectman | January 9, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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John Carney | Democratic | May 20, 1956 | U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor | January 17, 2017 | 2025 (term limits) | List | ||
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Ron DeSantis | Republican | September 14, 1978 | U.S. House | January 8, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Brian Kemp | Republican | November 2, 1963 | Secretary of State, Georgia Senate | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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David Ige | Democratic | January 15, 1957 | Hawaii Senate, Hawaii House | December 1, 2014 | 2022 (term limits) | List | ||
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Brad Little | Republican | February 15, 1954 | Lieutenant Governor, Idaho Senate | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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J. B. Pritzker | Democratic | January 19, 1965 | No prior public experience | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Eric Holcomb | 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 | 2025 (term limits) | List | ||
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Kim Reynolds | Republican | August 4, 1959 | Lieutenant Governor, Iowa Senate | May 24, 2017 | 2023 | List | ||
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Laura Kelly | Democratic | January 24, 1950 | Kansas Senate | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Andy Beshear | Democratic | November 29, 1977 | Attorney General | December 10, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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John Bel Edwards | Democratic | September 16, 1966 | Minority Leader of the Louisiana House | January 11, 2016 | 2024 (term limits) | List | ||
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Janet Mills | Democratic | December 30, 1947 | Attorney General, Maine House | January 2, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Larry Hogan | Republican | May 25, 1956 | Secretary of Appointments | January 21, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | List | ||
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Charlie Baker | 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, Ingham County Prosecutor | January 1, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Tim Walz | Democratic–Farmer–Labor | April 6, 1964 | U.S. House | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Tate Reeves | Republican | June 5, 1974 | Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer | January 14, 2020 | 2024 | List | ||
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Mike Parson | Republican | September 17, 1955 | Lieutenant Governor, Missouri Senate, Missouri House, Sheriff of Polk County | June 1, 2018 | 2025 | List | ||
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Greg Gianforte | Republican | April 17, 1961 | U.S. House | January 4, 2021 | 2025 | List | ||
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Pete Ricketts | 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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Chris Sununu | Republican | November 5, 1974 | New Hampshire Executive Council | January 5, 2017 | 2023 | List | ||
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Phil Murphy | 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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Kathy Hochul | Democratic | August 27, 1958 | Lieutenant Governor, U.S. House, County Clerk of Erie County, Hamburg Town Board Member | August 24, 2021 | 2022[1] | List | ||
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Roy Cooper | Democratic | June 13, 1957 | Attorney General, North Carolina Senate, North Carolina House | January 1, 2017 | 2025 (term limits) | List | ||
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Doug Burgum | Republican | August 1, 1956 | No prior public experience | December 15, 2016 | 2024 | List | ||
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Mike DeWine | 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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Kevin Stitt | Republican | December 28, 1972 | No prior public experience | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Kate Brown | Democratic | June 21, 1960 | Secretary of State, Oregon Senate, Oregon House | February 18, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | List | ||
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Tom Wolf | Democratic | November 17, 1948 | Secretary of Revenue | January 20, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | List | ||
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Daniel McKee | Democratic | June 16, 1951 | Lieutenant Governor, Mayor of Cumberland | March 2, 2021 | 2023 | List | ||
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Henry McMaster | 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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Bill Lee | Republican | October 9, 1959 | No prior public experience | January 19, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Greg Abbott | Republican | November 13, 1957 | Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court | January 20, 2015 | 2023 | List | ||
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Spencer Cox | Republican | July 11, 1975 | Lieutenant Governor, Utah House, Sanpete County Commission | January 4, 2021 | 2025 | List | ||
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Phil Scott | Republican | August 4, 1958 | Lieutenant Governor, Vermont Senate | January 5, 2017 | 2023 | List | ||
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Ralph Northam | Democratic | September 13, 1959 | Lieutenant Governor, Virginia Senate | January 13, 2018 | 2022 (term limits) | List | ||
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Jay Inslee | Democratic | February 9, 1951 | U.S. House, Washington House | January 16, 2013 | 2025 | List | ||
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Jim Justice | Republican [note 1] |
April 27, 1951 | No prior public experience | January 16, 2017 | 2025 (term limits) | List | ||
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Tony Evers | Democratic | November 5, 1951 | Superintendent of Public Instruction | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | List | ||
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Mark Gordon | Republican | March 14, 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.
Notes
- ↑ Justice was elected as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party six months into his first term. He was reelected as a Republican in 2020.[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.