List of current United States governors

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The following is a list of incumbent governors of the states and territories of the United States. There are currently 29 Republicans, 20 Democrats, and 1 Independent holding the office of governor in the states, and 3 Democrats and 3 Republicans (one is also a member of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico) as governor of United States Territories and mayor of Washington, D.C.

State Governors

See also: Seals of the Governors of the U.S. States

See also: Flags of the Governors of the U.S. States

In the table below, Seat Up indicates the year in which the governor's term ends. The current term ends in January of the given 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 not to seek re-election at the end of the term or to run for another office.

      Democratic       Republican       Independent

State	Picture	Current Governor	Party	Took office	Seat Up	Past
Alabama		Bentley, RobertRobert Bentley	Republican	02011-01-17 January 17, 2011	2015	List
Alaska		Parnell, SeanSean Parnell	Republican	02009-07-26 July 26, 2009	2014	List
Arizona		Brewer, JanJan Brewer	Republican	02009-01-21 January 21, 2009	2015 (term limits)	List
Arkansas		Beebe, MikeMike Beebe	Democratic	02007-01-09 January 9, 2007	2015 (term limits)	List
California		Brown, JerryJerry Brown	Democratic	02011-01-03 January 3, 2011	2015	List
Colorado		Hickenlooper, JohnJohn Hickenlooper	Democratic	02011-01-11 January 11, 2011	2015	List
Connecticut		Malloy, DannelDannel Malloy	Democratic	02011-01-05 January 5, 2011	2015	List
Delaware		Markell, JackJack Markell	Democratic	02009-01-20 January 20, 2009	2013	List
Florida		Scott, RickRick Scott	Republican	02011-01-04 January 4, 2011	2015	List
Georgia		Deal, NathanNathan Deal	Republican	02011-01-10 January 10, 2011	2015	List
Hawaii		Abercrombie, NeilNeil Abercrombie	Democratic	02010-12-06 December 6, 2010	2014	List
Idaho		Otter, ButchButch Otter	Republican	02007-01-01 January 1, 2007	2015	List
Illinois		Quinn, PatPat Quinn	Democratic	02009-01-29 January 29, 2009	2015	List
Indiana		Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels	Republican	02005-01-10 January 10, 2005	2013 (term limits)	List
Iowa		Branstad, TerryTerry Branstad	Republican	02011-01-14 January 14, 2011	2015	List
Kansas		Brownback, SamSam Brownback	Republican	02011-01-10 January 10, 2011	2015	List
Kentucky		Beshear, SteveSteve Beshear	Democratic	02007-12-11 December 11, 2007	2015 (term limits)	List
Louisiana		Jindal, BobbyBobby Jindal	Republican	02008-01-14 January 14, 2008	2016 (term limits)	List
Maine		LePage, PaulPaul LePage	Republican	02011-01-05 January 5, 2011	2015	List
Maryland		O'Malley, MartinMartin O'Malley	Democratic	02007-01-17 January 17, 2007	2015 (term limits)	List
Massachusetts		Patrick, DevalDeval Patrick	Democratic	02007-01-04 January 4, 2007	2015 (retiring)	List
Michigan		Snyder, RickRick Snyder	Republican	02011-01-01 January 1, 2011	2015	List
Minnesota		Dayton, MarkMark Dayton	Democratic	02011-01-03 January 3, 2011	2015	List
Mississippi		Barbour, HaleyHaley Barbour	Republican	02004-01-13 January 13, 2004	2012 (term limits)	List
Missouri		Nixon, JayJay Nixon	Democratic	02009-01-12 January 12, 2009	2013	List
Montana		Schweitzer, BrianBrian Schweitzer	Democratic	02005-01-03 January 3, 2005	2013 (term limits)	List
Nebraska		Heineman, DaveDave Heineman	Republican	02005-01-20 January 20, 2005	2015 (term limits)	List
Nevada		Sandoval, BrianBrian Sandoval	Republican	02011-01-03 January 3, 2011	2015	List
New Hampshire		Lynch, JohnJohn Lynch	Democratic	02005-01-06 January 6, 2005	2013 (retiring)	List
New Jersey		Christie, ChrisChris Christie	Republican	02010-01-19 January 19, 2010	2014	List
New Mexico		Martinez, SusanaSusana Martinez	Republican	02011-01-01 January 1, 2011	2015	List
New York		Cuomo, AndrewAndrew Cuomo	Democratic	02011-01-01 January 1, 2011	2014	List
North Carolina		Perdue, BeverlyBeverly Perdue	Democratic	02009-01-10 January 10, 2009	2013	List
North Dakota		Dalrymple, JackJack Dalrymple	Republican	02010-12-07 December 7, 2010	2012	List
Ohio		Kasich, JohnJohn Kasich	Republican	02011-01-10 January 10, 2011	2015	List
Oklahoma		Fallin, MaryMary Fallin	Republican	02011-01-10 January 10, 2011	2015	List
Oregon		Kitzhaber, JohnJohn Kitzhaber	Democratic	02011-01-10 January 10, 2011	2015	List
Pennsylvania		Corbett, TomTom Corbett	Republican	02011-01-18 January 18, 2011	2015	List
Rhode Island		Chafee, LincolnLincoln Chafee	Independent	02011-01-04 January 4, 2011	2015	List
South Carolina		Haley, NikkiNikki Haley	Republican	02011-01-12 January 12, 2011	2015	List
South Dakota		Daugaard, DennisDennis Daugaard	Republican	02011-01-08 January 8, 2011	2015	List
Tennessee		Haslam, BillBill Haslam	Republican	02011-01-15 January 15, 2011	2015	List
Texas		Perry, RickRick Perry	Republican	02000-12-21 December 21, 2000	2015	List
Utah		Herbert, GaryGary Herbert	Republican	02009-08-11 August 11, 2009	2013	List
Vermont		Shumlin, PeterPeter Shumlin	Democratic	02011-01-06 January 6, 2011	2013	List
Virginia		McDonnell, BobBob McDonnell	Republican	02010-01-16 January 16, 2010	2014 (term limits)	List
Washington		Gregoire, ChristineChristine Gregoire	Democratic	02005-01-12 January 12, 2005	2013 (retiring)	List
West Virginia		Tomblin, Earl RayEarl Ray Tomblin	Democratic	02010-11-15 November 15, 2010	2013	List
Wisconsin		Walker, ScottScott Walker	Republican	02011-01-03 January 3, 2011	2015	List
Wyoming		Mead, MattMatt Mead	Republican	02011-01-03 January 3, 2011	2015	List

United States Territories and the District of Columbia

The following are governors and other executives of each of the territories and Washington, D.C.:

Territory	Picture	Current Executive	Party	Took Office	Seat Up	Past
American Samoa		Tulafono, TogiolaTogiola Tulafono	Democratic	02003-04-07 April 7, 2003	2013 (term limits)	List
District of Columbia		Gray, VincentVincent Gray	Democratic	02011-01-02 January 2, 2011	2015	List
Guam		Calvo, EddieEddie Calvo	Republican	02011-01-03 January 3, 2011	2015	List
Northern Mariana Islands		Fitial, BenignoBenigno Fitial	Republican[1]	02006-01-09 January 9, 2006	2015	List
Puerto Rico		Fortuño, LuisLuis Fortuño	New Progressive /Republican	02009-01-02 January 2, 2009	2013	List
United States Virgin Islands		Jongh, John deJohn de Jongh	Democratic	02007-01-01 January 1, 2007	2015 (term limits)	List

Current governors-elect

The following is a list of current governors-elect of the United States elected during the 2011 elections who will take office in January 2012.

State	Picture	Governor-Elect	Party	Takes office
Mississippi		Bryant, PhilPhil Bryant	Republican	02012-01-10 January 10, 2012

See also

• Governor (United States)
• Seals of the Governors of the U.S. States
• Flags of the Governors of the U.S. States
• List of United States Lieutenant Governors
• List of female state governors in the United States
• List of current United States first spouses
• National Governors Association

Notes

1. ^ Eugenio, Haidee V. (2011-01-08). "CNMI Fitial now back to Republican Party, Governor's end goal to merge Covenant with GOP". Saipan Tribune. http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=105986. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 

External links

• National Governors Association