List of current United States governors

Party affiliation of current United States Governors

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Democratic/Popular Democratic Governor

Republican Governor

Independent Governor

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The following is a list of incumbent governors of the states, and territories of the United States. There are currently 28 Republicans, 21 Democrats, and one independent that hold the office of governor in the states. Additionally, 3 Democrats (one is also a member of the PPD) and 2 Republicans serve as governors of United States Territories.

1 State governors
2 United States Territories and the District of Columbia
3 List of current governors-elect
4 See also
5 Notes
6 External links

State governors

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. 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	Current Governor	Party	Prior public experience	Took office	Term ends	Past
Alabama	Bentley, RobertRobert Bentley	Republican	Alabama House	02011-01-17-0000January 17, 2011	2015	List
Alaska	Walker, BillBill Walker	Independent	Mayor of Valdez, Valdez City Council	02014-12-01-0000December 1, 2014	2018	List
Arizona	Brewer, JanJan Brewer	Republican	Secretary of State, Maricopa County Supervisor, Arizona Senate, Arizona House	02009-01-21-0000January 21, 2009	2015 (term limits)	List
Arkansas	Beebe, MikeMike Beebe	Democratic	Attorney General, Arkansas Senate	02007-01-09-0000January 9, 2007	2015 (term limits)	List
California	Brown, JerryJerry Brown	Democratic	34th Governor (1975-1983), Attorney General, Mayor of Oakland, Secretary of State	02011-01-03-0000January 3, 2011	2015	List
Colorado	Hickenlooper, JohnJohn Hickenlooper	Democratic	Mayor of Denver	02011-01-11-0000January 11, 2011	2015	List
Connecticut	Malloy, DannelDannel Malloy	Democratic	Mayor of Stamford	02011-01-05-0000January 5, 2011	2015	List
Delaware	Markell, JackJack Markell	Democratic	Treasurer	02009-01-20-0000January 20, 2009	2017 (term limits)	List
Florida	Scott, RickRick Scott	Republican	No prior public experience	02011-01-04-0000January 4, 2011	2015	List
Georgia	Deal, NathanNathan Deal	Republican	Georgia Senate	02011-01-10-0000January 10, 2011	2015	List
Hawaii	Ige, DavidDavid Ige	Democratic	Hawaii Senate, Hawaii House	02014-12-01-0000December 1, 2014	2018	List
Idaho	Otter, ButchButch Otter	Republican	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor, Idaho House	02007-01-01-0000January 1, 2007	2015	List
Illinois	Quinn, PatPat Quinn	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer	02009-01-29-0000January 29, 2009	2015 (defeated)	List
Indiana	Pence, MikeMike Pence	Republican	U.S. House	02013-01-14-0000January 14, 2013	2017	List
Iowa	Branstad, TerryTerry Branstad	Republican	39th Governor (1983-1999), Lieutenant Governor, Iowa House	02011-01-14-0000January 14, 2011	2015	List
Kansas	Brownback, SamSam Brownback	Republican	U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Kansas Secretary of Agriculture	02011-01-10-0000January 10, 2011	2015	List
Kentucky	Beshear, SteveSteve Beshear	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Kentucky House	02007-12-11-0000December 11, 2007	2015 (term limits)	List
Louisiana	Jindal, BobbyBobby Jindal	Republican	U.S. House	02008-01-14-0000January 14, 2008	2016 (term limits)	List
Maine	LePage, PaulPaul LePage	Republican	Mayor of Waterville	02011-01-05-0000January 5, 2011	2015	List
Maryland	O'Malley, MartinMartin O'Malley	Democratic	Mayor of Baltimore	02007-01-17-0000January 17, 2007	2015 (term limits)	List
Massachusetts	Patrick, DevalDeval Patrick	Democratic	United States Assistant Attorney General	02007-01-04-0000January 4, 2007	2015 (retiring)	List
Michigan	Snyder, RickRick Snyder	Republican	No prior public experience	02011-01-01-0000January 1, 2011	2015	List
Minnesota	Dayton, MarkMark Dayton	Democratic	U.S. Senate, Auditor	02011-01-03-0000January 3, 2011	2015	List
Mississippi	Bryant, PhilPhil Bryant	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Auditor, Mississippi House	02012-01-10-0000January 10, 2012	2016	List
Missouri	Nixon, JayJay Nixon	Democratic	Attorney General, Missouri Senate	02009-01-12-0000January 12, 2009	2017 (term limits)	List
Montana	Bullock, SteveSteve Bullock	Democratic	Attorney General	02013-01-07-0000January 7, 2013	2017	List
Nebraska	Heineman, DaveDave Heineman	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer	02005-01-20-0000January 20, 2005	2015 (term limits)	List
Nevada	Sandoval, BrianBrian Sandoval	Republican	U.S. District Court Judge, Attorney General, Nevada Assembly	02011-01-03-0000January 3, 2011	2015	List
New Hampshire	Hassan, MaggieMaggie Hassan	Democratic	New Hampshire Senate	02013-01-03-0000January 3, 2013	2015	List
New Jersey	Christie, ChrisChris Christie	Republican	United States Attorney, Morris County Freeholder	02010-01-19-0000January 19, 2010	2018 (term limits)	List
New Mexico	Martinez, SusanaSusana Martinez	Republican	District Attorney of Doña Ana County	02011-01-01-0000January 1, 2011	2015	List
New York	Cuomo, AndrewAndrew Cuomo	Democratic	Attorney General, U.S. Secretary of HUD	02011-01-01-0000January 1, 2011	2015	List
North Carolina	McCrory, PatPat McCrory	Republican	Mayor of Charlotte	02013-01-05-0000January 5, 2013	2017	List
North Dakota	Dalrymple, JackJack Dalrymple	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, North Dakota House	02010-12-07-0000December 7, 2010	2016	List
Ohio	Kasich, JohnJohn Kasich	Republican	U.S. House, Ohio Senate	02011-01-10-0000January 10, 2011	2015	List
Oklahoma	Fallin, MaryMary Fallin	Republican	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor, Oklahoma House	02011-01-10-0000January 10, 2011	2015	List
Oregon	Kitzhaber, JohnJohn Kitzhaber	Democratic	35th Governor (1995-2003), Oregon Senate	02011-01-10-0000January 10, 2011	2015	List
Pennsylvania	Corbett, TomTom Corbett	Republican	Attorney General, United States Attorney	02011-01-18-0000January 18, 2011	2015 (defeated)	List
Rhode Island	Chafee, LincolnLincoln Chafee	Democratic	U.S. Senate, Mayor of Warwick	02011-01-04-0000January 4, 2011	2015 (retiring)	List
South Carolina	Haley, NikkiNikki Haley	Republican	South Carolina House	02011-01-12-0000January 12, 2011	2015	List
South Dakota	Daugaard, DennisDennis Daugaard	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, South Dakota Senate	02011-01-08-0000January 8, 2011	2015	List
Tennessee	Haslam, BillBill Haslam	Republican	Mayor of Knoxville	02011-01-15-0000January 15, 2011	2015	List
Texas	Perry, RickRick Perry	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Agriculture Commissioner, Texas House	02000-12-21-0000December 21, 2000	2015 (retiring)	List
Utah	Herbert, GaryGary Herbert	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Utah County Commissioner	02009-08-11-0000August 11, 2009	2017	List
Vermont	Shumlin, PeterPeter Shumlin	Democratic	Vermont Senate, Vermont House	02011-01-06-0000January 6, 2011	2015	List
Virginia	McAuliffe, TerryTerry McAuliffe	Democratic	No prior public experience	02014-01-11-0000January 11, 2014	2018 (term limits)	List
Washington	Inslee, JayJay Inslee	Democratic	U.S. House, Washington House	02013-01-16-0000January 16, 2013	2017	List
West Virginia	Tomblin, Earl RayEarl Ray Tomblin	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor, West Virginia Senate, West Virginia House	02010-11-15-0000November 15, 2010	2017 (term limits)	List
Wisconsin	Walker, ScottScott Walker	Republican	Executive of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Assembly	02011-01-03-0000January 3, 2011	2015	List
Wyoming	Mead, MattMatt Mead	Republican	United States Attorney	02011-01-03-0000January 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 the District of Columbia:

Democratic Republican Independent

Territory	Current Executive	Party	Prior experience	Took Office	Term ends	Past
American Samoa	Moliga, Lolo Letalu MatalasiLolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga	Independent	American Samoa Senate, American Samoa House of Representatives	02013-01-03-0000January 3, 2013	2017	List
District of Columbia^*	Gray, VincentVincent Gray	Democratic	District of Columbia Council Chair	02011-01-02-0000January 2, 2011	2015 (defeated in primary)	List
Guam	Calvo, EddieEddie Calvo	Republican	Legislature of Guam	02011-01-03-0000January 3, 2011	2015	List
Northern Mariana Islands	Inos, EloyEloy Inos	Republican	Lieutenant Governor	02013-02-20-0000February 20, 2013	2015	List
Puerto Rico	García Padilla, AlejandroAlejandro García Padilla	Popular Democratic/ Democratic	Puerto Rico Senate	02013-01-02-0000January 2, 2013	2017	List
U.S. Virgin Islands	Jongh, John deJohn de Jongh	Democratic	Governor's Commissioner of Finance	02007-01-01-0000January 1, 2007	2015 (term limits)	List

^* Executive of D.C. is titled "Mayor".

List of current governors-elect

The following is a list of governors elected on November 4, 2014, and who will be taking office between December 2014 and January 2015.

Democratic Republican Independent

State	Governor-elect	Party	Prior public experience	Taking office
Arizona	Ducey, DougDoug Ducey	Republican	Treasurer	02015-01-05-0000January 5, 2015
Arkansas	Hutchinson, AsaAsa Hutchinson	Republican	Undersecretary of Homeland Security for Border & Transportation Security, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. House, U.S. Attorney	02015-01-13-0000January 13, 2015
Illinois	Rauner, BruceBruce Rauner	Republican	No prior public experience	02015-01-12-0000January 12, 2015
Maryland	Hogan, LarryLarry Hogan	Republican	Maryland Secretary of Appointments	02015-01-21-0000January 21, 2015
Massachusetts	Baker, CharlieCharlie Baker	Republican	Swampscott Selectman, Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance, Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services	02015-01-08-0000January 8, 2015
Nebraska	Ricketts, PetePete Ricketts	Republican	No prior public experience	02015-01-08-0000January 8, 2015
Pennsylvania	Wolf, TomTom Wolf	Democratic	Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue	02015-01-20-0000January 20, 2015
Rhode Island	Raimondo, GinaGina Raimondo	Democratic	Treasurer	02015-01-06-0000January 6, 2015
Texas	Abbott, GregGreg Abbott	Republican	Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court	02015-01-20-0000January 20, 2015
District of Columbia^*	Bowser, MurielMuriel Bowser	Democratic	Council of the District of Columbia	02015-01-02-0000January 2, 2015
U.S. Virgin Islands	Mapp, KennethKenneth Mapp	Independent	Lieutenant Governor, Legislature of the Virgin Islands	02015-01-05-0000January 5, 2015

^* Executive of D.C. is titled "Mayor".

Notes

External links

http://www.nga.org/cms/home.html National Governors Association

Current governors and executives of U.S. states and territories

President of the United States: Barack Obama

AL	Robert Bentley (R)
AK	Bill Walker (I)
AZ	Jan Brewer (R)
AR	Mike Beebe (D)
CA	Jerry Brown (D)
CO	John Hickenlooper (D)
CT	Dan Malloy (D)
DE	Jack Markell (D)
FL	Rick Scott (R)
GA	Nathan Deal (R)
HI	David Ige (D)
ID	Butch Otter (R)

IL	Pat Quinn (D)
IN	Mike Pence (R)
IA	Terry Branstad (R)
KS	Sam Brownback (R)
KY	Steve Beshear (D)
LA	Bobby Jindal (R)
ME	Paul LePage (R)
MD	Martin O'Malley (D)
MA	Deval Patrick (D)
MI	Rick Snyder (R)
MN	Mark Dayton (D)
MS	Phil Bryant (R)

MO	Jay Nixon (D)
MT	Steve Bullock (D)
NE	Dave Heineman (R)
NV	Brian Sandoval (R)
NH	Maggie Hassan (D)
NJ	Chris Christie (R)
NM	Susana Martínez (R)
NY	Andrew Cuomo (D)
NC	Pat McCrory (R)
ND	Jack Dalrymple (R)
OH	John Kasich (R)
OK	Mary Fallin (R)

OR	John Kitzhaber (D)
PA	Tom Corbett (R)
RI	Lincoln Chafee (D)
SC	Nikki Haley (R)
SD	Dennis Daugaard (R)
TN	Bill Haslam (R)
TX	Rick Perry (R)
UT	Gary Herbert (R)
VT	Peter Shumlin (D)
VA	Terry McAuliffe (D)
WA	Jay Inslee (D)
WV	Earl Ray Tomblin (D)

WI	Scott Walker (R)
WY	Matt Mead (R)
DC	Vincent Gray (Mayor) (D)
Territories:
AS	Lolo Moliga (I)
GU	Eddie Calvo (R)
MP	Eloy Inos (R)
PR	Alejandro García Padilla (D)
VI	John de Jongh (D)

Recent United States gubernatorial elections

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See also: List of current Governors

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