List of United States governors

The following is a list of current governors of U.S. states and territories.

Party affiliation of current United States governors:
  Democratic
  Republican
  New Progressive

In the United States, a governor is the chief executive officer of a state or a territory. The partisan affiliations of American governors are close to being evenly split among the fifty states. As of January 2020, there are 24 states with Democratic governors and 26 states with Republican governors. Additionally, three U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam and the United States Virgin Islands) have Democratic governors, while one (the Northern Mariana Islands) has a Republican governor. Wanda Vázquez Garced of Puerto Rico is a member of the New Progressive Party, although she is also affiliated with the Republican Party.

State governors

The current term ends in January of the given year for every state except for Alaska, Hawaii, North Dakota, New York and Kentucky, where the term ends in December of that year's 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 his or her intention not to seek re-election at the end of the term nor to run for another office.

  Democratic (24)   Republican (26)

State Portrait Governor Party Born Prior public experience Inauguration End of term Past governors
Kay Ivey
  Republican (1944-10-15) October 15, 1944 Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer April 10, 2017 2023 List
Mike Dunleavy
  Republican (1961-05-05) May 5, 1961 Alaska Senate December 3, 2018 2022 List
Doug Ducey
  Republican (1964-04-09) April 9, 1964 Treasurer January 5, 2015 2023 (term limits) List
Asa Hutchinson
  Republican (1950-12-03) 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
Gavin Newsom   Democratic (1967-10-10) October 10, 1967 Lieutenant Governor, Mayor of San Francisco January 7, 2019 2023 List
Jared Polis   Democratic (1975-05-12) May 12, 1975 U.S. House, Colorado State Board of Education January 8, 2019 2023 List
Ned Lamont
  Democratic (1954-01-03) January 3, 1954 Greenwich Selectman January 9, 2019 2023 List
John Carney
  Democratic (1956-05-20) May 20, 1956 U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor January 17, 2017 2021 List
Ron DeSantis
  Republican (1978-09-14) September 14, 1978 U.S. House January 8, 2019 2023 List
Brian Kemp
  Republican (1963-11-02) November 2, 1963 Secretary of State, Georgia Senate January 14, 2019 2023 List
David Ige
  Democratic (1957-01-15) January 15, 1957 Hawaii Senate, Hawaii House December 1, 2014 2022 (term limits) List
Brad Little
  Republican (1954-02-15) February 15, 1954 Lieutenant Governor, Idaho Senate January 7, 2019 2023 List
J. B. Pritzker
  Democratic (1965-01-19) January 19, 1965 No prior public experience January 14, 2019 2023 List
Eric Holcomb
  Republican (1968-05-02) 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
Kim Reynolds
  Republican (1959-08-04) August 4, 1959 Lieutenant Governor, Iowa Senate May 24, 2017 2023 List
Laura Kelly
  Democratic (1950-01-24) January 24, 1950 Kansas Senate January 14, 2019 2023 List
Andy Beshear
  Democratic (1977-11-29) November 29, 1977 Attorney General December 10, 2019 2023 List
John Bel Edwards
  Democratic (1966-09-16) September 16, 1966 Minority Leader of the Louisiana House January 11, 2016 2024 (term limits) List
Janet Mills
  Democratic (1947-12-30) December 30, 1947 Attorney General, Maine House January 2, 2019 2023 List
Larry Hogan
  Republican (1956-05-25) May 25, 1956 Secretary of Appointments January 21, 2015 2023 (term limits) List
Charlie Baker
  Republican (1956-11-13) November 13, 1956 Swampscott Selectman, Secretary of Administration and Finance,
Secretary of Health and Human Services
January 8, 2015 2023 List
Gretchen Whitmer   Democratic (1971-08-23) August 23, 1971 Michigan Senate, Michigan House January 1, 2019 2023 List
Tim Walz
  Democratic–Farmer–Labor (1964-04-06) April 6, 1964 U.S. House January 7, 2019 2023 List
Tate Reeves
  Republican (1974-06-05) June 5, 1974 Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer January 14, 2020 2024 List
Mike Parson
  Republican (1955-09-17) September 17, 1955 Lieutenant Governor, Missouri Senate, Missouri House, Sheriff of Polk County June 1, 2018 2021 List
Steve Bullock
  Democratic (1966-04-11) April 11, 1966 Attorney General January 7, 2013 2021 (term limits) List
Pete Ricketts
  Republican (1964-04-19) April 19, 1964 No prior public experience January 8, 2015 2023 (term limits) List
Steve Sisolak   Democratic (1953-12-26) December 26, 1953 Clark County Commission, Nevada Board of Regents January 7, 2019 2023 List
Chris Sununu
  Republican (1974-11-05) November 5, 1974 New Hampshire Executive Council January 5, 2017 2021 List
Phil Murphy
  Democratic (1957-08-16) August 16, 1957 U.S. Ambassador, Finance Chair of the Democratic National Committee January 16, 2018 2022 List
Michelle Lujan Grisham   Democratic (1959-10-24) October 24, 1959 U.S. House, Secretary of Health January 1, 2019 2023 List
Andrew Cuomo
  Democratic (1957-12-06) December 6, 1957 Attorney General, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development January 1, 2011 2022[1] List
Roy Cooper
  Democratic (1957-06-13) June 13, 1957 Attorney General, North Carolina Senate, North Carolina House January 1, 2017 2021 List
Doug Burgum
  Republican (1956-08-01) August 1, 1956 No prior public experience December 15, 2016 2020 List
Mike DeWine
  Republican (1947-01-05) January 5, 1947 Attorney General, U.S. Senate, Lieutenant Governor, U.S. House, Ohio Senate January 14, 2019 2023 List
Kevin Stitt
  Republican (1972-12-28) December 28, 1972 No prior public experience January 14, 2019 2023 List
Kate Brown
  Democratic (1960-06-21) June 21, 1960 Secretary of State, Oregon Senate, Oregon House February 18, 2015 2023 (term limits) List
Tom Wolf
  Democratic (1948-11-17) November 17, 1948 Secretary of Revenue January 20, 2015 2023 (term limits) List
Gina Raimondo
  Democratic (1971-05-17) May 17, 1971 General Treasurer January 6, 2015 2023 (term limits) List
Henry McMaster
  Republican (1947-05-27) May 27, 1947 Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Chair of the South Carolina Republican Party, U.S. Attorney January 24, 2017 2023 List
Kristi Noem   Republican (1971-11-30) November 30, 1971 U.S. House, South Dakota House January 5, 2019 2023 List
Bill Lee
  Republican (1959-10-09) October 9, 1959 No prior public experience January 19, 2019 2023 List
Greg Abbott
  Republican (1957-11-13) November 13, 1957 Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court January 20, 2015 2023 List
Gary Herbert
  Republican (1947-05-07) May 7, 1947 Lieutenant Governor, Utah County Commissioner August 11, 2009 2021 (retiring) List
Phil Scott
  Republican (1958-08-04) August 4, 1958 Lieutenant Governor, Vermont Senate January 5, 2017 2021 List
Ralph Northam
  Democratic (1959-09-13) September 13, 1959 Lieutenant Governor, Virginia Senate January 13, 2018 2022 (term limits) List
Jay Inslee
  Democratic (1951-02-09) February 9, 1951 U.S. House, Washington House January 16, 2013 2021 List
Jim Justice
  Republican
[note 1]
(1951-04-27) April 27, 1951 No prior public experience January 16, 2017 2021 List
Tony Evers
  Democratic (1951-11-05) November 5, 1951 Superintendent of Public Instruction January 7, 2019 2023 List
Mark Gordon   Republican (1957-03-04) March 4, 1957 Treasurer January 7, 2019 2023 List

Territory governors

The following hold the gubernatorial offices of the United States territories.

  Democratic (3)   Republican (1)   New Progressive (1)

Territory Portrait Governor Party Born Prior public experience Inauguration End of term Past Governors
Lolo Matalasi Moliga   Democratic
[note 2]
(1947-08-12) August 12, 1947 American Samoa Senate, American Samoa House January 3, 2013 2021 (term limits) List
Lou Leon Guerrero   Democratic (1950-11-08) November 8, 1950 Senator of the Guam Legislature January 7, 2019 2023 List
Ralph Torres   Republican (1979-08-06) August 6, 1979 Lieutenant Governor, Northern Mariana Islands Legislature December 29, 2015 2023 (term limits) List
Wanda Vázquez Garced   New Progressive/
Republican
[note 3]
(1960-07-09) July 9, 1960 Secretary of Justice August 7, 2019 2021 List
Albert Bryan   Democratic (1968-02-21) February 21, 1968 Commissioner of Labor January 7, 2019 2023 List

Federal district mayor

  Democratic (1)

Federal district Portrait Mayor Party Born Prior public experience Inauguration End of term Past Mayors
District of Columbia
Muriel Bowser   Democratic (1972-08-02) August 2, 1972 Council of the District of Columbia January 2, 2015 2023 List

See also

Notes

  1. Justice was elected as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party six months into his term.[2]
  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.
  3. Vázquez Garced belongs to the pro-statehood Puerto Rican New Progressive Party, but affiliates with the Republican Party at the national level.[3]

References

  1. NY gubernatorial terms begin at midnight New Year's Day.
  2. "West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican". New York Times. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  3. "Wanda Vázquez-Garced – PR". Republican Governors Association. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
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