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The following is a list of incumbent governors of the states and territories of the United States

[edit] State Governors

In the table below, Seat Up indicates the year of the next election; the current term ends in January of the following 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 to retire at the end of the term.

Current Governor	Picture	State	Past	Party	Took office	Seat Up
Bob Riley		Alabama	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Sean Parnell		Alaska	List	Republican	2009	2010
Jan Brewer		Arizona	List	Republican	2009	2010
Mike Beebe		Arkansas	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Arnold Schwarzenegger		California	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Bill Ritter		Colorado	List	Democratic	2007	2010
M. Jodi Rell		Connecticut	List	Republican	2004	2010 (retiring)
Jack Markell		Delaware	List	Democratic	2009	2012
Charlie Crist		Florida	List	Republican	2007	2010 (Running for Senate instead of reelection.)
Sonny Perdue		Georgia	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Linda Lingle		Hawaii	List	Republican	2002	2010 (term limits)
Butch Otter		Idaho	List	Republican	2007	2010
Pat Quinn		Illinois	List	Democratic	2009	2010
Mitch Daniels		Indiana	List	Republican	2005	2012 (term limits)
Chet Culver		Iowa	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Mark Parkinson		Kansas	List	Democratic	2009	2010 (retiring)
Steve Beshear		Kentucky	List	Democratic	2007	2011
Bobby Jindal		Louisiana	List	Republican	2008	2011
John Baldacci		Maine	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Martin O'Malley		Maryland	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Deval Patrick		Massachusetts	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Jennifer Granholm		Michigan	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Tim Pawlenty		Minnesota	List	Republican	2003	2010 (retiring)
Haley Barbour		Mississippi	List	Republican	2004	2011 (term limits)
Jay Nixon		Missouri	List	Democratic	2009	2012
Brian Schweitzer		Montana	List	Democratic	2005	2012
Dave Heineman		Nebraska	List	Republican	2005	2010
Jim Gibbons		Nevada	List	Republican	2007	2010
John Lynch		New Hampshire	List	Democratic	2005	2010
Jon Corzine		New Jersey	List	Democratic	2006	2010
Bill Richardson		New Mexico	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
David Paterson		New York	List	Democratic	2008	2010
Beverly Perdue		North Carolina	List	Democratic	2009	2012
John Hoeven		North Dakota	List	Republican	2000	2012
Ted Strickland		Ohio	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Brad Henry		Oklahoma	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Ted Kulongoski		Oregon	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Ed Rendell		Pennsylvania	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Donald Carcieri		Rhode Island	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Mark Sanford		South Carolina	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Mike Rounds		South Dakota	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Phil Bredesen		Tennessee	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Rick Perry		Texas	List	Republican	2000	2010
Gary Herbert		Utah	List	Republican	2009	2010 (special election)
Jim Douglas		Vermont	List	Republican	2003	2010 (retiring)
Tim Kaine		Virginia	List	Democratic	2006	2009 (term limits)
Christine Gregoire		Washington	List	Democratic	2005	2012
Joe Manchin		West Virginia	List	Democratic	2005	2012 (term limits)
Jim Doyle		Wisconsin	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (retiring)
Dave Freudenthal		Wyoming	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)

[edit] United States Territories and the District of Columbia

The following are governors and other executives of each of the territories and the Nation's Capital:

Executive	Picture	Territory	Past	Party	Took Office	Seat Up
Togiola Tulafono		American Samoa	List	Democratic	2003	2012
Adrian Fenty (mayor)		District of Columbia	List	Democratic	2007	2011
Felix Perez Camacho		Guam	List	Republican	2002	2010 (term limits)
Benigno Fitial		Northern Mariana Islands	List	Covenant	2006	2009
Luis G. Fortuño		Puerto Rico	List	New Progressive/Republican	2009	2012
John de Jongh		U.S. Virgin Islands	List	Democratic	2007	2010

[edit] Current governors-elect

The following is a list of current governors-elect of the United States and the dates on which they will be inaugurated as governor.

Picture	Governor-Elect	State	Party	Inauguration Date
	Chris Christie	New Jersey	Republican	January 19, 2010
	Bob McDonnell	Virginia	Republican	January 16, 2010

[edit] See also

• Governor (United States)
• List of current United States governors by denomination
• List of United States Lieutenant Governors
• List of female state governors in the United States
• List of current United States first spouses

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• National Governors Association

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