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FIFTY STATE GOVERNORS
Lieutenant Governors (LT) & Attorney Generals (AG)

Official State Websites

STATE GOVERNOR
(All 4-yr terms except NH & VT)
(2-yr terms in NH & VT)

LT

AG

TERM LIMITS

NEXT GUB.
ELECTION

STATE

Political Party
& Year Elected

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

AL

02, 06

Bob Riley (x)

 

 

2 x terms

2006

AK

06

Sarah Palin

G

G

2 x terms

2006
AZ

02, 06

Janet Napolitano (x)

x

 

2 x terms

2006
AR

06

Mike Beebe

 

 

2 terms max.

2006
CA

Nov 17, 2003

Arnold Schwarzenegger

 

 

2 terms max.

2006
CO

06

Bill Ritter

G

 

2 x terms

2006
CT

06

M. Jodi Rell

 

 

n.a.

2006
DE

00

Ruth Ann Minner

 

 

2 terms max.

2008
FL

06

Charlie Crist

G

 

8 consecutive years

2006
GA

02, 06

Sonny Perdue

 

 

2 x terms

2006
HI

02, 06

Linda Lingle

G

G

2 x terms

2006
ID

06

Butch Otter

 

 

repealed Feb '02

2006
IL

02, 06

Rod R. Blagojevich

G

 

n.a.

2006
IN

04

Mitchell Daniels

G

 

8-yrs in 12-yrs

2008
IA

06

Chet Culver

G

 

n.a.

2006
KS

02, 06

Kathleen Sebelius

G

 

2 x terms

2006

KY*

07

Steve Beshear

G

 

2 x terms

2007
LA

07

Bobby Jindal

 

 

2 x terms

2007
ME

02, 06

John E. Baldacci

xx

ME

2 x terms

2006
MD

06

Martin O'Malley

G

 

2 x terms

2006

MA*

06

Deval Patrick

G

 

voided 1997

2006
MI

02, 06

Jennifer M. Granholm

G

 

2 terms max.

2006
MN

02, 06

Tim Pawlenty

G

 

n.a.

2006
MS

03, 07

Haley Barbour

 

 

2 terms max.

2007
MO

04

Matt Blunt

 

 

2 terms max.

2008
MT

04

Brian Schweitzer

G

 

8-yrs in 16-yrs

2008
NE

06

David Heineman

G

 

2 x terms

2006
NV

06

Jim Gibbons

 

 

2 terms max.

2006
NH

04, 06

John Lynch

xx

G

n.a.

2008
NJ

05

Jon S. Corzine

xx

G

2 x terms

2009
NM

02, 06

Bill Richardson

G

 

2 x terms

2006
NY

06

Eliot Spitzer

G

 

n.a.

2006
NC

00

Michael Easley

 

 

2 x terms

2008
ND

00

John Hoeven

G

 

n.a.

2008
OH

06

Ted Strickland

G

 

2 x terms

2006
OK

02, 06

Brad Henry

 

 

2 x terms

2006
OR

02, 06

Ted Kulongoski

x

 

voided Jan '02

2006

PA*

02, 06

Ed Rendell

G

 

2 x terms max.

2006
RI

02, 06

Donald Carcieri

 

 

2 x terms

2006
SC

02, 06

Mark Sanford

 

 

2 x terms

2006
SD

02, 06

Michael Rounds

G

 

2 x terms

2006
TN

02, 06

Phil Bredesen

TN

TN

2 x terms

2006
TX

02, 06

Rick Perry

 

 

n.a.

2006
UT

04

Jon Huntsman

G

 

12 consecutive yrs

2008
VT

02, 04, 06

Jim Douglas

 

 

n.a.

2008

VA*

05

Timothy M. Kaine

 

 

1 term

2009
WA

04

Christine Gregoire

 

 

voided Jan '98

2008
WV

04

Joe Manchin

xx

 

2 x terms

2008
WI

02, 06

James E. Doyle

G

 

n.a.

2006
WY

02, 06

Dave Freudenthal

x

G

2 terms in 16-yrs

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

28 Democrats
22 Republicans

(x) = term-limited
Bold = Governors elected @ mid-terms 2002
2 x terms = 2 consecutive terms; eligible again after waiting 1 term
2 x terms max. = 2 consecutive terms in a lifetime

Bold coincides with mid-term elections 

 

NOTES:-
RED = Republican
BLUE = Democrat
GRN = Ind't
* = C'wealth

G = LT elected with Governor, AG appointed by Governor
ME = Maine AG elected by State Legislature
TN = Tennessee LT elected by State Senate, AG elected by Supreme Court
x = No LT / Secretary of State is next in line
xx = No LT / Senate President is next in line

  

GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS CYCLE
36 states during mid-Presidential-term election years (incl. NH, VT)
11 states during Presidential election years (incl. NH, VT)
3 states the year preceding a Presidential election year (KY, LA, MS)
2 states the year following a Presidential election year (NJ, VA)

2008 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS (11 races)
6 Democratic Governors - (DE MT MH NC WA WV)
5 Republican Governors - (IN MO ND UT VT)
Wins - D, R (D, R) | FINAL = D, R

2007 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS (3 races)
1 Democratic Governor - LA open
2 Republican Governors - KY, MS Incumbents
Wins - 1 D, 2 R (D+1, R+1) | FINAL = 28 D, 22 R

2006 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS (36 races)
14 Democratic Governors - 13 Incumbents (AZ IL KS ME MI NH NM OK OR PA TN WI WY), 1 open (IA)
22 Republican Governors - 5 term-limited (AR CO FL NV OH), 13 Incumbents (AL CA CT GA HI MD MN NE RI SC SD TX VT)
                                        4 open (AK ID MA NY)
Wins - 20 D, 16 R (D+6, R+0) | FINAL = 28 D, 22 R

2005 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS (2 races)
2 Democratic Governors - VA term-limited, NJ open | FINAL = 22 D, 28 R

2004 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS (11 races)
6 Democratic Governors - 4 Incumbents (DE IN MO NC), 2 open (WA WV)
5 Republican Governors - 4 Incumbents (NH ND UT VT) , 1 open (MT)
Wins - 6 D, 5 R (D+2, R+2) | FINAL = 22 D, 28 R

2003 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS (3 races)
2 Democratic Governors - KY term-limited, MS Incumbent
1 Republican Governors - LA term-limited
Wins - 1 D, 2 R (D+1, R+2) | FINAL = 22 D, 28 R

2002 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS (36 races)
11 Democratic Governors - 4 term-limited (AK HI MD OR), 2 open (NH VT), 5 Incumbents (AL CA GA IA SC)
23 Republican Governors - 9 term-limited (AZ KS MI NM OK RI SD TN WY), 3 open (IL MA PA)
                                       11 Incumbents (AR CO CT FL ID NE NV NY OH TX WI)
2 Independent Governors - ME term-limited, MN open
Wins - 14 D, 22 R (D+11, R+9) | FINAL = 24 D, 26 R

2001 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS (2 races)
2 Republican Governors - VA term-limited, NJ open (D+2) | FINAL = 21 D, 27 R, 2 I

2000 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS (11 races)
7 Democratic Governors - 2 term-limited (DE NC), 1 open (MO), 4 Incumbents (IN NH VT WA)
4 Republican Governors - 2 term-limited (MT ND), 2 Incumbents (UT WV)
Wins - 8 D, 3 R (D+1) | FINAL = 19 D, 29 R, 2 I

Key: blue = Democratic win, red = Republican win, bold = change of party

FIFTY STATE LEGISLATURES
www.ncsl.org
updated November 29th, 2006

Changes as a result of the 2006 mid-terms:-
(1) TEN chambers flipped from R (or Split) to D:
     (a) IA/NH House & Senate from R to D, giving D total control
     (b) MN/OR House from R to D, giving D total control
     (c) 4 other chambers went from R to D - WI Senate and IN/OR/PA House.
(3) TWO chambers flipped from D to R (or Split):
     (a) MT House from D to R
     (b) OK Senate from D to Split

Changes as a result of the 2004 Elections:-
(1) SIX chambers flipped from R (or Split) to D:
     (a) CO House & Senate from R to D, giving D total control
     (b) NC House & MT/WA Senate from R to D and VT House from Split to D, giving D total control
     (c) 1 other chamber went from Split to D - OR Senate
(2) FOUR chambers flipped from D to R:
     (a) GA/IN House from D to R, giving R total control
     (b) 2 other chambers went from D to R - OK House and TN Senate

STATE

FEDERAL

STATE

 

SENATE

HOUSE
(108th)

State
Parties
Links

GOV

SENATE
D - R - I

HOUSE OF REP
D - R - I

 

 

 

DEM
REP

 

 

Assembly - CA, NV, NY, WI
House of Delegates - MD, VA, WV
General Assembly - NJ

4-year term
1/2 elected every 2yrs

2-year term
All elected every 2yrs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AL Legislature2

 

 

2 - 5

D | R

 

23 - 12

go

62 - 43*

go

AK Legislature

 

 

0 - 1

D | R

 

9 - 11

go

17 - 23

go

AZ Legislature

 

 

4 - 4

D | R

  

12 - 18**

 go

28 - 32

 go

AR GA

 

 

3 - 1

D | R

  

27 - 8

 go

75 - 25

 go

CA Legislature

 

 

34 - 19

D | R

  

24 - 16

 go

48 - 32

 go

CO GA

 

 

4 - 3

D | R

  

20 - 15

  

39 - 26

  

CT GA

 

 

4 - 1

D | R

  

24 - 12**

  

107 - 44

  

DE GA

 

 

0 - 1

D | R

  

13 - 86

  

18 - 23

  

FL Legislature

 

 

9 - 16

D | R

  

14 - 26

  

42 - 78

  

GA GA

 

 

6 - 7

D | R

  

22 - 34**

  

74 - 106

  

HI Legislature

 

 

2 - 0

D | R

 

20 - 56

 

43 - 8

 

ID Legislature

 

 

0 - 2

D | R

  

7 - 28**

  

19 - 51

  

IL GA

 

 

10 - 9

D | R

  

37 - 226

  

66 - 52

  

IN GA

 

 

5 - 4

D | R

  

17 - 33

  

51 - 49

  

IA GA

 

 

3 - 2

D | R

  

30 - 20

  

54 - 45 (1)

  

KS Legislature

 

 

2 - 2

D | R

  

10 - 304

  

47 - 78

  

KY GA

 

 

2 - 4

D | R

  

16 - 21 - 1

  

61 - 39

  

LA Legislature1,3

 

 

2 - 5

D | R

  

24 - 15

  

64 - 40 - 1*

  

ME Legislature

 

 

2 - 0

D | R

  

18 - 17**

  

89 - 60 - 2

  

MD GA2

 

 

6 - 2

D | R

  

34 - 14

  

104 - 37*

  

MA General Court

 

 

10 - 0

D | R

  

35 - 5**

  

141 - 19

  

MI Legislature

 

 

6 - 9

D | R

  

17 - 215

 go

58 - 52

 go

MN Legislature

 

 

5 - 3

D | R

  

44 - 238

 go

85 - 49

 go

MS Legislature1,3

 

 

2 - 2

D | R

  

27 - 23 (2)

  

75 - 46* (1)

  

MO GA

 

 

4 - 5

D | R

  

13 - 21

 go

71 - 92

 go

MT Legislature

 

 

0 - 1

D | R

  

26 - 24

  

49 - 50 - 1

  

NE Legislature9

 

 

0 - 3

D | R

 

Unicameral (49 members)

 

Nonpartisan 4-yr terms

 

NV Legislature

 

 

1 - 2

D | R

  

10 - 11

  

27 - 15

  

NH General Court

 

 

2 - 0

D | R

  

14 - 10**

  

237 - 163

  

NJ Legislature1

 

 

7 - 6

D | R

  

22 - 187

  

49 - 31

  

NM Legislature

 

 

1 - 2

D | R

  

24 - 184

  

42 - 28

  

NY Legislature

 

 

23 - 6

D | R

  

27 - 34** (1)

 go

105 - 45

 go

NC GA

 

 

7 - 6

D | R

  

31 - 19**

  

68 - 52

  

ND Legislative Ass.10

 

 

1 - 0

D | R

  

21 - 26

  

33 - 61*

  

OH GA

 

 

7 - 11

D | R

  

12 - 21

 go

46 - 53

 go

OK Legislature

 

 

1 - 4

D | R

  

24 - 24

  

44 - 57

  

OR Legislative Ass.

 

 

4 - 1

D | R

  

17 - 11 - 2

  

32 - 28

  

PA GA

 

 

11 - 8

D | R

  

21 - 29

 go

102 - 101

 go

RI GA

 

 

2 - 0

D | R

  

33 - 5**

  

62 - 13

  

SC GA

 

 

2 - 4

D | R

  

20 - 264

  

51 - 73

  

SD Legislature

 

 

1 - 0

D | R

  

15 - 20**

  

22 - 48

  

TN GA

 

 

5 - 4

D | R

  

16 - 17

  

53 - 46

  

TX Legislature

 

 

12 - 20

D | R

  

11 - 206

 go

69 - 80 (1)

 go

UT Legislature

 

 

1 - 2

D | R

 

8 - 21

  

19 - 56

  

VT GA

 

 

1 - 0

D | R

 

23 - 7**

 

93 - 49 (10)

 

VA GA1

 

 

3 - 8

D | R

  

17 - 23

 go

40 - 57 - 3

go

WA Legislature

 

 

6 - 3

D | R

  

32 - 17

 go

64 - 34

 go

WV Legislature

 

 

2 - 1

D | R

  

23 - 11

  

73 - 27

  

WI Legislature

 

 

5 - 3

D | R

  

18 - 15

  

47 - 52

  

WY Legislature

 

 

0 - 1

D | R

  

7 - 23

  

17 - 43

  
   

 

 

      
 

50 D
49 R
2 I

233 D
202 R
0 I

 

28 D
22 R

954 D
960 R
4 I
4 Vacant

2697 D
2673 R
17 I
24 Vacant

26 D - 22 R

30 D - 19 R

NOTES:-
RED = Republican
BLUE = Democrat
GREEN = Independent
( ) = vacant seat(s)

        

1 Unicameral
1 Split

1 Unicameral
0 Split

Party control of State Legislature
23 D - 15 R - 11 Split - 1 Unicameral

* AL LA MD MS ND House 4-yr terms
** AZ CT GA ID ME MA NH NY NC RI SD VT Senate 2-yr terms

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

  1. State legislative elections occur on even-numbered years except for Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia.
  2. Alabama and Maryland state legislative elections only occur during mid-term election years (2002, 2006, etc.). Entire state Senate and House chambers re-elected concurrently i.e. House members have 4-year terms.
  3. Louisiana and Mississippi state legislative elections only occur the year preceding a presidential election (2003, 2007, etc.). Entire state Senate and House chambers re-elected concurrently i.e. House members have 4-year terms.
  4. Entire Kansas, New Mexico and South Carolina Senate re-elected every 4 years on presidential election years (2000, 2004, etc.).
  5. Entire Michigan Senate re-elected every 4 years on mid-term election years (2002, 2006, etc.).
  6. Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, and Texas state senators hold 2/4/4 year terms; entire Senate re-elected the 2nd year after apportionment (2002) and 1st term in each decade is a 2 year term for half of state senators. Subsequent elections - 1/2 of senate re-elected every 2 years.
  7. New Jersey state senators hold 2/4/4 year terms; entire Senate re-elected the 1st year after apportionment (2001) and 1st term in each decade is a 2 year term for half of state senators. Subsequent elections - 1/2 of senate re-elected every 2 years.
  8. Minnesota state senators hold 2/4/4 year terms; entire Senate re-elected the 2nd year after apportionment (2002), and every 4 years thereafter (2006, 2010). Followed by 2012, 2016, 2020. First term in each decade is a 2 year term for all state senators.
  9. Nebraska re-elects half of state legislators in the unicameral chamber every 2 years.
  10. North Dakota re-elects half of state legislators in both chambers every 2 years (unlike other 4-year term House chambers that re-elect the entire House chamber every 4 years; see 2 and 3 above).

 

YR

SOUTHERN STATES

Democrat Governors / # of Senators*

Republican Governors / # of Senators*

 

AL, AR, MS, TX since 1874
FL, GA since 1872
LA, SC since 1877
VA since 1870

  

1965

AL AR FL GA LA MS NC SC TN TX VA

20

 

2

1967

AL GA LA MS NC SC TN TX VA

19

AR FL

3

1969

AL GA LA MS NC SC TN TX VA

18

AR FL

4

1971

AL AR FL GA LA MS NC SC TX

16

TN VA

5

1973

AL AR FL GA LA MS SC TX

14

NC TN VA

7

1975

AL AR FL GA LA MS TN TX

15

NC SC VA

6

1977

AL AR FL GA LA MS NC TN TX

16

SC VA

5

1979

AL AR FL GA LA MS NC SC

15

TN TX VA

6

1981

AL FL GA MS NC SC

11

AR LA TN TX VA

10

1983

AL AR FL GA MS NC SC TX VA

11

LA TN

11

1985

AL AR FL GA LA MS SC TX VA

12

NC TN

10

1987

AR GA LA MS TN VA

16

AL FL NC SC TX

6

1989

AR GA MS TN VA

15

AL FL LA NC SC TX

7

1991

AR FL GA MS TN TX VA

15

AL LA NC SC

7

1993

AR FL GA LA NC TN TX VA

12

AL MS SC

10

1995

AR FL GA LA NC TN

9

AL MS SC TX VA

13

1997

FL GA NC TN

7

AL AR LA MS SC TX VA

15

1999

AL GA NC SC TN

8

AR FL LA MS TX VA

14

2001

AL GA MS NC SC TN

8

AR FL LA TX VA

14

2003

MS NC TN VA

9

AL AR FL GA LA SC TX

13

2005

LA NC TN VA

4

AL AR FL GA MS SC TX

18

2007

AR LA NC TN VA

5

AL MS FL GA SC TX

17

2009

AR TN VA

 

AL FL GA SC TX

 

Bold indicates first Republican Governor for that state since Reconstruction.

May 1872 - Congress passed a general Amnesty Act restoring full political rights to all Southerners thus starting the process whereby Republican governors were gradually replaced by Democratic governors. The Election of 1876 fully ended Reconstruction and the Southern states never elected another Republican governor for more than a century. Between the end of Reconstruction (1877) and the 1966 Elections, all the Southern states had Democratic governors except for brief periods in Tennessee (1881-83, 1911-15, 1921-23) and North Carolina (1897-1901).

* 1 Independent Senator from Virginia 1971-83

YR

NORTHEASTERN STATES

Democrat Governors / # of Senators

Republican Governors / # of Senators

1965

CT DE MD NH NJ VT

12

ME MA NY PA RI

9

1967

CT DE ME MD NH NJ VT

12

MA NY PA RI

10

1969

CT ME MD NJ RI

9

DE MA NH NY PA VT

13

1971

ME MD PA RI

7

CT DE MA NH NJ NY VT

15

1973

DE ME MD PA RI VT

9

CT MA NH NJ NY

13

1975

CT DE ME MD MA NJ NY PA RI VT

11

NH

11

1977

CT ME MD MA NJ NY PA RI

12

DE NH VT

10

1979

CT ME MD MA NH NJ NY RI

12

DE PA VT

10

1981

CT ME MD MA NH NJ NY RI

11

DE PA VT

11

1983

CT ME MD MA NY RI

11

DE NH NJ PA VT

11

1985

CT ME MD MA NY VT

11

DE NH NJ PA RI

11

1987

CT MD MA NY PA VT

12

DE ME NH NJ RI

10

1989

CT MD MA NY PA VT

13

DE ME NH NJ RI

9

1991

CT MD NJ NY PA RI VT

14

DE ME MA NH

8

1993

CT DE MD NJ NY PA RI VT

14

ME MA NH

8

1995

DE ME MD VT

12

CT MA NH NJ NY PA RI

10

1997

DE ME MD NH VT

12

CT MA NJ NY PA RI

10

1999

DE ME MD NH VT

13

CT MA NJ NY PA RI

9

2001*

DE ME MD NH VT

15

CT MA NJ NY PA RI

7

2003*

DE ME NJ PA

15

CT MD MA NH NY RI VT

7

2005*

DE ME NH NJ PA

15

CT MD MA NY RI VT

7

2007*

DE ME MD MA NH NJ NY PA

17

CT RI VT

5

2009*

ME MD MA NY PA

 

CT RI

 

Green is Independent Party Governor (put in the Democratic column)
*1 Independent Senator from Vermont 2001-2007 (put in the Democratic column)
*1 Independent Senator each from Vermont and Connecticut 2007 - present (put in the Democratic column)

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