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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		LT	AG	TERM LIMITS	NEXT GUB. ELECTION

AL	02, 06	Bob Riley (x)			2 x terms	2010
AK	06	Sarah Palin	G	G	2 x terms	2010
AZ	02, 06	Janet Napolitano (x)	x		2 x terms	2010
AR	06	Mike Beebe			2 terms max.	2010
CA	Nov 17, 2003	Arnold Schwarzenegger (x)			2 terms max.	2010
CO	06	Bill Ritter	G		2 x terms	2010
CT	06	M. Jodi Rell	G		n.a.	2010
DE	08	Jack Markell			2 terms max.	2008
FL	06	Charlie Crist	G		8 consecutive years	2010
GA	02, 06	Sonny Perdue (x)			2 x terms	2010
HI	02, 06	Linda Lingle (x)	G	G	2 x terms	2010
ID	06	Butch Otter			repealed Feb '02	2010
IL	02, 06	Rod R. Blagojevich (x)	G		n.a.	2010
IN	04, 08	Mitchell Daniels	G		8-yrs in 12-yrs	2008
IA	06	Chet Culver	G		n.a.	2010
KS	02, 06	Kathleen Sebelius (X)	G		2 x terms	2010
KY*	07	Steve Beshear	G		2 x terms	2011
LA	07	Bobby Jindal			2 x terms	2011
ME	02, 06	John E. Baldacci (x)	xx	ME	2 x terms	2010
MD	06	Martin O'Malley (x)	G		2 x terms	2010
MA*	06	Deval Patrick			voided 1997	2010
MI	02, 06	Jennifer M. Granholm (x)	G		2 terms max.	2010
MN	02, 06	Tim Pawlenty	G		n.a.	2010
MS	03, 07	Haley Barbour			2 terms max.	2011
MO	08	Jay Nixon			2 terms max.	2008
MT	04, 08	Brian Schweitzer (x)	G		8-yrs in 16-yrs	2008
NE	06	David Heineman	G		2 x terms	2010
NV	06	Jim Gibbons			2 terms max.	2010
NH	04, 06, 08	John Lynch	xx	G	n.a.	2010
NJ	05	Jon S. Corzine	xx	G	2 x terms	2009
NM	02, 06	Bill Richardson (x)	G		2 x terms	2010
NY	06	Eliot Spitzer	G		n.a.	2010
NC	08	Beverly Perdue			2 x terms	2008
ND	00, 04, 08	John Hoeven	G		n.a.	2008
OH	06	Ted Strickland	G		2 x terms	2010
OK	02, 06	Brad Henry (x)			2 x terms	2010
OR	02, 06	Ted Kulongoski	x		voided Jan '02	2010
PA*	02, 06	Ed Rendell (x)	G		2 x terms max.	2010
RI	02, 06	Donald Carcieri (x)			2 x terms	2010
SC	02, 06	Mark Sanford (x)			2 x terms	2010
SD	02, 06	Michael Rounds (x)	G		2 x terms	2010
TN	02, 06	Phil Bredesen (x)	TN	TN	2 x terms	2010
TX	02, 06	Rick Perry			n.a.	2010
UT	04, 08	Jon Huntsman	G		12 consecutive yrs	2008
VT	02, 04, 06, 08	Jim Douglas			n.a.	2010
VA*	05	Timothy M. Kaine (x)			1 term	2009
WA	04, 08	Christine Gregoire			voided Jan '98	2008
WV	04, 08	Joe Manchin	xx		2 x terms	2008
WI	02, 06	James E. Doyle	G		n.a.	2010
WY	02, 06	Dave Freudenthal (x)	x	G	2 terms in 16-yrs	2010

	29 Democrats 21 Republicans	(x) = term-limited 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 in 23 states, 19 states have separate elections TN = LT elected by State Senate (1 state - TN) x = No LT / Secretary of State is next in line (3 states - AZ, OR, WY) xx = No LT / Senate President is next in line (4 states - ME, NH, NJ, WV) G = AG appointed by Governor in 5 states, 43 states have separate elections ME = AG elected by State Legislature (1 state - ME) TN = AG elected by Supreme Court (1 state - TN)

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)

2009 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS (2 races)
2 Democratic Governors - VA term-limited, NJ Incumbent | FINAL = D, R

2008 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS (11 races)
6 Democratic Governors - (MT NH WA WV), 2 open (DE NC)
5 Republican Governors - (IN ND UT VT), 1 open (MO)
Wins - 7 D, 4 R (D+1, R+0) | FINAL = 29 D, 21 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 Del - MD, VA, WV General Assembly - NJ
			DEM REP		4-year term 1/2 elected every 2yrs		2-year term All elected every 2yrs

AL Legislature²		3 - 4	D \| R		22 - 13	go	62 - 43*	go
AK Legislature		0 - 1	D \| R		10 - 10	go	18 - 22	go
AZ Legislature		5 - 3	D \| R		12 - 18**	go	25 - 35	go
AR GA		3 - 1	D \| R		27 - 8	go	71 - 28 - 1	go
CA Legislature		34 - 19	D \| R		24 - 15 (1)	go	51 - 30	go
CO GA		5 - 2	D \| R		21 - 14		38 - 26
CT GA		5 - 0	D \| R		24 - 12**		114 - 37
DE GA		0 - 1	D \| R		15 - 5⁶		26 - 15
FL Legislature		10 - 15	D \| R		14 - 26		44 - 76
GA GA		6 - 7	D \| R		22 - 34**		75 - 105
HI Legislature		2 - 0	D \| R		23 - 2⁶		45 - 6
ID Legislature		1 - 1	D \| R		7 - 28**		18 - 52
IL GA		12 - 7	D \| R		37 - 22⁶		70 - 48
IN GA		5 - 4	D \| R		17 - 33		52 - 48
IA GA		3 - 2	D \| R		31 - 19		56 - 44
KS Legislature		1 - 3	D \| R		9 - 31⁴		48 - 77
KY GA		2 - 4	D \| R		15 - 22 - 1		65 - 35
LA Legislature^1,3		1 - 6	D \| R		22 - 16 (1)		52 - 50 - 3*
ME Legislature		2 - 0	D \| R		20 - 15**		96 - 54 - 1
MD GA²		7 - 1	D \| R		33 - 14		104 - 36 - 1*
MA General Court		10 - 0	D \| R		33 - 5 (2)**		142 - 17 - 1
MI Legislature		8 - 7	D \| R		17 - 21⁵	go	67 - 43	go
MN Legislature		5 - 3	D \| R		46 - 21⁸	go	87 - 47	go
MS Legislature^1,3		3 - 1	D \| R		27 - 25		74 - 48*
MO GA		4 - 5	D \| R		11 - 23	go	74 - 89	go
MT Legislature		0 - 1	D \| R		23 - 27		50 - 50
NE Legislature⁹		0 - 3	D \| R		Unicameral (49)		Nonpartisan 4-yr terms
NV Legislature		2 - 1	D \| R		12 - 9		28 - 14
NH General Court		2 - 0	D \| R		14 - 10**		224 - 176
NJ Legislature¹		8 - 5	D \| R		22 - 18⁷		48 - 32
NM Legislature		3 - 0	D \| R		27 - 15⁴		45 - 25
NY Legislature		26 - 3	D \| R		32 - 30**	go	105 - 45	go
NC GA		8 - 5	D \| R		30 - 20**		68 - 52
ND Legislative Ass.¹⁰		1 - 0	D \| R		21 - 26		36 - 58*
OH GA		10 - 8	D \| R		12 - 21	go	53 - 46	go
OK Legislature		1 - 4	D \| R		22 - 26		40 - 61
OR Legislative Ass.		4 - 1	D \| R		18 - 12		36 - 23 (1)
PA GA		12 - 7	D \| R		21 - 29	go	104 - 99	go
RI GA		2 - 0	D \| R		32 - 3 - 1**		69 - 6
SC GA		2 - 4	D \| R		19 - 27⁴		53 - 71
SD Legislature		1 - 0	D \| R		14 - 19 - 1**		24 - 46
TN GA		5 - 4	D \| R		14 - 19		48 - 51
TX Legislature		12 - 20	D \| R		12 - 18 - 1⁶	go	74 - 76	go
UT Legislature		1 - 2	D \| R		8 - 21		22 - 53
VT GA		1 - 0	D \| R		23 - 7**		91 - 46 - 13
VA GA¹		6 - 5	D \| R		21 - 19	go	45 - 52 - 2 (1)	go
WA Legislature		6 - 3	D \| R		31 - 18	go	67 - 31	go
WV Legislature		2 - 1	D \| R		26 - 8		71 - 29
WI Legislature		5 - 3	D \| R		18 - 15		52 - 46 - 1
WY Legislature		0 - 1	D \| R		7 - 23		18 - 42

	56 D 41 R 2 I	257 D 178 R 0 I		29 D 21 R	954 D 960 R 4 I 4 Vacant		2697 D 2673 R 17 I 24 Vacant
	56 D 41 R 2 I	257 D 178 R 0 I		29 D 21 R	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:

State legislative elections occur on even-numbered years except for Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia.
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.
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.
Entire Kansas, New Mexico and South Carolina Senate re-elected every 4 years on presidential election years (2000, 2004, etc.).
Entire Michigan Senate re-elected every 4 years on mid-term election years (2002, 2006, etc.).
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.
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.
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.
Nebraska re-elects half of state legislators in the unicameral chamber every 2 years.
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
YR	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 LA NC TN VA	7	AL MS FL GA SC TX	15

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
YR	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*	DE ME MD MA NH NJ NY PA	18	CT RI VT	4

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)