Table 4.1

The Governors: 2023


FIPS State or other
jurisdiction
Name and party Length of
regular term
in years
Date of first
service
Present terms
end
Number of
previous
terms
Term limits Joint election of
governor and
lieutenant
governor (a)
Official who
succeeds
governor
Birthdate Birthplace
01AlabamaKay Ivey (R)44/2017 (c)1/2023

1 (c)

2-4NoLG10/14/1940AL
02AlaskaMike Dunleavy (R)412/201812/2022

. . .

2-4YesLG5/4/1957PA
04ArizonaDoug Ducey (R)41/20151/2023

1

2-4(b)SS4/8/1960OH
05ArkansasAsa Hutchinson (R)41/20151/2023

1

2ANoLG12/2/1946AR
06CaliforniaGavin Newsom (D)41/20191/2023

. . .

2ANoLG10/9/1963CA
08ColoradoJared Polis (D)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-4YesLG5/11/1971CO
09ConnecticutNed Lamont (D)41/20191/2023

. . .

. . .YesLG1/2/1950DC
10DelawareJohn Carney (D)41/20171/2025

1

2ANoLG5/19/1952DE
12FloridaRon DeSantis (R)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-4YesLG9/13/1974FL
13GeorgiaBrian Kemp (R)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-4NoLG11/1/1959GA
15HawaiiDavid Ige (D)412/201412/2022

1

2-4YesLG6/25/1934NY
16IdahoBrad Little (R)41/20191/2023

. . .

. . .NoLG2/14/1950ID
17IllinoisJ.B. Pritzker (D)41/20191/2023

. . .

. . .YesLG1/18/1961CA
18IndianaEric Holcomb (R)41/20171/2025

1

2-12YesLG5/1/1964IN
19IowaKim Reynolds (R)45/2017 (d)1/2023

1 (d)

. . .YesLG8/3/1955IA
20KansasLaura Kelly (D)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-4YesLG1/23/1946NY
21KentuckyAndy Beshear (D)412/201912/2023

. . .

2-4YesLG11/28/1973KY
22LouisianaJohn Bel Edwards (D)41/20161/2024

1

2-4NoLG9/15/1962LA
23MaineJanet Mills (D)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-4(b)PS12/29/1943ME
24MarylandLarry Hogan (R)41/20151/2023

1

2-4YesLG5/24/1952DC
25MassachusettsCharlie Baker (R)41/20151/2023

1

. . .YesLG11/12/1952NY
26MichiganGretchen Whitmer (D)41/20191/2023

. . .

2AYesLG8/22/1967MI
27MinnesotaTim Walz (DFL)41/20191/2023

. . .

. . .YesLG4/5/1960NE
28MississippiTate Reeves (R)41/20201/2024

. . .

2AYesLG6/4/1970MS
29MissouriMike Parson (R)46/2018 (e)1/2025

1 (e)

2ANoLG9/16/1951MO
30MontanaGreg Gianforte (R)41/20211/2025

. . .

2-16YesLG4/16/1957CA
31NebraskaPete Ricketts (R)41/20151/2023

1

2-4YesLG8/18/1960NE
32NevadaSteve Sisolak (D)41/20191/2023

. . .

2ANoLG12/25/1949WI
33New HampshireChris Sununu (R)21/20171/2023

2

. . .(b)PS11/4/1970NH
34New JerseyPhil Murphy (D)41/20181/2026

1

2-4YesLG8/15/1953MA
35New MexicoMichelle Lujan Grisham (D)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-4YesLG10/23/1955NM
36New YorkKathy Hochul (D)48/2021 (k)1/2023

. . .

. . .YesLG8/26/1953NY
37North CarolinaRoy Cooper (D)41/20171/2025

1

2-4NoLG6/12/1953NC
38North DakotaDoug Burgum (R)412/201612/2024

1

. . .YesLG7/31/1952ND
39OhioMike DeWine (R)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-4YesLG1/4/1943OH
40OklahomaKevin Stitt (R)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-ANoLG12/27/1968OK
41OregonKate Brown (D)42/2015 (f)1/2023

1 (f)

2-12(b)SS3/4/1943WA
42PennsylvaniaTom Wolf (D)41/20151/2023

1

2-4YesLG11/16/1944PA
44Rhode IslandDan McKee (D)43/2021 (i)1/2023

. . .

2-4NoLG6/15/1947RI
45South CarolinaHenry McMaster (R)41/2017 (g)1/2023

1 (g)

2-4NoLG5/26/1943SC
46South DakotaKristi Noem (R)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-4YesLG11/29/1967SD
47TennesseeBill Lee (R)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-4NoSpS (h)10/8/1955TN
48TexasGreg Abbott (R)41/20151/2023

1

. . .NoLG11/12/1953TX
49UtahSpencer Cox (R)41/20211/2025

. . .

. . .YesLG7/10/1971UT
50VermontPhil Scott (R)21/20171/2023

2

. . .NoLG8/3/1954VT
51VirginiaGlenn Youngkin (R)41/20221/2026

. . .

1-4NoLG12/8/1962VA
53WashingtonJay Inslee (D)41/20131/2025

2

. . .NoLG2/8/1947WA
54West VirginiaJim Justice (R)41/20171/2025

1

2-4(b)PS (h)4/26/1947WV
55WisconsinTony Evers (D)41/20191/2023

. . .

. . .YesLG11/4/1947WI
56WyomingMark Gordon (R)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-16(b)SS3/13/1953NY
60American SamoaLemanu P.S. Mauga (D)41/20211/2025

. . .

2-4YesLG12/31/1944AS
66GuamLou Leon Guerrero (D)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-4YesLG11/7/1946Guam
69CNMI*Ralph Deleon Guerrero Torres (R)412/2015 (j)1/2023

1 (j)

2-4YesLG8/5/1975CNMI
72Puerto RicoPedro Pierluisi (PNP)41/20211/2025

. . .

. . .(b)SS4/25/1955PR
78U.S. Virgin IslandsAlbert Bryan (D)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-4YesLG2/20/1964USVI
78U.S. Virgin IslandsAlbert Bryan (D)41/20191/2023

. . .

2-4YesLG2/20/1964USVI

Source:

Source: The Council of State Governments, June 2023.

Key:

C Covenant.
D Democrat.
DFL Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.
I Independent.
PDP Popular Democratic Party.
PNP New Progressive Party.
R Republican.
LG Lieutenant Governor.
SS Secretary of State.
PS President of the Senate.
SpS Speaker of the Senate.
. . . Not applicable.
2A Two terms, absolute.
2-4 Two terms, re-eligible after four yrs.
2-12 Two terms, eligible for eight out of 12 yrs.
2-16 Two terms, eligible for eight out of 16 yrs.
1-4 One term, re-eligible after four years.
N/A Not available.

Footnotes:

(a)

The following also choose candidates for governor and lieutenant governor through a joint nomination process: Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, American Samoa, Guam, No. Mariana Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands.

(b)

No lieutenant governor.

(c)

Lt. Gov. Ivey took office on April 10, 2017, following the resignation of former governor Robert Bentley. She was elected to her first full term in November 2018.

(d)

Lt. Gov. Reynolds was sworn in as governor on May 24, 2017 when Gov. Branstad accepted the U.S. Ambassadorship to China. She was elected to her first full term in November 2018.

(e)

Lt. Gov. Parson was sworn in as governor in June 2018 after Eric Greitens resigned. He was elected to his first full term in November 2020.

(f)

Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown became governor on February 18, 2015, following Gov. John Kitzhaber’s resignation. Brown won a November 2016 special gubernatorial election to officially fill the position for the final two years of Gov. Kitzhaber’s term. She was elected for a full term in the 2018 general election.

(g)

Lt. Gov. McMaster was sworn in on January 24, 2017 after Gov. Nikki Haley resigned to become the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He was elected to a full term in the November 2018 general election.

(h)

Official bears the additional title of ” lieutenant governor.”

(i)

Lt. Gov. Dan McKee was sworn in as governor on March 2, 2021, after Gov. Gina Raimando was confirmed as the new U.S. secretary of commerce.

(j)

Torres became governor on Dec. 28, 2015 after Gov. Inos passed away. He was elected to a full term in November 2018.

(k)

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul was swon in as governor on August 24, 2021 after Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned.