Table 4.1

The Governors: 2023

Data publication year: 2023 (showing) 2022

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
01	Alabama	Kay Ivey (R)	4	4/2017 (c)	1/2023	1 (c)	2-4	No	LG	10/14/1940	AL
02	Alaska	Mike Dunleavy (R)	4	12/2018	12/2022	. . .	2-4	Yes	LG	5/4/1957	PA
04	Arizona	Doug Ducey (R)	4	1/2015	1/2023	1	2-4	(b)	SS	4/8/1960	OH
05	Arkansas	Asa Hutchinson (R)	4	1/2015	1/2023	1	2A	No	LG	12/2/1946	AR
06	California	Gavin Newsom (D)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2A	No	LG	10/9/1963	CA
08	Colorado	Jared Polis (D)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-4	Yes	LG	5/11/1971	CO
09	Connecticut	Ned Lamont (D)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	. . .	Yes	LG	1/2/1950	DC
10	Delaware	John Carney (D)	4	1/2017	1/2025	1	2A	No	LG	5/19/1952	DE
12	Florida	Ron DeSantis (R)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-4	Yes	LG	9/13/1974	FL
13	Georgia	Brian Kemp (R)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-4	No	LG	11/1/1959	GA
15	Hawaii	David Ige (D)	4	12/2014	12/2022	1	2-4	Yes	LG	6/25/1934	NY
16	Idaho	Brad Little (R)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	. . .	No	LG	2/14/1950	ID
17	Illinois	J.B. Pritzker (D)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	. . .	Yes	LG	1/18/1961	CA
18	Indiana	Eric Holcomb (R)	4	1/2017	1/2025	1	2-12	Yes	LG	5/1/1964	IN
19	Iowa	Kim Reynolds (R)	4	5/2017 (d)	1/2023	1 (d)	. . .	Yes	LG	8/3/1955	IA
20	Kansas	Laura Kelly (D)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-4	Yes	LG	1/23/1946	NY
21	Kentucky	Andy Beshear (D)	4	12/2019	12/2023	. . .	2-4	Yes	LG	11/28/1973	KY
22	Louisiana	John Bel Edwards (D)	4	1/2016	1/2024	1	2-4	No	LG	9/15/1962	LA
23	Maine	Janet Mills (D)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-4	(b)	PS	12/29/1943	ME
24	Maryland	Larry Hogan (R)	4	1/2015	1/2023	1	2-4	Yes	LG	5/24/1952	DC
25	Massachusetts	Charlie Baker (R)	4	1/2015	1/2023	1	. . .	Yes	LG	11/12/1952	NY
26	Michigan	Gretchen Whitmer (D)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2A	Yes	LG	8/22/1967	MI
27	Minnesota	Tim Walz (DFL)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	. . .	Yes	LG	4/5/1960	NE
28	Mississippi	Tate Reeves (R)	4	1/2020	1/2024	. . .	2A	Yes	LG	6/4/1970	MS
29	Missouri	Mike Parson (R)	4	6/2018 (e)	1/2025	1 (e)	2A	No	LG	9/16/1951	MO
30	Montana	Greg Gianforte (R)	4	1/2021	1/2025	. . .	2-16	Yes	LG	4/16/1957	CA
31	Nebraska	Pete Ricketts (R)	4	1/2015	1/2023	1	2-4	Yes	LG	8/18/1960	NE
32	Nevada	Steve Sisolak (D)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2A	No	LG	12/25/1949	WI
33	New Hampshire	Chris Sununu (R)	2	1/2017	1/2023	2	. . .	(b)	PS	11/4/1970	NH
34	New Jersey	Phil Murphy (D)	4	1/2018	1/2026	1	2-4	Yes	LG	8/15/1953	MA
35	New Mexico	Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-4	Yes	LG	10/23/1955	NM
36	New York	Kathy Hochul (D)	4	8/2021 (k)	1/2023	. . .	. . .	Yes	LG	8/26/1953	NY
37	North Carolina	Roy Cooper (D)	4	1/2017	1/2025	1	2-4	No	LG	6/12/1953	NC
38	North Dakota	Doug Burgum (R)	4	12/2016	12/2024	1	. . .	Yes	LG	7/31/1952	ND
39	Ohio	Mike DeWine (R)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-4	Yes	LG	1/4/1943	OH
40	Oklahoma	Kevin Stitt (R)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-A	No	LG	12/27/1968	OK
41	Oregon	Kate Brown (D)	4	2/2015 (f)	1/2023	1 (f)	2-12	(b)	SS	3/4/1943	WA
42	Pennsylvania	Tom Wolf (D)	4	1/2015	1/2023	1	2-4	Yes	LG	11/16/1944	PA
44	Rhode Island	Dan McKee (D)	4	3/2021 (i)	1/2023	. . .	2-4	No	LG	6/15/1947	RI
45	South Carolina	Henry McMaster (R)	4	1/2017 (g)	1/2023	1 (g)	2-4	No	LG	5/26/1943	SC
46	South Dakota	Kristi Noem (R)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-4	Yes	LG	11/29/1967	SD
47	Tennessee	Bill Lee (R)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-4	No	SpS (h)	10/8/1955	TN
48	Texas	Greg Abbott (R)	4	1/2015	1/2023	1	. . .	No	LG	11/12/1953	TX
49	Utah	Spencer Cox (R)	4	1/2021	1/2025	. . .	. . .	Yes	LG	7/10/1971	UT
50	Vermont	Phil Scott (R)	2	1/2017	1/2023	2	. . .	No	LG	8/3/1954	VT
51	Virginia	Glenn Youngkin (R)	4	1/2022	1/2026	. . .	1-4	No	LG	12/8/1962	VA
53	Washington	Jay Inslee (D)	4	1/2013	1/2025	2	. . .	No	LG	2/8/1947	WA
54	West Virginia	Jim Justice (R)	4	1/2017	1/2025	1	2-4	(b)	PS (h)	4/26/1947	WV
55	Wisconsin	Tony Evers (D)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	. . .	Yes	LG	11/4/1947	WI
56	Wyoming	Mark Gordon (R)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-16	(b)	SS	3/13/1953	NY
60	American Samoa	Lemanu P.S. Mauga (D)	4	1/2021	1/2025	. . .	2-4	Yes	LG	12/31/1944	AS
66	Guam	Lou Leon Guerrero (D)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-4	Yes	LG	11/7/1946	Guam
69	CNMI*	Ralph Deleon Guerrero Torres (R)	4	12/2015 (j)	1/2023	1 (j)	2-4	Yes	LG	8/5/1975	CNMI
72	Puerto Rico	Pedro Pierluisi (PNP)	4	1/2021	1/2025	. . .	. . .	(b)	SS	4/25/1955	PR
78	U.S. Virgin Islands	Albert Bryan (D)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-4	Yes	LG	2/20/1964	USVI
78	U.S. Virgin Islands	Albert Bryan (D)	4	1/2019	1/2023	. . .	2-4	Yes	LG	2/20/1964	USVI

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.