Table 6.1

State Executive Branch Officials to be Elected: 2023-2027

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jurisdiction		 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
01Alabama✕(a)✕G,LG,AG,AR,A,SS,T (a)

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02Alaska✕n/a✕G,LG

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04Arizona✕(b)✕G,AG,SS,SP,T (b)

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05Arkansas✕✕✕G,LG,AG,A,SS,T (c)

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06California✕✕✕G,LG,AG,C,CI,SS,SP,T (d)

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08Colorado✕(e)✕G,LG,AG,SS,T (e)

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09Connecticut✕✕✕G,LG,AG,C,SS,T

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10Delaware✕G,LG,CI✕AG,A,T

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12Florida✕✕✕G,LG,AG,AR,CFO

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13Georgia✕(f)✕G,LG,AG,AR,CI,SS,SP (f)

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15Hawaii✕✕✕G,LG

✕
16Idaho✕✕✕G,LG,AG,C,SS,SP,T

✕
17Illinois✕✕✕G,LG,AG,C,SS,T

✕
18Indiana✕G,LG,AG,SP✕A,SS,T

✕
19Iowa✕✕✕G,LG,AG,AR,A,SS,T

✕
20Kansas✕✕✕G,LG,AG,CI,SS,T

✕
21KentuckyG,LG,AG,AR,A,SS,T✕✕✕

G,LG,AG,AR,A,SS, T
22LouisianaG,LG,AG,AR,CI,SS,T(g)✕(g)

G,LG,AG,AR,CI,SS,T
23Maine (h)✕✕✕G

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24Maryland✕✕✕G,LG,AG,C

✕
25Massachusetts✕✕✕G,LG,AG,A,SS,T

✕
26Michigan✕(i)✕G,LG,AG,SS (i)

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27Minnesota✕✕✕G,LG,AG,A,SS

✕
28MississippiG,LG,AG,AR,A,CI,SS,T✕✕✕

G,LG,AG,AR,A,CI,SS,T
29Missouri✕G,LG,AG,SS,T✕A

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30Montana✕G,LG,AG,A,SS,SP (j)✕(j)

✕
31Nebraska✕(k)✕G,LG,AG,A,SS,T (k)

✕
32Nevada✕✕✕G,LG,AG,C,SS,T

✕
33New Hampshire✕G✕G

✕
34New Jersey✕✕G, LG✕

✕
35New Mexico✕(l)✕G,LG,AG,A,SS,T (l)

✕
36New York✕✕✕G,LG,AG,C

✕
37North Carolina✕G,LG,AG,AR,A,CI,SS,SP,T (m)✕✕

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38North Dakota✕G,LG,A,CI,SP,T (n)✕AG,AR,SS (n)

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39Ohio✕✕✕G,LG,AG,A,SS,T

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40Oklahoma✕(p)✕G,LG,AG,A,CI,SP,T (p)

✕
41Oregon✕AG,SS,T✕G (r)

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42Pennsylvania✕AG,A,T✕G,LG

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44Rhode Island✕✕✕G,LG,AG,SS,T

✕
45South Carolina✕✕✕G,LG,AG,AR,C,SS,SP,T (s)

✕
46South Dakota✕(t)✕G,LG,AG,A,SS,SP,T (t)

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47Tennessee✕✕✕G

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48Texas✕(u)✕G,LG,AG,AR,C (u)

✕
49Utah✕G,LG,AG,A,T✕✕

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50Vermont✕G,LG,AG,A,SS,T✕G,LG,AG,A,SS,T

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51Virginia✕✕G,LG,AG✕

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53Washington✕G,LG,AG,A,CI,SS,SP,T (q)✕✕

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54West Virginia✕G,AG,AR,A,SS,T✕✕

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55Wisconsin✕✕SPG,LG,AG,SS,T

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56Wyoming✕✕✕G,A,SS,SP,T

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60American Samoa✕G,LG✕✕

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66Guam✕A✕G,LG,AG

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69CNMI*✕✕✕G,LG

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72Puerto Rico✕G✕✕

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78U.S. Virgin Islands✕✕✕G,LG

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Source:

Sources: The Council of State Governments' survey of state election office websites, April 2023.

Notes:

This table shows the executive branch officials up for election in a given year. Footnotes indicate other offices (e.g., commissioners of labor, public service, etc.) also up for election in a given year. The data contained in this table reflect information available at press time.

Key:

✕ — No regularly scheduled elections of state executive officials.
G — Governor.
LG — Lieutenant Governor.
AG — Attorney General.
AR — Agriculture.
A — Auditor.
C — Comptroller/Controller.
CFO — Chief Financial Officer.
CI — Commissioner of Insurance.
SS — Secretary of State.
SP — Superintendent of Public Instruction or Commissioner of Education.
T — Treasurer.

Footnotes:

(a)

Public Service Commissioner (3): 2022 – 2 seats (associate commissioners); 2024 – 1 seat (president); 2026 – 2 seats (associate commissioners).
(b)

Corporation Commissioner (5) – 4-year term: 2022 – 2 seats; 2024 – 3 seats; 2026 – 2 seats. State Mine Inspector – 4-year term, 2022 and 2026.
(c)

Commissioner of State Lands – 4-year term.
(d)

Four (4) Board of Equalization members are elected to serve four-year concurrent terms. The state controller is the fifth member of the Board.
(e)

University of Colorado Board of Regents (9, one elected from each of the state’s congressional districts and two at-large members) – 2022 – 1 statewide, 2 districts; 2024 – 1 statewide, 2 districts; 2026 – 1 statewide, 2 districts.
(f)

Commissioner of Labor – 4-year term, 2022; Public Service Commissioner (5) – 6-year term, 2022 – 1, 2024 – 2, 2026 – 2.
(g)

Public Service Commissioner (5) – 6-year term, 2022 – 2, 2024 – 1, 2026 – 2.
(h)

The Maine legislature elects constitutional officers (AG,SS,T) for 2-year terms; the auditor was elected by the legislature in 2020 and serves a 4-year term.
(i)

Michigan State University trustees (8) – 8-year term, 2022 – 2; 2024 – 2; 2026 -2. University of Michigan regents (8) – 8-year term, 2022 – 2; 2024 – 2; 2026 -2. Wayne State University governors (8) – 8 year term, 2022 – 2, 2024 – 2; 2026 – 2. State Board of Education (8) – 8 year term, 2022 – 2, 2024 – 2, 2026 – 2.
(j)

Public Service Commissioner (5) – 4-year term, 2022 – 2; 2024 – 3; 2026 – 2.
(k)

Public Service Commissioner (5) – 6-year term, 2022 – 2; 2024 -2; 2026 – 1.
(l)

Commissioner of Public Lands – 4-year term, 2022 and 2026; Public Education Commission (10) – 4-year terms, 2022 – 5; 2024 – 5, 2026 – 5. Public Regulation Commissioner (5) – 4-year terms, 2022 – 3, 2024 – 2, 2026 – 3.
(m)

Commissioner of Labor – 4-year term.
(n)

Tax Commissioner – 4-year term, 2022; Public Service Commissioner (3) – 6-year term, 2022 – 1, 2024 – 1, 2026 – 1.
(p)

Commissioner of Labor – 4-year term, 2022; Corporation Commissioner (3) – 6-year term, 2022 – 1, 2024 – 1, 2026 – 1.
(q)

Commissioner of Public Lands – 4-year term.
(r)

Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, 4-year term.
(s)

Adjutant General – 4-year term.
(t)

The title is Commissioner of Schools and Public Lands, 2022 and 2026; Public Utility Commissioner (3) – 6-year term, 2022 – 1, 2024 – 1, 2026 – 1.
(u)

Commissioner of General Land Office – 4-year term, 2022 and 2026; Railroad Commissioner (3) – 6-year term, 2022 – 1, 2024 -1; 2026 – 1.