Chapter 4: State Executive Branch

Table 4.1: The Governors: 2022

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

Official who
succeeds
governor

Birthdate

Birthplace

Kay Ivey (R)

4/2017

1/2023

2-4

10/15/1944

Mike Dunleavy (R)

12/2018

12/2022

. . .

2-4

Yes

5/5/1961

Doug Ducey (R)

1/2015

1/2023

2-4

4/9/1964

Asa Hutchinson (R)

1/2015

1/2023

12/3/1950

Gavin Newsom (D)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

10/10/1967

Jared Polis (D)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2-4

Yes

5/12/1975

Ned Lamont (D)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

Yes

1/3/1954

John Carney (D)

1/2017

1/2025

5/20/1956

Ron DeSantis (R)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2-4

Yes

9/14/1978

Brian Kemp (R)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2-4

11/2/1963

David Ige (D)

12/2014

12/2022

2-4

Yes

6/26/1938

Brad Little (R)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2/15/1954

J.B. Pritzker (D)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

Yes

1/19/1965

Eric Holcomb (R)

1/2017

1/2025

2-12

Yes

5/2/1968

Kim Reynolds (R)

5/2017

1/2023

. . .

Yes

8/4/1959

Laura Kelly (D)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2-4

Yes

1/24/1950

Andy Beshear (D)

12/2019

12/2023

. . .

2-4

Yes

11/29/1977

John Bel Edwards (D)

1/2016

1/2024

2-4

9/16/1966

Janet Mills (D)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2-4

12/30/1947

Larry Hogan (R)

1/2015

1/2023

2-4

Yes

5/25/1956

Charlie Baker (R)

1/2015

1/2023

. . .

Yes

11/13/1956

Gretchen Whitmer (D)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

Yes

8/23/1971

Tim Walz (DFL)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

Yes

4/6/1964

Tate Reeves (R)

1/2020

1/2024

. . .

Yes

6/5/1974

Mike Parson (R)

6/2018

1/2025

9/17/1955

Greg Gianforte (R)

1/2021

1/2025

. . .

2-16

Yes

4/17/1961

Pete Ricketts (R)

1/2015

1/2023

2-4

Yes

8/19/1964

Steve Sisolak (D)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

12/26/1953

Chris Sununu (R)

1/2017

1/2023

. . .

11/5/1974

Phil Murphy (D)

1/2018

1/2026

2-4

Yes

8/16/1957

Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2-4

Yes

10/24/1959

Kathy Hochul (D)

8/2021

1/2023

. . .

Yes

8/27/1957

Roy Cooper (D)

1/2017

1/2025

2-4

6/13/1957

Doug Burgum (R)

12/2016

12/2024

. . .

Yes

8/1/1956

Mike DeWine (R)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2-4

Yes

1/5/1947

Kevin Stitt (R)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2-A

12/28/1972

Kate Brown (D)

2/2015

1/2023

2-12

3/5/1947

Tom Wolf (D)

1/2015

1/2023

2-4

Yes

11/17/1948

Dan McKee (D)

3/2021

1/2023

. . .

2-4

6/16/1951

Henry McMaster (R)

1/2017

1/2023

2-4

5/27/1947

Kristi Noem (R)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2-4

Yes

11/30/1971

Bill Lee (R)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2-4

SpS

10/9/1959

Greg Abbott (R)

1/2015

1/2023

. . .

11/13/1957

Spencer Cox (R)

1/2021

1/2025

. . .

Yes

7/11/1975

Phil Scott (R)

1/2017

1/2023

. . .

8/4/1958

Glenn Youngkin (R)

1/2022

1/2026

. . .

1-4

12/9/1966

Jay Inslee (D)

1/2013

1/2025

. . .

2/9/1951

Jim Justice (R)

1/2017

1/2025

2-4

4/27/1951

Tony Evers (D)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

Yes

11/5/1951

Mark Gordon (R)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2-16

3/14/1957

Lemanu P.S. Mauga (D)

1/2021

1/2025

. . .

2-4

Yes

1/1/1949

Lou Leon Guerrero (D)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2-4

Yes

11/8/1950

Guam

Ralph Deleon Guerrero Torres (R)

12/2015

1/2023

2-4

Yes

8/6/1979

CNMI

Pedro Pierluisi (PNP)

1/2021

1/2025

. . .

4/26/1959

Albert Bryan (D)

1/2019

1/2023

. . .

2-4

Yes

2/21/1968

USVI

Source: The Council of State Governments, June 2022.

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:

*	Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
(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.