List of current United States governors

Party affiliation of current United States Governors

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The following is a list of incumbent governors of the states, and territories of the United States. There are currently 31 Republicans, 18 Democrats, and one independent that hold the office of governor in the states. Additionally, two Republicans, two Independents and two Democrats (one is also a member of the PPD) serve as governors of United States Territories and Mayor of the District of Columbia.

State governors

See also: Seals of the Governors of the U.S. States and Flags of the Governors of the U.S. States

The current term ends in January of the given year for every state except Alaska, Hawaii, and Kentucky, where the term ends in December of the year of election. The notation (term limits) after the year indicates that the current governor is ineligible to seek re-election in that year; the notation (retiring) indicates that the current governor has announced their intention not to seek re-election at the end of the term or to run for another office.

      Democratic       Republican       Independent

State	Picture	Current Governor	Party	Prior public experience	Took office	Term ends	Past
Alabama		Robert J. Bentley	Republican	Alabama House	January 17, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Alaska		Bill Walker	Independent	Mayor of Valdez, Valdez City Council	December 1, 2014	2018	List
Arizona		Doug Ducey	Republican	Treasurer	January 5, 2015	2019	List
Arkansas		Asa Hutchinson	Republican	Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border & Transportation Security, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. House, U.S. Attorney	January 13, 2015	2019	List
California		Jerry Brown	Democratic	34th Governor (1975–83), Attorney General, Mayor of Oakland, Secretary of State	January 3, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Colorado		John Hickenlooper	Democratic	Mayor of Denver	January 11, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Connecticut		Dannel Malloy	Democratic	Mayor of Stamford	January 5, 2011	2019	List
75px Delaware		Jack Markell	Democratic	Treasurer	January 20, 2009	2017 (term limits)	List
Florida		Rick Scott	Republican	No prior public experience	January 4, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Georgia		Nathan Deal	Republican	U.S. House, Georgia Senate	January 10, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Hawaii		David Ige	Democratic	Hawaii Senate, Hawaii House	December 1, 2014	2018	List
Idaho		Butch Otter	Republican	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor, Idaho House	January 1, 2007	2019 (retiring)	List
Illinois		Bruce Rauner	Republican	No prior public experience	January 12, 2015	2019	List
Indiana		Mike Pence	Republican	U.S. House	January 14, 2013	2017	List
Iowa		Terry Branstad	Republican	39th Governor (1983–99), Lieutenant Governor, Iowa House	January 14, 2011	2019	List
Kansas	75px	Sam Brownback	Republican	U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Kansas Secretary of Agriculture	January 10, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Kentucky		Matt Bevin	Republican	No prior public experience	December 8, 2015	2019	List
Louisiana	John Bel Edwards	John Bel Edwards	Democratic	Minority Leader of the Louisiana House of Representatives	January 11, 2016	2020	List
Maine		Paul LePage	Republican	Mayor of Waterville	January 5, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Maryland		Larry Hogan	Republican	Maryland Secretary of Appointments	January 21, 2015	2019	List
Massachusetts		Charlie Baker	Republican	Swampscott Selectman, Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance, Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services	January 8, 2015	2019	List
Michigan		Rick Snyder	Republican	No prior public experience	January 1, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
75px Minnesota	75px	Mark Dayton	Democratic	U.S. Senate, Auditor	January 3, 2011	2019 (retiring)	List
Mississippi		Phil Bryant	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Auditor, Mississippi House	January 10, 2012	2020 (term limits)	List
75px Missouri		Jay Nixon	Democratic	Attorney General, Missouri Senate	January 12, 2009	2017 (term limits)	List
75px Montana	75px	Steve Bullock	Democratic	Attorney General	January 7, 2013	2017	List
Nebraska		Pete Ricketts	Republican	No prior public experience	January 8, 2015	2019	List
Nevada		Brian Sandoval	Republican	U.S. District Court Judge, Attorney General, Nevada Assembly	January 3, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
New Hampshire		Maggie Hassan	Democratic	New Hampshire Senate	January 3, 2013	2017 (retiring)	List
New Jersey		Chris Christie	Republican	United States Attorney, Morris County Freeholder	January 19, 2010	2018 (term limits)	List
New Mexico		Susana Martinez	Republican	District Attorney of Doña Ana County	January 1, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
New York		Andrew Cuomo	Democratic	Attorney General, U.S. Secretary of HUD	January 1, 2011	2019	List
North Carolina		Pat McCrory	Republican	Mayor of Charlotte	January 5, 2013	2017	List
North Dakota		Jack Dalrymple	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, North Dakota House	December 7, 2010	2016 (retiring)	List
75px Ohio	75px	John Kasich	Republican	U.S. House, Ohio Senate	January 10, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Oklahoma	75px	Mary Fallin	Republican	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor, Oklahoma House	January 10, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
75px Oregon		Kate Brown	Democratic	Secretary of State, Oregon Senate, Oregon House	February 18, 2015	2016	List
Pennsylvania		Tom Wolf	Democratic	Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue	January 20, 2015	2019	List
Rhode Island		Gina Raimondo	Democratic	Treasurer	January 6, 2015	2019	List
South Carolina		Nikki Haley	Republican	South Carolina House	January 12, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
South Dakota		Dennis Daugaard	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, South Dakota Senate	January 8, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
75px Tennessee		Bill Haslam	Republican	Mayor of Knoxville	January 15, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Texas		Greg Abbott	Republican	Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court	January 20, 2015	2019	List
Utah		Gary Herbert	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Utah County Commissioner	August 11, 2009	2017	List
Vermont		Peter Shumlin	Democratic	Vermont Senate, Vermont House	January 6, 2011	2017 (retiring)	List
Virginia		Terry McAuliffe	Democratic	Chair of the Democratic National Committee	January 11, 2014	2018 (term limits)	List
Washington		Jay Inslee	Democratic	U.S. House, Washington House	January 16, 2013	2017	List
West Virginia		Earl Ray Tomblin	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor, West Virginia Senate, West Virginia House	November 15, 2010	2017 (term limits)	List
Wisconsin		Scott Walker	Republican	Executive of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Assembly	January 3, 2011	2019	List
Wyoming		Matt Mead	Republican	United States Attorney	January 3, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List

United States Territories and the District of Columbia

The following are governors and other executives of each of the territories, and the District of Columbia:

      Democratic       Republican       Independent

Territory	Picture	Current Executive	Party	Prior experience	Took Office	Term ends	Past
American Samoa		Lolo Matalasi Moliga	Independent	American Samoa Senate, American Samoa House of Representatives	January 3, 2013	2017	List
75px District of Columbia*		Muriel Bowser	Democratic	Council of the District of Columbia	January 2, 2015	2019	List
Guam		Eddie Calvo	Republican	Legislature of Guam	January 3, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Northern Mariana Islands		Ralph Torres	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Northern Mariana Islands Legislature	December 29, 2015	2019	List
Puerto Rico		Alejandro García Padilla	Popular Democratic/ Democratic	Puerto Rico Senate	January 2, 2013	2017	List
U.S. Virgin Islands		Kenneth Mapp	Independent	Lieutenant Governor, Legislature of the Virgin Islands	January 5, 2015	2019	List

^* Executive of D.C. is titled "Mayor".

See also

• Governor (United States)
• Seals of Governors of the U.S. States
• Flags of Governors of the U.S. States
• List of current United States lieutenant governors
• List of female governors in the United States
• List of current United States first spouses
• National Governors Association
• Oldest living United States governors

References

External links

• http://www.nga.org/cms/home.html National Governors Association