The Green Papers: 2012 General Election |
2012 Governor's Chairs by State |
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Arkansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Mike Beebe First elected: 2006, re-elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit |
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California 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr. First elected: 2010 (Governor Brown served 2 terms as Governor-- from 1975 through 1983) Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Colorado 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor John W. Hickenlooper First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Connecticut 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Dannel P. "Dan" Malloy First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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Delaware 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Jack A. Markell Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 First elected: 2008 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Renominated - 11 September 2012 Primary |
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Hawaii 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Neil Abercrombie First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Illinois 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Patrick "Pat" Quinn As Lieutenant Governor, entered office 29 January 2009 upon the removal from office of Governor Rod Blagojevich. First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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Kentucky 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Steven L. "Steve" Beshear First elected: 2007; re-elected: 2011 Chair up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2015 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At Term Limit |
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Maryland 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Martin O'Malley First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair |
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Massachusetts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Deval L. Patrick First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 Open Chair - March 2012: Announced he is not running for re-election in 2014. |
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Minnesota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Mark Dayton First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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Missouri 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Jeremiah W. "Jay" Nixon Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 First elected: 2008 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Renominated - 7 August 2012 Primary |
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Montana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Open |
Democratic | Governor Brian Schweitzer First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At Term Limit |
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  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Open |
Democratic | Governor John H. Lynch First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2006, 2008, 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 Open Chair - 15 September 2011: Announced he will not run for re-election. |
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  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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North Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Open |
Democratic | Governor Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue First elected: 2008 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Open Chair - 26 January 2012: Announced that she will not seek reelection in 2012. |
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  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Oregon 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor John A. Kitzhaber First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Peter Shumlin Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 First elected: 2010 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 Renominated - 28 August 2012 Primary |
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If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election, the state Legislature chooses the next Governor. | |||||
Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Open |
Democratic | Governor Christine "Chris" Gregoire First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008 Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 Open Chair - 13 June 2011: "Today, I say I will not run for a third term as governor ...." |
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  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
West Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Democratic | Governor Earl Ray Tomblin Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 Ascended to the Governor's chair as acting Governor when Governor Joe Manchin, III resigned to take office as a U.S. Senator: 15 November 2010. First elected in a Special Election: 4 October 2011. Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Renominated - 8 May 2012 Primary elected in Special Election: Tuesday 4 October 2011. Next regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
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Democratic-Nonpartisan League | |
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Constitution | |
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Liberty Union | |
Marijuana | |
Mountain | |
Progressive | |
Working Families | |
Independents | |
Independent | |
No Party Preference | |
Unaffiliated | |
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
Scattering | |
Write-in |
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