List of United States governors
Each state and territory of the United States has a governor as its chief executive officer and the District of Columbia has a mayor. Among the states, there are 27 Republicans and 23 Democrats. Additionally, there is one Republican (Northern Mariana Islands) and 3 Democrats (American Samoa, Guam and U.S. Virgin Island) holding offices in the U.S. territories; furthermore Ricky Rosselló (Puerto Rico) is registered with the New Progressive Party but nationally affiliated as a Democrat. The Mayor of the District of Columbia, Muriel Bowser, is a Democrat.
Generally, the governor of a U.S. state is the head of state and head of government or chief executive officer of their respective state.
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State governors[edit]
The current term ends in January of the given year for every state except for Alaska, Hawaii, North Dakota, New York, and Kentucky, where the term ends in December of that year's 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 his or her intention not to seek re-election at the end of the term nor to run for another office.
Territory governors[edit]
The following hold the gubernatorial offices of the United States territories.
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Democratic (3) Republican (1) New Progressive (1) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Territory | Photo | Governor | Party | Prior Public Experience | Inauguration | End of Term | Past Governors | |
| Lolo Matalasi Moliga | Democratic [note 2] |
American Samoa Senate, American Samoa House of Representatives | January 3, 2013 | 2021 (term limits) | List | |||
| Lou Leon Guerrero | Democratic | Senator of the Guam Legislature | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
| Ralph Torres | Republican | Lieutenant Governor, Northern Mariana Islands Legislature | December 29, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | List | |||
| Ricardo Rosselló | New Progressive, Democratic | No prior public experience | January 2, 2017 | 2021 | List | |||
| Albert Bryan | Democratic | Commissioner of V.I. Department of Labor | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | List | |||
Federal district governor[edit]
The following holds the mayoralty of the District of Columbia.
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Democratic (1) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal district | Photo | Mayor | Party | Prior Public Experience | Inauguration | End of Term | Past Mayors | |
| Muriel Bowser | Democratic | Council of the District of Columbia | January 2, 2015 | 2023 | List | |||
See also[edit]
- 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
- List of U.S. state governors born outside the United States
- List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States
- List of current United States governors by age
Notes[edit]
- ^ Justice was elected as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party six months into his term.[2]
- ^ Officially, the governor of American Samoa is a non-partisan position, but officeholders do affiliate with political parties at the national level. Moliga was elected as an Independent, but switched to the Democratic Party in 2015.
References[edit]
- ^ NY gubernatorial terms begin at midnight New Year's Day.
- ^ "West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican". New York Times. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.