List of current United States Governors

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The following is a list of incumbent United States Governors.

1 Demographics
2 State governors
3 Other executives
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Demographics

The longest-serving current governor is John Hoeven of North Dakota, with governor Rick Perry of Texas's tenure being the second-longest (only five days shorter). The newest governor is David Paterson of New York, who was sworn in March 17, 2008. The oldest current governor is Ruth Ann Minner, 73 of Delaware. The youngest current governor is Bobby Jindal, 36 of Louisiana. There are 42 men and 8 women currently serving as governors. There are 28 Democrats and 22 Republicans serving as governors. Two governors, Jon Corzine of New Jersey and Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, decline to accept their salaries due to their being multi-millionaires.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] State governors

In the table below, Seat Up indicates the year of the next election; the current term ends in January of the following year for all states except Alaska, Hawaii and Kentucky, where the term ends in December of the election year. 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 to retire at the end of the term.

Current Governor	State	Past	Party	Took office	Seat Up
Bob Riley	Alabama	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Sarah Palin	Alaska	List	Republican	2006	2010
Janet Napolitano	Arizona	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Mike Beebe	Arkansas	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Arnold Schwarzenegger	California	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Bill Ritter	Colorado	List	Democratic	2007	2010
M. Jodi Rell	Connecticut	List	Republican	2004	2010
Ruth Ann Minner	Delaware	List	Democratic	2001	2008 (term limits)
Charlie Crist	Florida	List	Republican	2007	2010
Sonny Perdue	Georgia	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Linda Lingle	Hawaii	List	Republican	2002	2010 (term limits)
Butch Otter	Idaho	List	Republican	2007	2010
Rod Blagojevich	Illinois	List	Democratic	2003	2010
Mitch Daniels	Indiana	List	Republican	2005	2008
Chet Culver	Iowa	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Kathleen Sebelius	Kansas	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Steve Beshear	Kentucky	List	Democratic	2007	2011
Bobby Jindal	Louisiana	List	Republican	2008	2011
John Baldacci	Maine	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Martin O'Malley	Maryland	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Deval Patrick	Massachusetts	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Jennifer Granholm	Michigan	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Tim Pawlenty	Minnesota	List	Republican	2003	2010
Haley Barbour	Mississippi	List	Republican	2004	2011 (term limits)
Matt Blunt	Missouri	List	Republican	2005	2008
Brian Schweitzer	Montana	List	Democratic	2005	2008
Dave Heineman	Nebraska	List	Republican	2005	2010
Jim Gibbons	Nevada	List	Republican	2007	2010
John Lynch	New Hampshire	List	Democratic	2005	2008
Jon Corzine	New Jersey	List	Democratic	2006	2009
Bill Richardson	New Mexico	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
David Paterson	New York	List	Democratic	2008	2010
Mike Easley	North Carolina	List	Democratic	2001	2008 (term limits)
John Hoeven	North Dakota	List	Republican	2000	2008
Ted Strickland	Ohio	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Brad Henry	Oklahoma	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Ted Kulongoski	Oregon	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Ed Rendell	Pennsylvania	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Donald Carcieri	Rhode Island	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Mark Sanford	South Carolina	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Mike Rounds	South Dakota	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Phil Bredesen	Tennessee	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Rick Perry	Texas	List	Republican	2000	2010
Jon Huntsman, Jr.	Utah	List	Republican	2005	2008
Jim Douglas	Vermont	List	Republican	2003	2008
Tim Kaine	Virginia	List	Democratic	2006	2009 (term limits)
Christine Gregoire	Washington	List	Democratic	2005	2008
Joe Manchin	West Virginia	List	Democratic	2005	2008
Jim Doyle	Wisconsin	List	Democratic	2003	2010
Dave Freudenthal	Wyoming	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)

[edit] Other executives

In addition to the states, several other areas belong to the United States. The governors of those areas are:

Executive	Territory	Past	Party	Took Office	Seat Up
Togiola Tulafono	American Samoa	List	Democratic	2003	2008
Adrian Fenty (mayor)	District of Columbia	List	Democratic	2007	2011
Felix Perez Camacho	Guam	List	Republican	2002	2010
Benigno R. Fitial	Northern Mariana Islands	List	Covenant	2006	2009
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	Puerto Rico	List	PPD (Democratic)	2004	2008
John de Jongh	U.S. Virgin Islands	List	Democratic	2007	2010