List of current United States governors

The following is a list of incumbent governors of the states and territories of the United States as well as the Mayor of the District of Columbia. Among the states, there are 33 Republicans, 16 Democrats, and 1 independent (Alaska) holding the office of governor. Additionally, there are 2 Republicans (Guam and Northern Mariana Islands), 1 Democrat (American Samoa) and 1 independent (U.S. Virgin Islands) 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.

State governors

The current term ends in January of the given year for every state except for Alaska, Hawaii, North Dakota, 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.

Democratic (16) Republican (33) Independent (1)
State	Photo	Governor	Party		Prior public experience	Inauguration	End of term	Past Governors
Alabama		Kay Ivey		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer	April 10, 2017	2019	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	Governor (1975–1983), 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 (retiring)	List
Delaware		John Carney		Democratic	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware	January 17, 2017	2021	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	File:Governor Eric Holcomb 2018 State of the State Address (cropped).jpg	Eric Holcomb		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Chief of Staff to Senator Dan Coats, Chair of the Indiana Republican Party, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor of Indiana	January 9, 2017	2021	List
Iowa		Kim Reynolds		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Iowa Senate	May 24, 2017	2019	List
Kansas		Jeff Colyer		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Kansas Senate, Kansas House	January 31, 2018	2019	List
Kentucky		Matt Bevin		Republican	No prior public experience	December 8, 2015	2019	List
Louisiana		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
Minnesota		Mark Dayton		Democratic-Farmer-Labor	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
Missouri		Mike Parson		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Missouri Senate, Missouri House of Representatives, Sheriff of Polk County	June 1, 2018	2021	List
Montana		Steve Bullock		Democratic	Attorney General	January 7, 2013	2021 (term limits)	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	File:Christopher T Sununu.jpg	Chris Sununu		Republican	Member of the New Hampshire Executive Council	January 5, 2017	2019	List
New Jersey		Phil Murphy		Democratic	United States Ambassador, Finance Chair of the Democratic National Committee	January 16, 2018	2022	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	2018^[1]	List
North Carolina		Roy Cooper		Democratic	Attorney General, North Carolina Senate, North Carolina House	January 1, 2017	2021	List
North Dakota		Doug Burgum		Republican	No prior public experience	December 15, 2016	2020	List
Ohio		John Kasich		Republican	U.S. House, Ohio Senate	January 10, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Oklahoma		Mary Fallin		Republican	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor, Oklahoma House	January 10, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Oregon		Kate Brown		Democratic	Secretary of State, Oregon Senate, Oregon House	February 18, 2015	2019	List
Pennsylvania		Tom Wolf		Democratic	Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue	January 20, 2015	2019	List
Rhode Island		Gina Raimondo		Democratic	General Treasurer	January 6, 2015	2019	List
South Carolina	File:South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster (cropped).jpg	Henry McMaster		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Chair of the South Carolina Republican Party, U.S. Attorney	January 24, 2017	2019	List
South Dakota		Dennis Daugaard		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, South Dakota Senate	January 8, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Tennessee		Bill Haslam		Republican	Mayor of Knoxville	January 15, 2011	2019 (term limits)	List
Texas		Greg Abbott		Republican	Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court	January 20, 2015	2019	List
Utah		Gary Herbert		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Utah County Commissioner	August 11, 2009	2021 (retiring)	List
Vermont		Phil Scott		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Vermont Senate	January 5, 2017	2019	List
Virginia		Ralph Northam		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor, Virginia Senate	January 13, 2018	2022 (term limits)	List
Washington		Jay Inslee		Democratic	U.S. House, Washington House	January 16, 2013	2021	List
West Virginia		Jim Justice		Republican ^{[note 1]}	No prior public experience	January 16, 2017	2021	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

Territorial governors

The following hold the gubernatorial offices of the United States territories.

Democratic (1) Republican (2) New Progressive (1) Independent (1)
Territory	Photo	Governor	Party		Prior Public Experience	Inauguration	End of Term	Past Governors
American Samoa		Lolo Matalasi Moliga		Democratic ^{[note 2]}	American Samoa Senate, American Samoa House of Representatives	January 3, 2013	2021	List
File:Seal of the Governor of Guam.png Guam		Eddie Baza 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	File:Ricardo Rossello (cropped).jpg	Ricardo Rosselló	style="background:Template:New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico/meta/color"\|	New Progressive, Democratic	No prior public experience	January 2, 2017	2021	List
U.S. Virgin Islands		Kenneth Mapp		Independent	Lieutenant Governor, Legislature of the Virgin Islands	January 5, 2015	2019	List

Mayor of the District of Columbia

The following holds the mayoralty of the District of Columbia.

Democratic (1) Republican (0) Independent (0)
District	Photo	Mayor	Party		Prior Public Experience	Inauguration	End of Term	Past Mayors
District of Columbia		Muriel Bowser		Democratic	Council of the District of Columbia	January 2, 2015	2019	List

Notes

^ Justice was elected as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party six months into his term.^[2]
^ Moliga was elected as an Independent, but switched to the Democratic Party in 2015.

References

^ NY gubernatorial terms begin at mid-night New Year's Day.
^ "West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican". New York Times. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.

External links

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

[3] Justice was elected as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party six months into his term.^[2]

[4] Moliga was elected as an Independent, but switched to the Democratic Party in 2015.

[1] NY gubernatorial terms begin at mid-night New Year's Day.

[2] "West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican". New York Times. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.

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