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Experience

I think this page should match the US Presidents page and instead of having Public experience, it should just list Government experience and therefore accept Military experience as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.47.212.54 (talk) 21:13, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Error Fixed

Made the change while not logged in but edited Florida's governor's color to reflect that he is a Indep. and not a Dem. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Salestron (talk • contribs) 17:11, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Repeated information

Information about the longest-serving governors is already covered under the "Tenure" subheading of the "Demographics" heading. Why do we need it repeated under "Seat Up"? Memworking (talk) 13:56, 26 January 2009 (UTC) Memworking

picture

The KY governor's picture is a bad one- difficult to see the face. Anything better out there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.118.68.135 (talk) 02:09, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

redirect question

Where can this page re-direct?? 66.245.110.129 01:38, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

36!

holy toledo, 36 governor races in 2006. Is this unusual? i don't recall there being so many at one time before. Kingturtle 08:05, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

2006 Results

To save anyone doing this again, here is the modified table:

Democrats: 28 Republicans: 22

Guam and US Virgin Islands undecided.

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

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

Governor Territory Past Party Took Office Seat Up
Togiola Tulafono American Samoa List Democrat 2003 2008
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 (Democrat) 2004 2008
Charles Wesley Turnbull-incumbent U.S. Virgin Islands List Democrat 1999 2006 (term limits)

Rednaxela 23:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I've updated the article to show the future term limits of ongoing incumbents; all that remains to be done is to enter the 11 new names (plus V.I.) gradually as they're sworn in, and revise the accompanying "seat up" notations to 2010. MisfitToys 21:42, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Current governors of states and territories of the United States

How would one go about changing the table at the bottom of every Governor's page titled "Current governors of states and territories of the United States"? Metstotop333 19:09, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Dates of of terms

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's (and probabaly others) term started on January 1, 2007 at noon and ends on January 1, 2011 at noon. He and others should be listed as 2007-2011. I think it is important to be precise!65.96.133.159 20:32, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

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Governor of Oregon

Doesn't Brown's half-term end in January 2017? GoodDay (talk) 05:49, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

It does. MB298 (talk) 00:42, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

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I think that is bad quality and should be replaced with the better quality . Lennox Theodore Anderson (talk) 7:11, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

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Mayor of Washington DC as a governor

"The Mayor of Washington, D.C. is the chief executive of the District of Columbia and is often accorded a status co-equal with U.S. Governors." in what ways is he/she accorded a status co-equal Smith03 14:07, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

DC Mayor

Can anyone give me a good reason why the Mayor of DC doesn't belong on the list territorial governors? Other than his title, is his job that different from, say, the governor of American Samoa? Not trying to say he's co-equal with a state governor (to use the language above on the talk page), but he is the chief executive of an inhabited US territory. --Jfruh 22:59, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Democratic Party

I've updated the party names to read "Democratic", where applicable, rather than "Democrat", as there is no such thing as the "Democrat Party", and the heading for the table read "Party". It is correct to use the term "Democrat" as a noun, but as an adjective describing type of party "Democratic" is the correct word. See: Democrat Party (phrase). ShawshankRedemption 04:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

It's unclear in the table whether we are giving nouns or adjectives, because it's entirely out of context. It strikes me that either "Democrat" or "Democratic" is appropriate in such contexts. john k 06:21, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
The Party is always referred to as the "Democratic Party". If you're describing the party (or anything, for that matter), you should use an adjective. Besides, even if the context is unclear and either is appropriate, perhaps it's better to err towards the one that's not considered an insult by many. ShawshankRedemption 08:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
But the list isn't saying "Democrat Party". It's saying that the person's party is "Democrat". I do agree about erring in the direction of "Democratic," though. i just don't think we should go overboard in perceiving any use of the word "Democrat" as an insult. john k 17:57, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

On Splitting this page, archiving 2006 information

I nominated this article for a split, in order to archive information about the current (2006) state of affiairs for governors in the US. This list may be quite useful in five or more years, and is worth saving in an encyclopedic manner. An example: the Partisan mix of congressional delegations was split in a similar manner, to save the information about the 109th Congress in a new article name: Partisan_mix_of_congressional_delegations,_109th_congress, and to distinguish it from the future 110th Congress Partisan_mix_of_congressional_delegations,_110th_congress, and making the original title (shorn of its history, and without a congress number suffix) redirect to the current Congress number article.

I would propose someting similar:

And

Discussion? -- Yellowdesk 02:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

If something is done along these lines, I'd recommend something like the Congressional charts (United States Congressional Delegations from Massachusetts#United States House of Representatives) rather than separate pages for each year (no need for 230 articles, please); the states should be listed down the left side, with years listed across the top (perhaps one article per decade?... On second thought, perhaps the typical article could cover more years than that due to the fact that terms of office have rarely been under two years). MisfitToys 00:44, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
It certainly is a logistical and informational problem to be properly figured out. Your idea looks like a good strategy toward a readable and non-proliferation-of-articles result. -- Yellowdesk 00:16, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

The information about previous governors should be kept and expanded on. Byrdin2006 17:42, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

"Took office" dates

I propose that instead of simply the year, we write the exact date that the incumbent governor took office. ProfessorPlum27 05:15, 6 January 2007 (UTC)ProfessorPlum27

Terms ending

With the exception of 2 or 3 states, the Governors leave office in the calender years after the gubernatoral election. Ex: Sonny Perdue of Georgia's 2nd term ends January 2011 (after the 2010 election). GoodDay (talk) 23:55, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Seat up. Obviously the 'election' is going to be before the term of a current Governor ends. Therefore, it should be 'year' a term expires only. Therefore, I'm removing that oddity. GoodDay (talk) 17:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)


Where can I find term limits for state governors? 192.122.237.11 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:21, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Federated States of Micronesia?

Should we include Micronesia on the list? Chadlupkes (talk) 19:51, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

never mind... should have read more about it first. Gained full sovereign rights in 1986. Chadlupkes (talk) 19:52, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Graphic Governor party affiliation

I noticed that the graphic contains a green designation for a party labeled as "Covenant". Is this a joke or reference to the Halo video game? I do not think it is appropriate.69.243.87.228 (talk) 15:17, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

It's quite serious; it's there for the governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, who belongs to the Covenant Party.125.239.173.201 (talk) 03:25, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Sebelius

It looks to me like people have been too hasty to change the governor of Kansas from Kathleen Sebelius. As of 17 April 2009, she still has not been confirmed as Secretary of HHS. The State of Kansas web site still shows her as gov. 64.46.22.214 (talk) 22:49, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Luis Fortuño

This may seem like splitting hairs, but Fortuño is NOT the Republican governor of Puerto Rico. He is the New Progressive Governor of Puerto Rico. National party affiliations do not really apply to Puerto Rico. Voters in Puerto Rico elected Fortuño on the New Progressive ticket, not the Republican. The reason I'm mentioning all this is because I keep having to correct Fortuño's party shading from a GOP shading. This is fundamentally incorrect based on the way Puerto Rican politics work. Nevermore | Talk 10:12, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Is Hawaii a Republican or Democrat State?

I don't understand. If the governor of Hawaii is a Democrat, why does the Governors map portray Hawaii as a Republican State?Nikofeelan (talk) 01:35, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Because he just got sworn in last week and the map hasn't been changed yet. Feel free to do so yourself if you have graphics skills! I assume someone will give it a thorough overhaul after all the new govs are sworn in next month. --Jfruh (talk) 18:55, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Update Image

The 2013 governor of North Carolina is Republican, while the 2013 governor of Puerto Rico is Democrat, the governor of America Samoa is now independent. B-watchmework (talk) 18:44, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Northern Mariana Islands governor Eloy Inos is now a member of the Covenant Party. B-watchmework (talk) 18:45, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Map needs updating

Now that Bill Walker has become Alaska governor, the state should be changed from Republican to Independent. GoodDay (talk) 14:30, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Map needs updating (again)

Matt Bevin (R) has taken office in Kentucky. The Bluegrass State should be switched from blue to red.--204.111.221.15 (talk) 00:32, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Update needed, now that Louisiana's governor is a Democrat. GoodDay (talk) 00:53, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

I notified the uploader at Commons a few days ago, but user hasn't responded yet. MB298 (talk) 03:26, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Map again needs updating

Gov. of American Samoa has switched from Independent to Democrat. MB298 (talk) 20:13, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Democratic Party

@MB298: The Democratic Party does have an official shade of blue, it is #34AAE0, as you can see in their official logo: , on their website, and other official materials. This is not an arbitrary application of this color by any means, nor is any harm done by using it in these applications.   Spartan7W §   03:42, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

@Spartan7W: There have been discussions on this before at Template talk:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color. You are welcome to start another discussion of this sort, but please leave it at #3333FF for now because it is the standard color used. MB298 (talk) 03:44, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
These discussions are concerning blanket-use of #34AAE0 for the purposes of all meta templates, which I incidentally opposed. The problem is that this color is not good in all applications, such as some text or highlighting. However, it is perfectly acceptable in areas such as these: maps, party shading (lists), general thematic elements, etc. Essentially there is no issue that arises in such an application as this. The meta template is simply too blanket of an application to use this color universally. However, in such a case as this, there is no reason not to, and it is more representative of the party, as we would use official shades for any University or sports team, for instance.   Spartan7W §   03:56, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Iowa & South Carolina

Currently the Governors of Iowa (Branstad) & South Carolina (Haley) are nominees for Ambassadorships. However, we should wait until either or both of them resign as governors, before we include their successors (Reynolds, McMaster) into this article. Also, from the moment of Branstad's & Haley's confirmations to when they resign, they're still governors & so Reynold & McMaster should be listed as governors-designate during the brief period of time. GoodDay (talk) 00:13, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

List doesn't sort properly

I noticed that if you sort the list by a non-default column (e.g. "Inauguration") and then attempt to restore the alphabetical order, clicking on the "Name" column does not return the list to an alphabetical order. The order goes Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Louisiana... I think this is most likely due to the file names, but am not sure. Fixing it would be greatly appreciated. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 02:34, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

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