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List of current United States Governors

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This is a list of incumbent and outgoing United States Governors through the 2006 elections.

Until the swearings in of new state governors, the party composition is:

28 Republicans
22 Democrats

See also: Lists of current U.S. Senators, Representatives , Lieutenant Governors

In the table below, Seat Up indicates the year the current governor will leave office, or the year of the next election, whichever is first; 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)
Frank Murkowski	Alaska	List	Republican	2002	2006 (defeated in primary)
Janet Napolitano	Arizona	List	Democrat	2003	2010 (term limits)
Mike Huckabee	Arkansas	List	Republican	1996	2006 (term limits)
Arnold Schwarzenegger	California	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Bill Owens	Colorado	List	Republican	1999	2006 (term limits)
M. Jodi Rell	Connecticut	List	Republican	2004	2010
Ruth Ann Minner	Delaware	List	Democrat	2001	2008 (term limits)
Jeb Bush	Florida	List	Republican	1999	2006 (term limits)
Sonny Perdue	Georgia	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Linda Lingle	Hawaii	List	Republican	2002	2010 (term limits)
Jim Risch	Idaho	List	Republican	2006	2006 (elected lieutenant governor)
Rod Blagojevich	Illinois	List	Democrat	2003	2010
Mitch Daniels	Indiana	List	Republican	2005	2008
Tom Vilsack	Iowa	List	Democrat	1999	2006 (retiring)
Kathleen Sebelius	Kansas	List	Democrat	2003	2010 (term limits)
Ernie Fletcher	Kentucky	List	Republican	2003	2007
Kathleen Blanco	Louisiana	List	Democrat	2004	2007
John Baldacci	Maine	List	Democrat	2003	2010 (term limits)
Bob Ehrlich	Maryland	List	Republican	2003	2006 (defeated)
Mitt Romney	Massachusetts	List	Republican	2007 (Reitring)
Jennifer Granholm	Michigan	List	Democrat	2003	2010 (term limits)
Tim Pawlenty	Minnesota	List	Republican	2003	2010
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	2010 (term limits)
Kenny Guinn	Nevada	List	Republican	1999	2006 (term limits)
John Lynch	New Hampshire	List	Democrat	2005	2008
Jon Corzine	New Jersey	List	Democrat	2006	2009
Bill Richardson	New Mexico	List	Democrat	2003	2010 (term limits)
George Pataki	New York	List	Republican	1995	2006 (retiring)
Mike Easley	North Carolina	List	Democrat	2001	2008 (term limits)
John Hoeven	North Dakota	List	Republican	2000	2008
Bob Taft	Ohio	List	Republican	1999	2006 (term limits)
Brad Henry	Oklahoma	List	Democrat	2003	2010 (term limits)
Ted Kulongoski	Oregon	List	Democrat	2003	2010
Ed Rendell	Pennsylvania	List	Democrat	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	Democrat	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	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	2010
Dave Freudenthal	Wyoming	List	Democrat	2003	2010 (term limits)

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	U.S. Virgin Islands	List	Democrat	1999	2006 (term limits)

Recent United States gubernatorial elections
1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 See also: House elections • Senate elections • Presidential elections • List of current United States Governors