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The following is a list of the current governors of the states and territories of the United States. As of January 2024,[update] there were 27 Republicans and 23 Democrats holding the office of governor in the states. There are 4 Democrats and 1 Republican (one is also a member of the New Progressive Party) as governor of United States Territories and Mayor of the District of Columbia.
In the table below, Next Election means the year the governor's term ends. The current term ends in January of the given year for every state except Alaska, Hawaii, and Kentucky, where the term ends in December of the year of election. When the table has (term limits) after the year it means that the current governor cannot seek re-election in that year. If the table has (retiring) it means that the current governor has said they will not seek re-election at the end of the term or to run for another office.
The longest serving incumbent U.S. governor is Jay Inslee of Washington, having served since January 16, 2013, and the most recently inaugurated governor is Jeff Landry of Louisiana, having served since January 8, 2024. Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest.
State | Image | Governor[1] | Party[1] | Born | Prior public experience[2] | Inauguration[1] | End of term[1] | Ref. | |
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Alabama (list) | Kay Ivey | Republican | October 15, 1944 | Lieutenant Governor State Treasurer |
April 10, 2017 | 2027 (term limits) | [3] | ||
Alaska (list) | Mike Dunleavy | Republican | May 5, 1961 | Alaska Senate | December 3, 2018 | 2026 (term limits) | [4] | ||
Arizona (list) | Katie Hobbs | Democratic | December 28, 1969 | Secretary of State Minority Leader of the Arizona Senate Arizona House |
January 2, 2023 | 2027 | [5] | ||
Arkansas (list) | Sarah Huckabee Sanders | Republican | August 13, 1982 | White House Press Secretary | January 10, 2023 | 2027 | [6] | ||
California (list) | Gavin Newsom | Democratic | October 10, 1967 | Lieutenant Governor Mayor of San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors |
January 7, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [7] | ||
Colorado (list) | Jared Polis | Democratic | May 12, 1975 | U.S. House Colorado State Board of Education |
January 8, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [8] | ||
Connecticut (list) | Ned Lamont | Democratic | January 3, 1954 | Chair of the State Investment Advisory Council Greenwich Board of Estimate and Taxation Greenwich Board of Selectmen |
January 9, 2019 | 2027 | [9] | ||
Delaware (list) | Matt Meyer | Democratic | September 29, 1971 | Executive of New Castle County | January 21, 2025 | 2029 | [10] | ||
Florida (list) | Ron DeSantis | Republican | September 14, 1978 | U.S. House | January 8, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [11] | ||
Georgia (list) | Brian Kemp | Republican | November 2, 1963 | Secretary of State Georgia Senate |
January 14, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [12] | ||
Hawaii (list) | Josh Green | Democratic | February 11, 1970 | Lieutenant Governor Hawaii Senate Hawaii House |
December 5, 2022 | 2026 | [13] | ||
Idaho (list) | Brad Little | Republican | February 15, 1954 | Lieutenant Governor Idaho Senate |
January 7, 2019 | 2027 | [14] | ||
Illinois (list) | J. B. Pritzker | Democratic | January 19, 1965 | Chair of the Illinois Human Rights Commission | January 14, 2019 | 2027 | [15][16] | ||
Indiana (list) | Mike Braun | Republican | March 24, 1954 | U.S. Senate
Indiana House |
January 13, 2025 | 2029 | |||
Iowa (list) | Kim Reynolds | Republican | August 4, 1959 | Lieutenant Governor Iowa Senate Clarke County Treasurer |
May 24, 2017 | 2027 | [17] | ||
Kansas (list) | Laura Kelly | Democratic | January 24, 1950 | Kansas Senate | January 14, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [18] | ||
Kentucky (list) | Andy Beshear | Democratic | November 29, 1977 | State Attorney General | December 10, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [19] | ||
Louisiana (list) | Jeff Landry | Republican | December 23, 1970 | State Attorney General U.S. House |
January 8, 2024 | 2028 | [20] | ||
Maine (list) | Janet Mills | Democratic | December 30, 1947 | State Attorney General Maine House |
January 2, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [21] | ||
Maryland (list) | Wes Moore | Democratic | October 15, 1978 | No prior public experience | January 18, 2023 | 2027 | [22] | ||
Massachusetts (list) | Maura Healey | Democratic | February 8, 1971 | State Attorney General | January 5, 2023 | 2027 | [23] | ||
Michigan (list) | Gretchen Whitmer | Democratic | August 23, 1971 | Minority Leader of the Michigan Senate Michigan House |
January 1, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [24][25] | ||
Minnesota (list) | Tim Walz | Democratic–Farmer–Labor[note 1] | April 6, 1964 | U.S. House | January 7, 2019 | 2027 | [27] | ||
Mississippi (list) | Tate Reeves | Republican | June 5, 1974 | Lieutenant Governor State Treasurer |
January 14, 2020 | 2028 (term limits) | [28] | ||
Missouri (list) | Mike Kehoe | Republican | January 17, 1962 | Lieutenant Governor Majority Leader of the Missouri Senate |
January 13, 2025 | 2029 | [29] | ||
Montana (list) | Greg Gianforte | Republican | April 17, 1961 | U.S. House | January 4, 2021 | 2029 | [30] | ||
Nebraska (list) | Jim Pillen | Republican | December 31, 1955 | No prior public experience | January 5, 2023 | 2027 | [31] | ||
Nevada (list) | Joe Lombardo | Republican | November 8, 1962 | Clark County Sheriff | January 2, 2023 | 2027 | [32] | ||
New Hampshire (list) | Kelly Ayotte | Republican | June 27, 1968 | U.S. Senate Attorney General |
January 9, 2025 | 2027 | [33] | ||
New Jersey (list) | Phil Murphy | Democratic | August 16, 1957 | U.S. Ambassador to Germany | January 16, 2018 | 2026 (term limits) | [34] | ||
New Mexico (list) | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Democratic | October 24, 1959 | U.S. House Bernalillo County Commission State Secretary of Health |
January 1, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [35][36] | ||
New York (list) | Kathy Hochul | Democratic | August 27, 1958 | Lieutenant Governor U.S. House Erie County Clerk |
August 24, 2021 | 2026[note 2] | [38] | ||
North Carolina (list) | Josh Stein | Democratic | September 13, 1966 | State Attorney General North Carolina Senate |
January 1, 2025 | 2029 | [39] | ||
North Dakota (list) | Kelly Armstrong | Republican | October 6, 1976 | U.S. House North Dakota Senate |
December 15, 2024 | 2028 | [40] | ||
Ohio (list) | Mike DeWine | Republican | January 5, 1947 | State Attorney General U.S. Senate Lieutenant Governor U.S. House Ohio Senate Greene County Prosecutor |
January 14, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [41] | ||
Oklahoma (list) | Kevin Stitt | Republican | December 28, 1972 | No prior public experience | January 14, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [42] | ||
Oregon (list) | Tina Kotek | Democratic | September 30, 1966 | Speaker of the Oregon House | January 9, 2023 | 2027 | [43] | ||
Pennsylvania (list) | Josh Shapiro | Democratic | June 20, 1973 | State Attorney General Montgomery County Board of Commissioners Pennsylvania House |
January 17, 2023 | 2027 | [44] | ||
Rhode Island (list) | Dan McKee | Democratic | June 16, 1951 | Lieutenant Governor | March 2, 2021 | 2027 | [45] | ||
South Carolina (list) | Henry McMaster | Republican | May 27, 1947 | Lieutenant Governor State Attorney General |
January 24, 2017 | 2027 (term limits) | [46] | ||
South Dakota (list) | Larry Rhoden | Republican | February 5, 1959 | Lieutenant Governor Secretary of Agriculture South Dakota House South Dakota Senate |
January 25, 2025 | 2027 | [47] | ||
Tennessee (list) | Bill Lee | Republican | October 9, 1959 | No prior public experience | January 19, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [48] | ||
Texas (list) | Greg Abbott | Republican | November 13, 1957 | State Attorney General Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court |
January 20, 2015 | 2027 | [49] | ||
Utah (list) | Spencer Cox | Republican | July 11, 1975 | Lieutenant Governor Utah House Sanpete County Commission |
January 4, 2021 | 2029 | [50][51] | ||
Vermont (list) | Phil Scott | Republican | August 4, 1958 | Lieutenant Governor Vermont Senate |
January 5, 2017 | 2027 | [52] | ||
Virginia (list) | Glenn Youngkin | Republican | December 9, 1966 | No prior public experience | January 15, 2022 | 2026 (term limits) | [53] | ||
Washington (list) | Bob Ferguson | Democratic | February 23, 1965 | Attorney general King County Council |
January 15, 2025 | 2029 | |||
West Virginia (list) | Patrick Morrisey | Republican | December 21, 1967 | State Attorney General | January 13, 2025 | 2029 | |||
Wisconsin (list) | Tony Evers | Democratic | November 5, 1951 | State Superintendent of Public Instruction | January 7, 2019 | 2027 | [54] | ||
Wyoming (list) | Mark Gordon | Republican | March 14, 1957 | State Treasurer | January 7, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [55] |
Territory | Image | Governor[1] | Party[1] | Born | Prior public experience | Inauguration[1] | End of term[1] | Ref. | |
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American Samoa (list) | Pula Nikolao Pula | Republican | December 31, 1955 | No prior public experience | January 3, 2025 | 2029 | [56] | ||
Guam (list) | Lou Leon Guerrero | Democratic | November 8, 1950 | Guam Legislature | January 7, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [57][58] | ||
Northern Mariana Islands (list) | Arnold Palacios | Republican | August 22, 1955 | Lieutenant Governor President of the CNMI Senate Speaker of the CNMI House |
January 9, 2023 | 2027 | [59] | ||
Puerto Rico (list) | Jenniffer González-Colón | Republican | August 5, 1976 | U.S. House Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico |
January 2, 2025 | 2029 | [60] | ||
U.S. Virgin Islands (list) | Albert Bryan | Democratic | February 21, 1968 | Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Labor | January 7, 2019 | 2027 (term limits) | [61][62] |
Democratic (1) | ||||||||
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Federal district | Portrait | 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 | |||
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