List of current United States governors

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.

Party control of Governors' offices after January 15, 2024.

  Democratic Governor

  Republican Governor

State governors

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.

Current state governors of the United States

State	Image	Governor[1]	Party[1]		Born	Prior public experience[2]	Inauguration[1]	End of term[1]	Ref.
Alabama (list)		Kay Ivey		Republican	(1944-10-15) October 15, 1944 (age 80)	Lieutenant Governor State Treasurer	April 10, 2017	2027 (term limits)	[3]
Alaska (list)		Mike Dunleavy		Republican	(1961-05-05) May 5, 1961 (age 64)	Alaska Senate	December 3, 2018	2026 (term limits)	[4]
Arizona (list)		Katie Hobbs		Democratic	(1969-12-28) December 28, 1969 (age 55)	Secretary of State Minority Leader of the Arizona Senate Arizona House	January 2, 2023	2027	[5]
Arkansas (list)		Sarah Huckabee Sanders		Republican	(1982-08-13) August 13, 1982 (age 42)	White House Press Secretary	January 10, 2023	2027	[6]
California (list)		Gavin Newsom		Democratic	(1967-10-10) October 10, 1967 (age 57)	Lieutenant Governor Mayor of San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors	January 7, 2019	2027 (term limits)	[7]
Colorado (list)		Jared Polis		Democratic	(1975-05-12) May 12, 1975 (age 49)	U.S. House Colorado State Board of Education	January 8, 2019	2027 (term limits)	[8]
Connecticut (list)		Ned Lamont		Democratic	(1954-01-03) January 3, 1954 (age 71)	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	(1971-09-29) September 29, 1971 (age 53)	Executive of New Castle County	January 21, 2025	2029	[10]
Florida (list)		Ron DeSantis		Republican	(1978-09-14) September 14, 1978 (age 46)	U.S. House	January 8, 2019	2027 (term limits)	[11]
Georgia (list)		Brian Kemp		Republican	(1963-11-02) November 2, 1963 (age 61)	Secretary of State Georgia Senate	January 14, 2019	2027 (term limits)	[12]
Hawaii (list)		Josh Green		Democratic	(1970-02-11) February 11, 1970 (age 55)	Lieutenant Governor Hawaii Senate Hawaii House	December 5, 2022	2026	[13]
Idaho (list)		Brad Little		Republican	(1954-02-15) February 15, 1954 (age 71)	Lieutenant Governor Idaho Senate	January 7, 2019	2027	[14]
Illinois (list)		J. B. Pritzker		Democratic	(1965-01-19) January 19, 1965 (age 60)	Chair of the Illinois Human Rights Commission	January 14, 2019	2027	[15][16]
Indiana (list)		Mike Braun		Republican	(1954-03-24) March 24, 1954 (age 71)	U.S. Senate Indiana House	January 13, 2025	2029
Iowa (list)		Kim Reynolds		Republican	(1959-08-04) August 4, 1959 (age 65)	Lieutenant Governor Iowa Senate Clarke County Treasurer	May 24, 2017	2027	[17]
Kansas (list)		Laura Kelly		Democratic	(1950-01-24) January 24, 1950 (age 75)	Kansas Senate	January 14, 2019	2027 (term limits)	[18]
Kentucky (list)		Andy Beshear		Democratic	(1977-11-29) November 29, 1977 (age 47)	State Attorney General	December 10, 2019	2027 (term limits)	[19]
Louisiana (list)		Jeff Landry		Republican	(1970-12-23) December 23, 1970 (age 54)	State Attorney General U.S. House	January 8, 2024	2028	[20]
Maine (list)		Janet Mills		Democratic	(1947-12-30) December 30, 1947 (age 77)	State Attorney General Maine House	January 2, 2019	2027 (term limits)	[21]
Maryland (list)		Wes Moore		Democratic	(1978-10-15) October 15, 1978 (age 46)	No prior public experience	January 18, 2023	2027	[22]
Massachusetts (list)		Maura Healey		Democratic	(1971-02-08) February 8, 1971 (age 54)	State Attorney General	January 5, 2023	2027	[23]
Michigan (list)		Gretchen Whitmer		Democratic	(1971-08-23) August 23, 1971 (age 53)	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]	(1964-04-06) April 6, 1964 (age 61)	U.S. House	January 7, 2019	2027	[27]
Mississippi (list)		Tate Reeves		Republican	(1974-06-05) June 5, 1974 (age 50)	Lieutenant Governor State Treasurer	January 14, 2020	2028 (term limits)	[28]
Missouri (list)		Mike Kehoe		Republican	(1962-01-17) January 17, 1962 (age 63)	Lieutenant Governor Majority Leader of the Missouri Senate	January 13, 2025	2029	[29]
Montana (list)		Greg Gianforte		Republican	(1961-04-17) April 17, 1961 (age 64)	U.S. House	January 4, 2021	2029	[30]
Nebraska (list)		Jim Pillen		Republican	(1955-12-31) December 31, 1955 (age 69)	No prior public experience	January 5, 2023	2027	[31]
Nevada (list)		Joe Lombardo		Republican	(1962-11-08) November 8, 1962 (age 62)	Clark County Sheriff	January 2, 2023	2027	[32]
New Hampshire (list)		Kelly Ayotte		Republican	(1968-06-27) June 27, 1968 (age 56)	U.S. Senate Attorney General	January 9, 2025	2027	[33]
New Jersey (list)		Phil Murphy		Democratic	(1957-08-16) August 16, 1957 (age 67)	U.S. Ambassador to Germany	January 16, 2018	2026 (term limits)	[34]
New Mexico (list)		Michelle Lujan Grisham		Democratic	(1959-10-24) October 24, 1959 (age 65)	U.S. House Bernalillo County Commission State Secretary of Health	January 1, 2019	2027 (term limits)	[35][36]
New York (list)		Kathy Hochul		Democratic	(1958-08-27) August 27, 1958 (age 66)	Lieutenant Governor U.S. House Erie County Clerk	August 24, 2021	2026[note 2]	[38]
North Carolina (list)		Josh Stein		Democratic	(1966-09-13) September 13, 1966 (age 58)	State Attorney General North Carolina Senate	January 1, 2025	2029	[39]
North Dakota (list)		Kelly Armstrong		Republican	(1976-10-06) October 6, 1976 (age 48)	U.S. House North Dakota Senate	December 15, 2024	2028	[40]
Ohio (list)		Mike DeWine		Republican	(1947-01-05) January 5, 1947 (age 78)	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	(1972-12-28) December 28, 1972 (age 52)	No prior public experience	January 14, 2019	2027 (term limits)	[42]
Oregon (list)		Tina Kotek		Democratic	(1966-09-30) September 30, 1966 (age 58)	Speaker of the Oregon House	January 9, 2023	2027	[43]
Pennsylvania (list)		Josh Shapiro		Democratic	(1973-06-20) June 20, 1973 (age 51)	State Attorney General Montgomery County Board of Commissioners Pennsylvania House	January 17, 2023	2027	[44]
Rhode Island (list)		Dan McKee		Democratic	(1951-06-16) June 16, 1951 (age 73)	Lieutenant Governor	March 2, 2021	2027	[45]
South Carolina (list)		Henry McMaster		Republican	(1947-05-27) May 27, 1947 (age 77)	Lieutenant Governor State Attorney General	January 24, 2017	2027 (term limits)	[46]
South Dakota (list)		Larry Rhoden		Republican	(1959-02-05) February 5, 1959 (age 66)	Lieutenant Governor Secretary of Agriculture South Dakota House South Dakota Senate	January 25, 2025	2027	[47]
Tennessee (list)		Bill Lee		Republican	(1959-10-09) October 9, 1959 (age 65)	No prior public experience	January 19, 2019	2027 (term limits)	[48]
Texas (list)		Greg Abbott		Republican	(1957-11-13) November 13, 1957 (age 67)	State Attorney General Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court	January 20, 2015	2027	[49]
Utah (list)		Spencer Cox		Republican	(1975-07-11) July 11, 1975 (age 49)	Lieutenant Governor Utah House Sanpete County Commission	January 4, 2021	2029	[50][51]
Vermont (list)		Phil Scott		Republican	(1958-08-04) August 4, 1958 (age 66)	Lieutenant Governor Vermont Senate	January 5, 2017	2027	[52]
Virginia (list)		Glenn Youngkin		Republican	(1966-12-09) December 9, 1966 (age 58)	No prior public experience	January 15, 2022	2026 (term limits)	[53]
Washington (list)		Bob Ferguson		Democratic	(1965-02-23) February 23, 1965 (age 60)	Attorney general King County Council	January 15, 2025	2029
West Virginia (list)		Patrick Morrisey		Republican	(1967-12-21) December 21, 1967 (age 57)	State Attorney General	January 13, 2025	2029
Wisconsin (list)		Tony Evers		Democratic	(1951-11-05) November 5, 1951 (age 73)	State Superintendent of Public Instruction	January 7, 2019	2027	[54]
Wyoming (list)		Mark Gordon		Republican	(1957-03-14) March 14, 1957 (age 68)	State Treasurer	January 7, 2019	2027 (term limits)	[55]

Territory governors

Current territorial governors of the United States

Territory	Image	Governor[1]	Party[1]		Born	Prior public experience	Inauguration[1]	End of term[1]	Ref.
American Samoa (list)		Pula Nikolao Pula		Republican	(1955-12-31) December 31, 1955 (age 69)	No prior public experience	January 3, 2025	2029	[56]
Guam (list)		Lou Leon Guerrero		Democratic	(1950-11-08) November 8, 1950 (age 74)	Guam Legislature	January 7, 2019	2027 (term limits)	[57][58]
Northern Mariana Islands (list)		Arnold Palacios		Republican	(1955-08-22) August 22, 1955 (age 69)	Lieutenant Governor President of the CNMI Senate Speaker of the CNMI House	January 9, 2023	2027	[59]
Puerto Rico (list)		Jenniffer González-Colón		Republican	(1976-08-05) August 5, 1976 (age 48)	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	(1968-02-21) February 21, 1968 (age 57)	Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Labor	January 7, 2019	2027 (term limits)	[61][62]

Federal district mayor

Democratic (1)
Federal district	Portrait	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	2023	List