List of current United States governors

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Party control of Governors' offices after January 16, 2013.

Democratic Governor

Republican Governor

Covenant Governor

Independent Governor

The following is a list of incumbent governors of the states, and territories of the United States. There are currently 29 Republicans and 21 Democrats that hold the office of governor in the states. Additionally, 2 Democrats (one is also a member of the PPD), 1 Covenant, 1 Republican, and 1 independent serve as governors of United States Territories. Also listed is the mayor of the District of Columbia, a Democrat.

State governors

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. 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 their intention not to seek re-election at the end of the term or to run for another office.

Democratic Republican Independent

State	Current Governor	Party	Prior experience	Took office	Term ends	Past
Alabama	Bentley, RobertRobert Bentley	Republican	Alabama House	02011-01-17January 17, 2011	2015	List
Alaska	Parnell, SeanSean Parnell	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Alaska Senate, Alaska House	02009-07-26July 26, 2009	2014	List
Arizona	Brewer, JanJan Brewer	Republican	Secretary of State, Maricopa County supervisor, Arizona Senate, Arizona House	02009-01-21January 21, 2009	2015 (term limits)	List
Arkansas	Beebe, MikeMike Beebe	Democratic	Attorney General, Arkansas Senate	02007-01-09January 9, 2007	2015 (term limits)	List
California	Brown, JerryJerry Brown	Democratic	34th Governor (1975-1983), Attorney General, Mayor of Oakland, Secretary of State	02011-01-03January 3, 2011	2015	List
Colorado	Hickenlooper, JohnJohn Hickenlooper	Democratic	Mayor of Denver	02011-01-11January 11, 2011	2015	List
Connecticut	Malloy, DanDan Malloy	Democratic	Mayor of Stamford	02011-01-05January 5, 2011	2015	List
Delaware	Markell, JackJack Markell	Democratic	Treasurer	02009-01-20January 20, 2009	2017 (term limits)	List
Florida	Scott, RickRick Scott	Republican	No prior public experience	02011-01-04January 4, 2011	2015	List
Georgia	Deal, NathanNathan Deal	Republican	U.S. House	02011-01-10January 10, 2011	2015	List
Hawaii	Abercrombie, NeilNeil Abercrombie	Democratic	U.S. House	02010-12-06December 6, 2010	2014	List
Idaho	Otter, ButchButch Otter	Republican	U.S. House	02007-01-01January 1, 2007	2015	List
Illinois	Quinn, PatPat Quinn	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer	02009-01-29January 29, 2009	2015	List
Indiana	Pence, MikeMike Pence	Republican	U.S. House	02013-01-14January 14, 2013	2017	List
Iowa	Branstad, TerryTerry Branstad	Republican	39th Governor (1983-1999), Lieutenant Governor	02011-01-14January 14, 2011	2015	List
Kansas	Brownback, SamSam Brownback	Republican	U.S. Senate	02011-01-10January 10, 2011	2015	List
Kentucky	Beshear, SteveSteve Beshear	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Kentucky House	02007-12-11December 11, 2007	2015 (term limits)	List
Louisiana	Jindal, BobbyBobby Jindal	Republican	U.S. House	02008-01-14January 14, 2008	2016 (term limits)	List
Maine	LePage, PaulPaul LePage	Republican	Mayor of Waterville	02011-01-05January 5, 2011	2015	List
Maryland	O'Malley, MartinMartin O'Malley	Democratic	Mayor of Baltimore	02007-01-17January 17, 2007	2015 (term limits)	List
Massachusetts	Patrick, DevalDeval Patrick	Democratic	United States Assistant Attorney General	02007-01-04January 4, 2007	2015 (retiring)	List
Michigan	Snyder, RickRick Snyder	Republican	No prior public experience	02011-01-01January 1, 2011	2015	List
Minnesota	Dayton, MarkMark Dayton	Democratic	U.S. Senate	02011-01-03January 3, 2011	2015	List
Mississippi	Bryant, PhilPhil Bryant	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Auditor	02012-01-10January 10, 2012	2016	List
Missouri	Nixon, JayJay Nixon	Democratic	Attorney General, Missouri Senate	02009-01-12January 12, 2009	2017 (term limits)	List
Montana	Bullock, SteveSteve Bullock	Democratic	Attorney General	02013-01-07January 7, 2013	2017	List
Nebraska	Heineman, DaveDave Heineman	Republican	Lieutenant Governor	02005-01-20January 20, 2005	2015 (term limits)	List
Nevada	Sandoval, BrianBrian Sandoval	Republican	U.S. District Court Judge, Attorney General	02011-01-03January 3, 2011	2015	List
New Hampshire	Hassan, MaggieMaggie Hassan	Democratic	New Hampshire Senate	02013-01-03January 3, 2013	2015	List
New Jersey	Christie, ChrisChris Christie	Republican	United States Attorney	02010-01-19January 19, 2010	2018 (term limits)	List
New Mexico	Martinez, SusanaSusana Martinez	Republican	District Attorney of Doña Ana County, New Mexico	02011-01-01January 1, 2011	2015	List
New York	Cuomo, AndrewAndrew Cuomo	Democratic	Attorney General, U.S. Secretary of HUD	02011-01-01January 1, 2011	2015	List
North Carolina	McCrory, PatPat McCrory	Republican	Mayor of Charlotte	02013-01-05January 5, 2013	2017	List
North Dakota	Dalrymple, JackJack Dalrymple	Republican	Lieutenant Governor	02010-12-07December 7, 2010	2016	List
Ohio	Kasich, JohnJohn Kasich	Republican	U.S. House	02011-01-10January 10, 2011	2015	List
Oklahoma	Fallin, MaryMary Fallin	Republican	U.S. House	02011-01-10January 10, 2011	2015	List
Oregon	Kitzhaber, JohnJohn Kitzhaber	Democratic	35th Governor (1995-2003), Oregon Senate	02011-01-10January 10, 2011	2015	List
Pennsylvania	Corbett, TomTom Corbett	Republican	Attorney General, United States Attorney	02011-01-18January 18, 2011	2015	List
Rhode Island	Chafee, LincolnLincoln Chafee	Democratic	U.S. Senate, Mayor of Warwick	02011-01-04January 4, 2011	2015 (retiring)	List
South Carolina	Haley, NikkiNikki Haley	Republican	South Carolina House	02011-01-12January 12, 2011	2015	List
South Dakota	Daugaard, DennisDennis Daugaard	Republican	Lieutenant Governor	02011-01-08January 8, 2011	2015	List
Tennessee	Haslam, BillBill Haslam	Republican	Mayor of Knoxville	02011-01-15January 15, 2011	2015	List
Texas	Perry, RickRick Perry	Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Agriculture Commissioner, Texas House	02000-12-21December 21, 2000	2015 (retiring)	List
Utah	Herbert, GaryGary Herbert	Republican	Lieutenant Governor	02009-08-11August 11, 2009	2017	List
Vermont	Shumlin, PeterPeter Shumlin	Democratic	Vermont Senate	02011-01-06January 6, 2011	2015	List
Virginia	McAuliffe, TerryTerry McAuliffe	Democratic	DNC Chairperson 2001-2005 (see Democratic National Committee), but no prior public experience	02014-01-11January 11, 2014	2018 (term limits)	List
Washington	Inslee, JayJay Inslee	Democratic	U.S. House	02013-01-16January 16, 2013	2017	List
West Virginia	Tomblin, Earl RayEarl Ray Tomblin	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor, West Virginia Senate	02010-11-15November 15, 2010	2017 (term limits)	List
Wisconsin	Walker, ScottScott Walker	Republican	Milwaukee County Executive	02011-01-03January 3, 2011	2015	List
Wyoming	Mead, MattMatt Mead	Republican	United States Attorney	02011-01-03January 3, 2011	2015	List

United States Territories and the District of Columbia

The following are governors and other executives of each of the territories, and the District of Columbia:

Democratic Republican Covenant Independent

Territory	Current Executive	Party	Prior experience	Took Office	Term ends	Past
American Samoa	Moliga, Lolo Letalu MatalasiLolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga	Independent	No prior public experience	02013-01-03January 3, 2013	2017	List
District of Columbia^*	Gray, VincentVincent Gray	Democratic	District of Columbia Council Chair	02011-01-02January 2, 2011	2015	List
Guam	Calvo, EddieEddie Calvo	Republican	No prior public experience	02011-01-03January 3, 2011	2015	List
Northern Mariana Islands	Inos, EloyEloy Inos	Covenant	Lieutenant Governor	02013-02-20February 20, 2013	2015	List
Puerto Rico	García Padilla, AlejandroAlejandro García Padilla	Popular Democratic/ Democratic	Puerto Rico Senate	02013-01-02January 2, 2013	2017	List
U.S. Virgin Islands	Jongh, John deJohn de Jongh	Democratic	No prior public experience	02007-01-01January 1, 2007	2015 (term limits)	List

^* Executive of D.C. is titled "Mayor".

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Current governors of U.S. states and territories

AL	Bentley (R)
AK	Parnell (R)
AZ	Brewer (R)
AR	Beebe (D)
CA	Brown (D)
CO	Hickenlooper (D)
CT	Malloy (D)
DE	Markell (D)
FL	Scott (R)
GA	Deal (R)
HI	Abercrombie (D)
ID	Otter (R)

IL	Quinn (D)
IN	Pence (R)
IA	Branstad (R)
KS	Brownback (R)
KY	Beshear (D)
LA	Jindal (R)
ME	LePage (R)
MD	O'Malley (D)
MA	Patrick (D)
MI	Snyder (R)
MN	Dayton (D)
MS	Bryant (R)

MO	Nixon (D)
MT	Bullock (D)
NE	Heineman (R)
NV	Sandoval (R)
NH	Hassan (D)
NJ	Christie (R)
NM	Martinez (R)
NY	Cuomo (D)
NC	McCrory (R)
ND	Dalrymple (R)
OH	Kasich (R)
OK	Fallin (R)

OR	Kitzhaber (D)
PA	Corbett (R)
RI	Chafee (D)
SC	Haley (R)
SD	Daugaard (R)
TN	Haslam (R)
TX	Perry (R)
UT	Herbert (R)
VT	Shumlin (D)
VA	McAuliffe (D)
WA	Inslee (D)
WV	Tomblin (D)

WI	Walker (R)
WY	Mead (R)
DC	Gray (Mayor) (D)
Territories:
AS	Moliga (I)
GU	Calvo (R)
MP	Inos (C)
PR	García Padilla (D)
VI	de Jongh (D)

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List of current United States governors

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