List of United States Governors

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

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.

Current Governor	State	Past	Party	Elected/took office	Seat Up
Robert T. Riley	Alabama	List	Republican	2002	2006
Frank H. Murkowski	Alaska	List	Republican	2002	2006
Janet Napolitano	Arizona	List	Democrat	2002	2006
Mike Huckabee	Arkansas	List	Republican	1996	2006 (term limits)
Arnold A. Schwarzenegger	California	List	Republican	2003	2006
William F. Owens	Colorado	List	Republican	1998	2006 (term limits)
M. Jodi Rell	Connecticut	List	Republican	2004	2006
Ruth Ann Minner	Delaware	List	Democrat	2000	2008 (term limits)
John E. "Jeb" Bush	Florida	List	Republican	1998	2006 (term limits)
G. Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III	Georgia	List	Republican	2002	2006
Linda Lingle	Hawaii	List	Republican	2002	2006
Dirk A. Kempthorne	Idaho	List	Republican	1998	2006 (retiring)
Rod R. Blagojevich	Illinois	List	Democrat	2002	2006
Mitch Daniels	Indiana	List	Republican	2004	2008
Thomas J. Vilsack	Iowa	List	Democrat	1998	2006 (retiring)
Kathleen Sebelius	Kansas	List	Democrat	2002	2006
Ernest L. Fletcher	Kentucky	List	Republican	2003	2007
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco	Louisiana	List	Democrat	2003	2007
John Elias Baldacci	Maine	List	Democrat	2002	2006
Robert L. Ehrlich	Maryland	List	Republican	2002	2006
W. Mitt Romney	Massachusetts	List	Republican	2002	2006
Jennifer M. Granholm	Michigan	List	Democrat	2002	2006
Timothy Pawlenty	Minnesota	List	Republican	2002	2006
Haley R. Barbour	Mississippi	List	Republican	2003	2007
Matthew Blunt	Missouri	List	Republican	2004	2008
Brian Schweitzer	Montana	List	Democrat	2004	2008
Dave Heineman	Nebraska	List	Republican	2005	2006
Kenny C. Guinn	Nevada	List	Republican	1998	2006 (term limits)
John Lynch	New Hampshire	List	Democrat	2004	2006
Richard Codey	New Jersey	List	Democrat	2004	2005 (acting governor)(retiring)
William B. Richardson	New Mexico	List	Democrat	2002	2006
George E. Pataki	New York	List	Republican	1994	2006
Michael F. Easley	North Carolina	List	Democrat	2000	2008 (term limits)
John Hoeven	North Dakota	List	Republican	2000	2008
Robert A. Taft II	Ohio	List	Republican	1998	2006 (term limits)
Brad Henry	Oklahoma	List	Democrat	2002	2006
Theodore R. Kulongoski	Oregon	List	Democrat	2002	2006
Edward G. Rendell	Pennsylvania	List	Democrat	2002	2006
Donald L. Carcieri	Rhode Island	List	Republican	2002	2006
Mark C. Sanford	South Carolina	List	Republican	2002	2006
M. Michael Rounds	South Dakota	List	Republican	2002	2006
Philip N. Bredesen	Tennessee	List	Democrat	2002	2006
J. Richard Perry	Texas	List	Republican	2000	2006
Jon Huntsman, Jr	Utah	List	Republican	2004	2008
James H. Douglas	Vermont	List	Republican	2002	2006
Mark R. Warner	Virginia	List	Democrat	2001	2005 (term limits)
Christine Gregoire	Washington	List	Democrat	2004	20081
Joe Manchin	West Virginia	List	Democrat	2004	2008
James E. Doyle	Wisconsin	List	Democrat	2002	2006
David D. Freudenthal	Wyoming	List	Democrat	2002	2006

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

Governor	Territory	Party	Elected/took office	Seat Up
Togiola Tulafono	American Samoa	Democrat	2003	2008
Felix Camacho	Guam	Republican	2002	2006
Juan N. Babauta	Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth	Republican	2001	2005
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	Puerto Rico, Commonwealth	PPD (Democrat)	2004	2008
Charles Wesley Turnbull	U.S. Virgin Islands	Democrat	1998	2006

Footnotes

Note 1 Christine Gregoire has been inaugurated as Governor of Washington, but her election is still subject to a legal challenge from the Republican candidate, Dino Rossi. See Washington gubernatorial election, 2004 for more details.