List of current United States governors facts for kids

Party control of Governors' offices after January 14, 2019.      Democrat Governor      Republican Governor      Independent Governor

The following is a list of the current governors of the states and territories of the United States. As of 2020 there are 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.

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.

      Democratic       Republican       Independent

Democratic (23)       Republican (27)
State	Portrait	Governor	Party		Prior public experience	Inauguration	End of term
Alabama		Ivey, KayKay Ivey		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer	02017-04-10 April 10 2017	2023
Alaska		Dunleavy, MikeMike Dunleavy		Republican	Alaska Senate	02018-12-03 December 3 2018	2022
Arizona		Ducey, DougDoug Ducey		Republican	Treasurer	02015-01-05 January 5 2015	2023 (term limits)
Arkansas		Hutchinson, AsaAsa Hutchinson		Republican	Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border & Transportation Security, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. House, U.S. Attorney	02015-01-13 January 13 2015	2023 (term limits)
California		Newsom, GavinGavin Newsom		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor, Mayor of San Francisco	02019-01-07 January 7 2019	2023
Colorado		Polis, JaredJared Polis		Democratic	U.S. House, Colorado State Board of Education	02019-01-08 January 8 2019	2023
Connecticut		Lamont, NedNed Lamont		Democratic	Greenwich Selectman	02019-01-09 January 9 2019	2023
Delaware		Carney, JohnJohn Carney		Democratic	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware	02017-01-17 January 17 2017	2021
Florida		DeSantis, RonRon DeSantis		Republican	U.S. House	02019-01-08 January 8 2019	2023
Georgia		Kemp, BrianBrian Kemp		Republican	Secretary of State, Georgia Senate	02019-01-14 January 14 2019	2023
Hawaii		Ige, DavidDavid Ige		Democratic	Hawaii Senate, Hawaii House	02014-12-01 December 1 2014	2022 (term limits)
Idaho		Little, BradBrad Little		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Idaho Senate	02019-01-07 January 7 2019	2023
Illinois		Pritzker, J. B.J. B. Pritzker		Democratic	No prior public experience	02019-01-14 January 14 2019	2023
Indiana		Holcomb, EricEric Holcomb		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Chief of Staff to Senator Dan Coats, Chair of the Indiana Republican Party, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor of Indiana	02017-01-09 January 9 2017	2021
Iowa		Reynolds, KimKim Reynolds		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Iowa Senate	02017-05-24 May 24 2017	2023
Kansas		Kelly, LauraLaura Kelly		Democratic	Kansas Senate	02019-01-14 January 14 2019	2023
Kentucky		Bevin, MattMatt Bevin		Republican	No prior public experience	02015-12-08 December 8 2015	2019
Louisiana		Edwards, John BelJohn Bel Edwards		Democratic	Minority Leader of the Louisiana House of Representatives	02016-01-11 January 11 2016	2020
Maine		Mills, JanetJanet Mills		Democratic	Maine Attorney General, Maine House	02019-01-02 January 2 2019	2023
Maryland		Hogan, LarryLarry Hogan		Republican	Maryland Secretary of Appointments	02015-01-21 January 21 2015	2023 (term limits)
Massachusetts		Baker, CharlieCharlie Baker		Republican	Swampscott Selectman, Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance, Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services	02015-01-08 January 8 2015	2023
Michigan		Whitmer, GretchenGretchen Whitmer		Democratic	Michigan Senate, Michigan House	02019-01-01 January 1 2019	2023
Minnesota		Walz, TimTim Walz		Democratic–Farmer–Labor	U.S. House	02019-01-07 January 7 2019	2023
Mississippi		Bryant, PhilPhil Bryant		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Auditor, Mississippi House	02012-01-10 January 10 2012	2020 (term limits)
Missouri		Parson, MikeMike Parson		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Missouri Senate, Missouri House of Representatives, Sheriff of Polk County	02018-06-01 June 1 2018	2021
Montana		Bullock, SteveSteve Bullock		Democratic	Attorney General	02013-01-07 January 7 2013	2021 (term limits)
Nebraska		Ricketts, PetePete Ricketts		Republican	No prior public experience	02015-01-08 January 8 2015	2023 (term limits)
Nevada		Sisolak, SteveSteve Sisolak		Democratic	Clark County Commission, Nevada Board of Regents	02019-01-07 January 7 2019	2023
New Hampshire		Sununu, ChrisChris Sununu		Republican	New Hampshire Executive Council	02017-01-05 January 5 2017	2021
New Jersey		Murphy, PhilPhil Murphy		Democratic	United States Ambassador, Finance Chair of the Democratic National Committee	02018-01-16 January 16 2018	2022
New Mexico		Lujan Grisham, MichelleMichelle Lujan Grisham		Democratic	U.S. House, Secretary of Health of New Mexico	02019-01-01 January 1 2019	2023
New York		Cuomo, AndrewAndrew Cuomo		Democratic	Attorney General, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	02011-01-01 January 1 2011	2022
North Carolina		Cooper, RoyRoy Cooper		Democratic	Attorney General, North Carolina Senate, North Carolina House	02017-01-01 January 1 2017	2021
North Dakota		Burgum, DougDoug Burgum		Republican	No prior public experience	02016-12-15 December 15 2016	2020
Ohio		DeWine, MikeMike DeWine		Republican	Attorney General, United States Senate, Lieutenant Governor, United States House of Representatives, Ohio Senate	02019-01-14 January 14 2019	2023
Oklahoma		Stitt, KevinKevin Stitt		Republican	No prior public experience	02019-01-14 January 14 2019	2023
Oregon		Brown, KateKate Brown		Democratic	Secretary of State, Oregon Senate, Oregon House	02015-02-18 February 18 2015	2023 (term limits)
Pennsylvania		Wolf, TomTom Wolf		Democratic	Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue	02015-01-20 January 20 2015	2023 (term limits)
Rhode Island		Raimondo, GinaGina Raimondo		Democratic	General Treasurer	02015-01-06 January 6 2015	2023 (term limits)
South Carolina		McMaster, HenryHenry McMaster		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Chair of the South Carolina Republican Party, U.S. Attorney	02017-01-24 January 24 2017	2023
South Dakota		Noem, KristiKristi Noem		Republican	U.S. House, South Dakota House	02019-01-05 January 5 2019	2023
Tennessee		Lee, BillBill Lee		Republican	No prior public experience	02019-01-19 January 19 2019	2023
Texas		Abbott, GregGreg Abbott		Republican	Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court	02015-01-20 January 20 2015	2023
Utah		Herbert, GaryGary Herbert		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Utah County Commissioner	02009-08-11 August 11 2009	2021 (retiring)
Vermont		Scott, PhilPhil Scott		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Vermont Senate	02017-01-05 January 5 2017	2021
Virginia		Northam, RalphRalph Northam		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor, Virginia Senate	02018-01-13 January 13 2018	2022 (term limits)
Washington		Inslee, JayJay Inslee		Democratic	U.S. House, Washington House	02013-01-16 January 16 2013	2021
West Virginia		Justice, JimJim Justice		Republican	No prior public experience	02017-01-16 January 16 2017	2021
Wisconsin		Evers, TonyTony Evers		Democratic	Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction	02019-01-07 January 7 2019	2023
Wyoming		Gordon, MarkMark Gordon		Republican	Treasurer	02019-01-07 January 7 2019	2023

Territory governors

The following hold the gubernatorial offices of the United States territories.

Democratic (3)       Republican (1)       New Progressive (1)
Territory	Portrait	Governor	Party		Prior Public Experience	Inauguration	End of Term
American Samoa		Moliga, Lolo Letalu MatalasiLolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga		Democratic	American Samoa Senate, American Samoa House of Representatives	02013-01-03 January 3 2013	2021 (term limits)
Guam		Guerrero, Lou LeonLou Leon Guerrero		Democratic	Senator of the Guam Legislature	02019-01-07 January 7 2019	2023
Northern Mariana Islands		Torres (politician), RalphRalph Torres (politician)		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Northern Mariana Islands Legislature	02015-12-29 December 29 2015	2023 (term limits)
Puerto Rico		Rosselló, RickyRicky Rosselló	style="background:Template:New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico/meta/color"|	New Progressive	No prior public experience	02017-01-02 January 2 2017	2021
U.S. Virgin Islands		Bryan, AlbertAlbert Bryan		Democratic	Commissioner of V.I. Department of Labor	02019-01-07 January 7 2019	2023

Federal district mayor

Democratic (1)
Federal district	Portrait	Mayor	Party		Prior Public Experience	Inauguration	End of Term
District of Columbia		Bowser, MurielMuriel Bowser		Democratic	Council of the District of Columbia	02015-01-02 January 2 2015	2023