List of current United States governors facts for kids
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.
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Republican | Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer | April 10, 2017 | 2023 | ||||
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Republican | Alaska Senate | December 3, 2018 | 2022 | ||||
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Republican | Treasurer | January 5, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | ||||
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Republican | Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border & Transportation Security, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. House, U.S. Attorney |
January 13, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | ||||
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Gavin Newsom | Democratic | Lieutenant Governor, Mayor of San Francisco | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Jared Polis | Democratic | U.S. House, Colorado State Board of Education | January 8, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Democratic | Greenwich Selectman | January 9, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Democratic | U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware | January 17, 2017 | 2021 | ||||
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Republican | U.S. House | January 8, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Republican | Secretary of State, Georgia Senate | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Democratic | Hawaii Senate, Hawaii House | December 1, 2014 | 2022 (term limits) | ||||
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Republican | Lieutenant Governor, Idaho Senate | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Democratic | No prior public experience | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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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 | January 9, 2017 | 2021 | ||||
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Republican | Lieutenant Governor, Iowa Senate | May 24, 2017 | 2023 | ||||
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Democratic | Kansas Senate | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Republican | No prior public experience | December 8, 2015 | 2019 | ||||
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Democratic | Minority Leader of the Louisiana House of Representatives | January 11, 2016 | 2020 | ||||
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Democratic | Maine Attorney General, Maine House | January 2, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Republican | Maryland Secretary of Appointments | January 21, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | ||||
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Republican | Swampscott Selectman, Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance, Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services |
January 8, 2015 | 2023 | ||||
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Gretchen Whitmer | Democratic | Michigan Senate, Michigan House | January 1, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Democratic–Farmer–Labor | U.S. House | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Republican | Lieutenant Governor, Auditor, Mississippi House | January 10, 2012 | 2020 (term limits) | ||||
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Republican | Lieutenant Governor, Missouri Senate, Missouri House of Representatives, Sheriff of Polk County | June 1, 2018 | 2021 | ||||
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Democratic | Attorney General | January 7, 2013 | 2021 (term limits) | ||||
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Republican | No prior public experience | January 8, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | ||||
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Steve Sisolak | Democratic | Clark County Commission, Nevada Board of Regents | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Republican | New Hampshire Executive Council | January 5, 2017 | 2021 | ||||
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Democratic | United States Ambassador, Finance Chair of the Democratic National Committee | January 16, 2018 | 2022 | ||||
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Michelle Lujan Grisham | Democratic | U.S. House, Secretary of Health of New Mexico | January 1, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Democratic | Attorney General, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | January 1, 2011 | 2022 | ||||
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Democratic | Attorney General, North Carolina Senate, North Carolina House | January 1, 2017 | 2021 | ||||
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Republican | No prior public experience | December 15, 2016 | 2020 | ||||
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Republican | Attorney General, United States Senate, Lieutenant Governor, United States House of Representatives, Ohio Senate | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Republican | No prior public experience | January 14, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Democratic | Secretary of State, Oregon Senate, Oregon House | February 18, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | ||||
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Democratic | Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue | January 20, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | ||||
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Democratic | General Treasurer | January 6, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | ||||
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Republican | Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Chair of the South Carolina Republican Party, U.S. Attorney | January 24, 2017 | 2023 | ||||
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Kristi Noem | Republican | U.S. House, South Dakota House | January 5, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Republican | No prior public experience | January 19, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Republican | Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court | January 20, 2015 | 2023 | ||||
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Republican | Lieutenant Governor, Utah County Commissioner | August 11, 2009 | 2021 (retiring) | ||||
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Republican | Lieutenant Governor, Vermont Senate | January 5, 2017 | 2021 | ||||
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Democratic | Lieutenant Governor, Virginia Senate | January 13, 2018 | 2022 (term limits) | ||||
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Democratic | U.S. House, Washington House | January 16, 2013 | 2021 | ||||
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Democratic | Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
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Mark Gordon | Republican | Treasurer | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | ||||
Territory governors
The following hold the gubernatorial offices of the United States territories.
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Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga | Democratic |
American Samoa Senate, American Samoa House of Representatives | January 3, 2013 | 2021 (term limits) | ||
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Lou Leon Guerrero | Democratic | Senator of the Guam Legislature | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | ||
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Ralph Torres (politician) | Republican | Lieutenant Governor, Northern Mariana Islands Legislature | December 29, 2015 | 2023 (term limits) | ||
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Ricky Rosselló | New Progressive | No prior public experience | January 2, 2017 | 2021 | ||
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Albert Bryan | Democratic | Commissioner of V.I. Department of Labor | January 7, 2019 | 2023 | ||
Federal district mayor
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Muriel Bowser | Democratic | Council of the District of Columbia | January 2, 2015 | 2023 | ||
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