List of current United States Governors

Current party control of Governor's offices (2006). Red is Republican, Blue is Democratic.

This is complete and current List of United States Governors.

The current party composition of the 50 state governors are:
*28 Republicans
*22 Democrats

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

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; the notation (retiring) indicates that the current governor has announced his or her intention to retire at the end of the term.

Current Governor	State	Past	Party	Elected/ took office	Seat Up
Robert R. 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
Jim Risch	Idaho	List	Republican	2006	2006 (candidate for lieutenant governor)
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 (retiring)
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
Jon Corzine	New Jersey	List	Democrat	2005	2009
William B. Richardson	New Mexico	List	Democrat	2002	2006
George E. Pataki	New York	List	Republican	1994	2006 (retiring)
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
Tim Kaine	Virginia	List	Democrat	2005	2009 (term limits)
Christine Gregoire	Washington	List	Democrat	2004	2008
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 Perez Camacho	Guam	Republican	2002	2006
Benigno R. Fitial	Northern Mariana Islands	Covenant	2006	2009
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	Puerto Rico	PPD (Democrat)	2004	2008
Charles Wesley Turnbull	U.S. Virgin Islands	Democrat	1999	2006

Seats up for election: Republican incumbents are red, Democratic incumbents are blue, open Republican seats are pink, and open Democratic seats are light blue. States without a seat up for reelection are grey.

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