Talk:List of current United States governors

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Experience

I think this page should match the US Presidents page and instead of having Public experience, it should just list Government experience and therefore accept Military experience as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.47.212.54 (talk) 21:13, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Error Fixed

Made the change while not logged in but edited Florida's governor's color to reflect that he is a Indep. and not a Dem. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Salestron (talk • contribs) 17:11, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Repeated information

Information about the longest-serving governors is already covered under the "Tenure" subheading of the "Demographics" heading. Why do we need it repeated under "Seat Up"? Memworking (talk) 13:56, 26 January 2009 (UTC) Memworking

picture

The KY governor's picture is a bad one- difficult to see the face. Anything better out there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.118.68.135 (talk) 02:09, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

redirect question

Where can this page re-direct?? 66.245.110.129 01:38, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

Mayor of Washington DC as a governor

"The Mayor of Washington, D.C. is the chief executive of the District of Columbia and is often accorded a status co-equal with U.S. Governors." in what ways is he/she accorded a status co-equal Smith03 14:07, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

36!

holy toledo, 36 governor races in 2006. Is this unusual? i don't recall there being so many at one time before. Kingturtle 08:05, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

DC Mayor

Can anyone give me a good reason why the Mayor of DC doesn't belong on the list territorial governors? Other than his title, is his job that different from, say, the governor of American Samoa? Not trying to say he's co-equal with a state governor (to use the language above on the talk page), but he is the chief executive of an inhabited US territory. --Jfruh 22:59, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

2006 Results

To save anyone doing this again, here is the modified table:

Democrats: 28 Republicans: 22

Guam and US Virgin Islands undecided.

Current Governor	State	Past	Party	Took office	Seat Up
Bob Riley	Alabama	List	Republican	2003	?
Sarah Palin- elect	Alaska	List	Republican	2006	?
Janet Napolitano	Arizona	List	Democrat	2003	?
Mike Beebe- elect	Arkansas	List	Democrat	2006	?
Arnold Schwarzenegger	California	List	Republican	2003	?
Bill Ritter- elect	Colorado	List	Democrat	2006	?
M. Jodi Rell	Connecticut	List	Republican	2004	?
Ruth Ann Minner	Delaware	List	Democrat	2000	2008 (term limits)
Charlie Crist- elect	Florida	List	Republican	2006	?
Sonny Perdue	Georgia	List	Republican	2003	?
Linda Lingle	Hawaii	List	Republican	2002	?
Butch Otter- elect	Idaho	List	Republican	2006	?
Rod Blagojevich	Illinois	List	Democrat	2003	?
Mitch Daniels	Indiana	List	Republican	2005	2008
Chet Culver- elect	Iowa	List	Democrat	2006	?
Kathleen Sebelius	Kansas	List	Democrat	2003	?
Ernie Fletcher	Kentucky	List	Republican	2003	2007
Kathleen Blanco	Louisiana	List	Democrat	2004	2007
John Baldacci	Maine	List	Democrat	2003	?
Martin O'Malley- elect	Maryland	List	Democrat	2006	?
Deval Patrick- elect	Massachusetts	List	Democrat	2006	?
Jennifer Granholm	Michigan	List	Democrat	2003	?
Tim Pawlenty	Minnesota	List	Republican	2003	?
Haley Barbour	Mississippi	List	Republican	2004	2007
Matt Blunt	Missouri	List	Republican	2005	2008
Brian Schweitzer	Montana	List	Democrat	2005	2008
Dave Heineman	Nebraska	List	Republican	2005	?
Jim Gibbons- elect	Nevada	List	Republican	2006	?
John Lynch	New Hampshire	List	Democrat	2005	?
Jon Corzine	New Jersey	List	Democrat	2006	2009
Bill Richardson	New Mexico	List	Democrat	2003	?
Eliot Spitzer- elect	New York	List	Democrat	2006	?
Mike Easley	North Carolina	List	Democrat	2001	2008 (term limits)
John Hoeven	North Dakota	List	Republican	2000	2008
Ted Strickland- elect	Ohio	List	Democrat	2006	?
Brad Henry	Oklahoma	List	Democrat	2003	?
Ted Kulongoski	Oregon	List	Democrat	2003	?
Ed Rendell	Pennsylvania	List	Democrat	2003	?
Donald Carcieri	Rhode Island	List	Republican	2003	?
Mark Sanford	South Carolina	List	Republican	2003	?
Mike Rounds	South Dakota	List	Republican	2003	?
Phil Bredesen	Tennessee	List	Democrat	2003	?
Rick Perry	Texas	List	Republican	2000	?
Jon Huntsman, Jr.	Utah	List	Republican	2005	2008
Jim Douglas	Vermont	List	Republican	2003	?
Tim Kaine	Virginia	List	Democrat	2006	2009 (term limits)
Christine Gregoire	Washington	List	Democrat	2005	2008
Joe Manchin	West Virginia	List	Democrat	2005	2008
Jim Doyle	Wisconsin	List	Democrat	2003	?
Dave Freudenthal	Wyoming	List	Democrat	2003	?

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

Governor	Territory	Past	Party	Took Office	Seat Up
Togiola Tulafono	American Samoa	List	Democrat	2003	2008
Felix Perez Camacho	Guam	List	Republican	2002	2010
Benigno R. Fitial	Northern Mariana Islands	List	Covenant	2006	2009
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	Puerto Rico	List	PPD (Democrat)	2004	2008
Charles Wesley Turnbull-incumbent	U.S. Virgin Islands	List	Democrat	1999	2006 (term limits)

Rednaxela 23:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I've updated the article to show the future term limits of ongoing incumbents; all that remains to be done is to enter the 11 new names (plus V.I.) gradually as they're sworn in, and revise the accompanying "seat up" notations to 2010. MisfitToys 21:42, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Democratic Party

I've updated the party names to read "Democratic", where applicable, rather than "Democrat", as there is no such thing as the "Democrat Party", and the heading for the table read "Party". It is correct to use the term "Democrat" as a noun, but as an adjective describing type of party "Democratic" is the correct word. See: Democrat Party (phrase). ShawshankRedemption 04:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

It's unclear in the table whether we are giving nouns or adjectives, because it's entirely out of context. It strikes me that either "Democrat" or "Democratic" is appropriate in such contexts. john k 06:21, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

The Party is always referred to as the "Democratic Party". If you're describing the party (or anything, for that matter), you should use an adjective. Besides, even if the context is unclear and either is appropriate, perhaps it's better to err towards the one that's not considered an insult by many. ShawshankRedemption 08:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

But the list isn't saying "Democrat Party". It's saying that the person's party is "Democrat". I do agree about erring in the direction of "Democratic," though. i just don't think we should go overboard in perceiving any use of the word "Democrat" as an insult. john k 17:57, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

On Splitting this page, archiving 2006 information

I nominated this article for a split, in order to archive information about the current (2006) state of affiairs for governors in the US. This list may be quite useful in five or more years, and is worth saving in an encyclopedic manner. An example: the Partisan mix of congressional delegations was split in a similar manner, to save the information about the 109th Congress in a new article name: Partisan_mix_of_congressional_delegations,_109th_congress, and to distinguish it from the future 110th Congress Partisan_mix_of_congressional_delegations,_110th_congress, and making the original title (shorn of its history, and without a congress number suffix) redirect to the current Congress number article.

I would propose someting similar:

• List of current United States Governors soon redirects to
• List of United States Governors, 2007

And

• List of United States Governors, 2006 archives the info (and history) that is currently in this article.

Discussion? -- Yellowdesk 02:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

If something is done along these lines, I'd recommend something like the Congressional charts (United States Congressional Delegations from Massachusetts#United States House of Representatives) rather than separate pages for each year (no need for 230 articles, please); the states should be listed down the left side, with years listed across the top (perhaps one article per decade?... On second thought, perhaps the typical article could cover more years than that due to the fact that terms of office have rarely been under two years). MisfitToys 00:44, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

It certainly is a logistical and informational problem to be properly figured out. Your idea looks like a good strategy toward a readable and non-proliferation-of-articles result. -- Yellowdesk 00:16, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

The information about previous governors should be kept and expanded on. Byrdin2006 17:42, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Current governors of states and territories of the United States

How would one go about changing the table at the bottom of every Governor's page titled "Current governors of states and territories of the United States"? Metstotop333 19:09, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Dates of of terms

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's (and probabaly others) term started on January 1, 2007 at noon and ends on January 1, 2011 at noon. He and others should be listed as 2007-2011. I think it is important to be precise!65.96.133.159 20:32, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

"Took office" dates

I propose that instead of simply the year, we write the exact date that the incumbent governor took office. ProfessorPlum27 05:15, 6 January 2007 (UTC)ProfessorPlum27

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Terms ending

With the exception of 2 or 3 states, the Governors leave office in the calender years after the gubernatoral election. Ex: Sonny Perdue of Georgia's 2nd term ends January 2011 (after the 2010 election). GoodDay (talk) 23:55, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Seat up. Obviously the 'election' is going to be before the term of a current Governor ends. Therefore, it should be 'year' a term expires only. Therefore, I'm removing that oddity. GoodDay (talk) 17:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Where can I find term limits for state governors? 192.122.237.11 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:21, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Federated States of Micronesia?

Should we include Micronesia on the list? Chadlupkes (talk) 19:51, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

never mind... should have read more about it first. Gained full sovereign rights in 1986. Chadlupkes (talk) 19:52, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Graphic Governor party affiliation

I noticed that the graphic contains a green designation for a party labeled as "Covenant". Is this a joke or reference to the Halo video game? I do not think it is appropriate.69.243.87.228 (talk) 15:17, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

It's quite serious; it's there for the governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, who belongs to the Covenant Party.125.239.173.201 (talk) 03:25, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Sebelius

It looks to me like people have been too hasty to change the governor of Kansas from Kathleen Sebelius. As of 17 April 2009, she still has not been confirmed as Secretary of HHS. The State of Kansas web site still shows her as gov. 64.46.22.214 (talk) 22:49, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Luis Fortuño

This may seem like splitting hairs, but Fortuño is NOT the Republican governor of Puerto Rico. He is the New Progressive Governor of Puerto Rico. National party affiliations do not really apply to Puerto Rico. Voters in Puerto Rico elected Fortuño on the New Progressive ticket, not the Republican. The reason I'm mentioning all this is because I keep having to correct Fortuño's party shading from a GOP shading. This is fundamentally incorrect based on the way Puerto Rican politics work. Nevermore | Talk 10:12, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Is Hawaii a Republican or Democrat State?

I don't understand. If the governor of Hawaii is a Democrat, why does the Governors map portray Hawaii as a Republican State?Nikofeelan (talk) 01:35, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Because he just got sworn in last week and the map hasn't been changed yet. Feel free to do so yourself if you have graphics skills! I assume someone will give it a thorough overhaul after all the new govs are sworn in next month. --Jfruh (talk) 18:55, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

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Update Image

The 2013 governor of North Carolina is Republican, while the 2013 governor of Puerto Rico is Democrat, the governor of America Samoa is now independent. B-watchmework (talk) 18:44, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Northern Mariana Islands governor Eloy Inos is now a member of the Covenant Party. B-watchmework (talk) 18:45, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

• He switched to the GOP in September. The map is now obsolete again. -LtNOWIS (talk) 17:05, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Map needs updating

Now that Bill Walker has become Alaska governor, the state should be changed from Republican to Independent. GoodDay (talk) 14:30, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Map needs updating (again)

Matt Bevin (R) has taken office in Kentucky. The Bluegrass State should be switched from blue to red.--204.111.221.15 (talk) 00:32, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Update needed, now that Louisiana's governor is a Democrat. GoodDay (talk) 00:53, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

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Governor of Oregon

Doesn't Brown's half-term end in January 2017? GoodDay (talk) 05:49, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

It does. MB298 (talk) 00:42, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Map again needs updating

Gov. of American Samoa has switched from Independent to Democrat. MB298 (talk) 20:13, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Democratic Party

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These discussions are concerning blanket-use of #34AAE0 for the purposes of all meta templates, which I incidentally opposed. The problem is that this color is not good in all applications, such as some text or highlighting. However, it is perfectly acceptable in areas such as these: maps, party shading (lists), general thematic elements, etc. Essentially there is no issue that arises in such an application as this. The meta template is simply too blanket of an application to use this color universally. However, in such a case as this, there is no reason not to, and it is more representative of the party, as we would use official shades for any University or sports team, for instance.   Spartan7W §   03:56, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Iowa & South Carolina

Currently the Governors of Iowa (Branstad) & South Carolina (Haley) are nominees for Ambassadorships. However, we should wait until either or both of them resign as governors, before we include their successors (Reynolds, McMaster) into this article. Also, from the moment of Branstad's & Haley's confirmations to when they resign, they're still governors & so Reynold & McMaster should be listed as governors-designate during the brief period of time. GoodDay (talk) 00:13, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

List doesn't sort properly

I noticed that if you sort the list by a non-default column (e.g. "Inauguration") and then attempt to restore the alphabetical order, clicking on the "Name" column does not return the list to an alphabetical order. The order goes Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Louisiana... I think this is most likely due to the file names, but am not sure. Fixing it would be greatly appreciated. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 02:34, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

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Map changes

The map needs to be updated, as Alaska now has a Republican governor. GoodDay (talk) 14:15, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Image change for Ron DeSantis on the List of United States governors

I think that is bad quality and should be replaced with the better quality . Lennox Theodore Anderson (talk) 7:11, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Minnesota seal

Any particular reason why Minnesota's state seal isn't shown while all other states' are? AllegedlyHuman (talk) 04:54, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

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Why do you include DC in the list?

The capitol is neither a state nor does its highest legislative office holder works as a governor, she is a mayor.

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Inauguration column does not sort properly

List goes back in for and not in the correct ascending or deceasing order. I am not able to figure out how to fix this. 2601:18C:4200:4AF0:1D17:E7C2:87EA:FFBE (talk) 22:49, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Party affiliation map shows too many Democrats

I noticed that the "party affiliation" map lists Republicans (27) and Democrats (27). Should it be changed to 23 Democrats, to match the rest of the article? Or is this intentional (to include the territories)? Sxg169 (talk) 19:12, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Made the caption more specific. There seems to be some edit warring over the caption, but hopefully this solution is fine for all parties. SounderBruce 21:28, 24 April 2024 (UTC)