List of current United States governors

Party affiliation of current United States governors:

Democratic

Republican

New Progressive

The following is a list of current governors of U.S. states and territories.

In the United States, a governor is the chief executive officer of a state or a territory. The partisan affiliations of American governors are close to being even among the fifty states. As of January 2021, there are 23 states with Democratic governors and 27 states with Republican governors. Additionally, three U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam and the United States Virgin Islands) have Democratic governors, while one (the Northern Mariana Islands) has a Republican governor. Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico is a member of the New Progressive Party, although he is also affiliated with the Democratic Party.

State governors[]

The current term ends and new term begins in January of the given year for every state except for Alaska, Hawaii, North Dakota, New York and Kentucky, where the term ends in December of that year's election. 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 not to seek re-election at the end of the term nor to run for another office. Currently, the longest serving incumbent U.S. governor is Jay Inslee of Washington, having served since January 2013, and the most recently inaugurated governor is Kathy Hochul of New York, having served since August 2021. In terms of age, Alabama governor Kay Ivey is the oldest governor (born 1944), and Florida governor Ron DeSantis is the youngest (born 1978). Kentucky governor Andy Beshear is the second youngest governor (born 1977), while Ohio governor Mike DeWine is the second oldest governor (born January 5, 1947).

Democratic (23) Republican (27)
State	Portrait	Governor	Party		Born	Prior public experience	Inauguration	End of term	Past governors
Alabama		Kay Ivey		Republican	(1944-10-15) October 15, 1944 (age 76)	Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer	April 10, 2017	2023	List
Alaska		Mike Dunleavy		Republican	(1961-05-05) May 5, 1961 (age 60)	Alaska Senate	December 3, 2018	2022	List
Arizona		Doug Ducey		Republican	(1964-04-09) April 9, 1964 (age 57)	Treasurer	January 5, 2015	2023 (term limits)	List
Arkansas		Asa Hutchinson		Republican	(1950-12-03) December 3, 1950 (age 70)	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)	List
California		Gavin Newsom		Democratic	(1967-10-10) October 10, 1967 (age 53)	Lieutenant Governor, Mayor of San Francisco	January 7, 2019	2023	List
Colorado		Jared Polis		Democratic	(1975-05-12) May 12, 1975 (age 46)	U.S. House, Colorado State Board of Education	January 8, 2019	2023	List
Connecticut		Ned Lamont		Democratic	(1954-01-03) January 3, 1954 (age 67)	Greenwich Selectman	January 9, 2019	2023	List
Delaware		John Carney		Democratic	(1956-05-20) May 20, 1956 (age 65)	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor	January 17, 2017	2025 (term limits)	List
Florida		Ron DeSantis		Republican	(1978-09-14) September 14, 1978 (age 43)	U.S. House	January 8, 2019	2023	List
Georgia		Brian Kemp		Republican	(1963-11-02) November 2, 1963 (age 57)	Secretary of State, Georgia Senate	January 14, 2019	2023	List
Hawaii		David Ige		Democratic	(1957-01-15) January 15, 1957 (age 64)	Hawaii Senate, Hawaii House	December 1, 2014	2022 (term limits)	List
Idaho		Brad Little		Republican	(1954-02-15) February 15, 1954 (age 67)	Lieutenant Governor, Idaho Senate	January 7, 2019	2023	List
Illinois		J. B. Pritzker		Democratic	(1965-01-19) January 19, 1965 (age 56)	No prior public experience	January 14, 2019	2023	List
Indiana		Eric Holcomb		Republican	(1968-05-02) May 2, 1968 (age 53)	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	2025 (term limits)	List
Iowa		Kim Reynolds		Republican	(1959-08-04) August 4, 1959 (age 62)	Lieutenant Governor, Iowa Senate	May 24, 2017	2023	List
Kansas		Laura Kelly		Democratic	(1950-01-24) January 24, 1950 (age 71)	Kansas Senate	January 14, 2019	2023	List
Kentucky		Andy Beshear		Democratic	(1977-11-29) November 29, 1977 (age 43)	Attorney General	December 10, 2019	2023	List
Louisiana		John Bel Edwards		Democratic	(1966-09-16) September 16, 1966 (age 55)	Minority Leader of the Louisiana House	January 11, 2016	2024 (term limits)	List
Maine		Janet Mills		Democratic	(1947-12-30) December 30, 1947 (age 73)	Attorney General, Maine House	January 2, 2019	2023	List
Maryland		Larry Hogan		Republican	(1956-05-25) May 25, 1956 (age 65)	Secretary of Appointments	January 21, 2015	2023 (term limits)	List
Massachusetts		Charlie Baker		Republican	(1956-11-13) November 13, 1956 (age 64)	Swampscott Selectman, Secretary of Administration and Finance, Secretary of Health and Human Services	January 8, 2015	2023	List
Michigan		Gretchen Whitmer		Democratic	(1971-08-23) August 23, 1971 (age 50)	Michigan Senate, Michigan House, Ingham County Prosecutor	January 1, 2019	2023	List
Minnesota		Tim Walz		Democratic–Farmer–Labor	(1964-04-06) April 6, 1964 (age 57)	U.S. House	January 7, 2019	2023	List
Mississippi		Tate Reeves		Republican	(1974-06-05) June 5, 1974 (age 47)	Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer	January 14, 2020	2024	List
Missouri		Mike Parson		Republican	(1955-09-17) September 17, 1955 (age 66)	Lieutenant Governor, Missouri Senate, Missouri House, Sheriff of Polk County	June 1, 2018	2025	List
Montana		Greg Gianforte		Republican	(1961-04-17) April 17, 1961 (age 60)	U.S. House	January 4, 2021	2025	List
Nebraska		Pete Ricketts		Republican	(1964-08-19) August 19, 1964 (age 57)	No prior public experience	January 8, 2015	2023 (term limits)	List
Nevada		Steve Sisolak		Democratic	(1953-12-26) December 26, 1953 (age 67)	Clark County Commission, Nevada Board of Regents	January 7, 2019	2023	List
New Hampshire		Chris Sununu		Republican	(1974-11-05) November 5, 1974 (age 46)	New Hampshire Executive Council	January 5, 2017	2023	List
New Jersey		Phil Murphy		Democratic	(1957-08-16) August 16, 1957 (age 64)	U.S. Ambassador, Finance Chair of the Democratic National Committee	January 16, 2018	2022	List
New Mexico		Michelle Lujan Grisham		Democratic	(1959-10-24) October 24, 1959 (age 61)	U.S. House, Secretary of Health	January 1, 2019	2023	List
New York		Kathy Hochul		Democratic	(1958-08-27) August 27, 1958 (age 63)	Lieutenant Governor, U.S. House, County Clerk of Erie County, Hamburg Town Board Member	August 24, 2021	2022^[1]	List
North Carolina		Roy Cooper		Democratic	(1957-06-13) June 13, 1957 (age 64)	Attorney General, North Carolina Senate, North Carolina House	January 1, 2017	2025 (term limits)	List
North Dakota		Doug Burgum		Republican	(1956-08-01) August 1, 1956 (age 65)	No prior public experience	December 15, 2016	2024	List
Ohio		Mike DeWine		Republican	(1947-01-05) January 5, 1947 (age 74)	Attorney General, U.S. Senate, Lieutenant Governor, U.S. House, Ohio Senate	January 14, 2019	2023	List
Oklahoma		Kevin Stitt		Republican	(1972-12-28) December 28, 1972 (age 48)	No prior public experience	January 14, 2019	2023	List
Oregon		Kate Brown		Democratic	(1960-06-21) June 21, 1960 (age 61)	Secretary of State, Oregon Senate, Oregon House	February 18, 2015	2023 (term limits)	List
Pennsylvania		Tom Wolf		Democratic	(1948-11-17) November 17, 1948 (age 72)	Secretary of Revenue	January 20, 2015	2023 (term limits)	List
Rhode Island		Daniel McKee		Democratic	(1951-06-16) June 16, 1951 (age 70)	Lieutenant Governor, Mayor of Cumberland	March 2, 2021	2023	List
South Carolina		Henry McMaster		Republican	(1947-05-27) May 27, 1947 (age 74)	Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Chair of the South Carolina Republican Party, U.S. Attorney	January 24, 2017	2023	List
South Dakota		Kristi Noem		Republican	(1971-11-30) November 30, 1971 (age 49)	U.S. House, South Dakota House	January 5, 2019	2023	List
Tennessee		Bill Lee		Republican	(1959-10-09) October 9, 1959 (age 61)	No prior public experience	January 19, 2019	2023	List
Texas		Greg Abbott		Republican	(1957-11-13) November 13, 1957 (age 63)	Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court	January 20, 2015	2023	List
Utah		Spencer Cox		Republican	(1975-07-11) July 11, 1975 (age 46)	Lieutenant Governor, Utah House, Sanpete County Commission	January 4, 2021	2025	List
Vermont		Phil Scott		Republican	(1958-08-04) August 4, 1958 (age 63)	Lieutenant Governor, Vermont Senate	January 5, 2017	2023	List
Virginia		Ralph Northam		Democratic	(1959-09-13) September 13, 1959 (age 62)	Lieutenant Governor, Virginia Senate	January 13, 2018	2022 (term limits)	List
Washington		Jay Inslee		Democratic	(1951-02-09) February 9, 1951 (age 70)	U.S. House, Washington House	January 16, 2013	2025	List
West Virginia		Jim Justice		Republican ^{[note 1]}	(1951-04-27) April 27, 1951 (age 70)	No prior public experience	January 16, 2017	2025 (term limits)	List
Wisconsin		Tony Evers		Democratic	(1951-11-05) November 5, 1951 (age 69)	Superintendent of Public Instruction	January 7, 2019	2023	List
Wyoming		Mark Gordon		Republican	(1957-03-14) March 14, 1957 (age 64)	Treasurer	January 7, 2019	2023	List

Territory governors[]

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

Democratic (4) Republican (1)
Territory	Portrait	Governor	Party		Born	Prior public experience	Inauguration	End of term	Past governors
American Samoa		Lemanu Peleti Mauga		Democratic ^{[note 2]}	(1949-01-01) January 1, 1949 (age 72)	Lieutenant Governor	January 3, 2021	2025	List
Guam		Lou Leon Guerrero		Democratic	(1950-11-08) November 8, 1950 (age 70)	Senator of the Guam Legislature	January 7, 2019	2023	List
Northern Mariana Islands		Ralph Torres		Republican	(1979-08-06) August 6, 1979 (age 42)	Lieutenant Governor, Northern Mariana Islands Legislature	December 29, 2015	2023 (term limits)	List
Puerto Rico		Pedro Pierluisi		New Progressive	(1959-04-25) April 25, 1959 (age 62)	Resident commissioner of Puerto Rico, Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico	January 2, 2021	2025	List
U.S. Virgin Islands		Albert Bryan		Democratic	(1968-02-21) February 21, 1968 (age 53)	No prior public experience	January 7, 2019	2023	List

Federal district mayor[]

Democratic (1)
Federal district	Portrait	Mayor	Party		Born	Prior public experience	Inauguration	End of term	Past mayors
District of Columbia		Muriel Bowser		Democratic	(1972-08-02) August 2, 1972 (age 49)	Council of the District of Columbia	January 2, 2015	2023	List

Notes[]

^ Justice was elected as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party six months into his first term. He was reelected as a Republican in 2020.^[2]
^ Officially, the governor of American Samoa is a non-partisan position, but officeholders do affiliate with political parties at the national level.

References[]

^ NY gubernatorial terms begin at midnight New Year's Day.
^ "West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican". New York Times. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.

External links[]

National Governors Association

[3] Justice was elected as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party six months into his first term. He was reelected as a Republican in 2020.^[2]

[4] Officially, the governor of American Samoa is a non-partisan position, but officeholders do affiliate with political parties at the national level.

[1] NY gubernatorial terms begin at midnight New Year's Day.

[2] "West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican". New York Times. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.

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