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The following is a list of incumbent governors of the states and territories of the United States.
DemographicsThere are 42 men and 8 women currently serving as governors. There are currently 28 Democrats and 22 Republicans serving as governors. Based on the results of the 2008 elections, there were expected to be 29 Democrats and 21 Republicans serving as governors as of January 2009. However, President-elect Barack Obama is widely expected to name Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to be the next United States Secretary of Homeland Security. Assuming Napolitano is named to and is confirmed to that position, Arizona's Secretary of State, Jan Brewer, a Republican, would become Arizona's governor. In that case, there would be 28 Democrats and 22 Republicans serving as governors. The longest-serving current governor is John Hoeven, who has served as North Dakota's governor since December 15, 2000. The second-longest tenure, that of Texas Governor Rick Perry, is six days shorter. The newest governor is David Paterson of New York, who was sworn in March 17, 2008. The oldest current governor is Ruth Ann Minner, 73, of Delaware; as of Minner's retirement in January 2009, the oldest governor will be Ted Kulongoski, 68, of Oregon. The youngest current governor is Bobby Jindal, 37, of Louisiana. The average age of the current governors is 56. Three governors, Jon Corzine[1] of New Jersey, Arnold Schwarzenegger[2] of California, and Phil Bredesen of Tennessee, decline to accept their salaries because of their personal wealth. Gubernatorial election timeline scheduleTwo states, New Hampshire and Vermont, have their governors serve a two year term with elections held November of every even year. All the other forty eight states have their governors serve a four year term. Arkansas used to have two year gubernatorial terms, but it was changed in 1992 to four year terms. All states hold gubernatorial elections of the first Tuesday in November following the first Monday in November. * 34 states hold their gubernatorial elections in even numbered year which are not divisible by four (i.e. consolidated with congressional, but not presidential elections).
* 9 States hold their gubernatorial elections in years divisible by four (i.e. consolidated with presidential elections).
*3 States hold their gubernatorial elections in the year before a year divisible by four
*2 States hold their gubernatorial elections in the year following a year divisible by four
State governorsIn the table below, Seat Up indicates the year of the next election; the current term ends in January of the following year for all states except Alaska, Hawaii and Kentucky, where the term ends in December of the election year. 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 their intention to retire at the end of the term.
Other executivesThe following are governors and other executives of each of the territories and the other political divisions of the United States:
Current governors-electThe following is a list of current governors-elect of the United States and the dates on which they will be inaugurated as governor.
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