List of current United States Governors

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Party control of Governors' offices as of January 14, 2008. Red is Republican, Blue is Democratic.

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The following is a list of incumbent United States Governors.

1 Demographics
2 State governors
3 Other executives
4 See also
5 External links

Demographics

The longest-serving current governor is John Hoeven of North Dakota, with governor Rick Perry of Texas's tenure being the second-longest (only five days shorter). The oldest current governor is Ruth Ann Minner of Delaware. The youngest current governor is Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. There are 42 men and 8 women currently serving as governors. There are 28 Democrats and 22 Republicans serving as governors. Two governors, Jon Corzine of New Jersey and Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, decline to accept their salaries due to their being multi-millionaires.^{[citation needed]}

State 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.

Picture	Current Governor	State	Past	Party	Took office	Seat Up
Image:Bob Riley greeting soldiers in Birmingham, 19 Jan, 2004.jpg	Bob Riley	Alabama	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Image:Palinphotocropped.jpg	Sarah Palin	Alaska	List	Republican	2006	2010
Image:JanetNapolitanoIraq.jpg	Janet Napolitano	Arizona	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Image:MikeBeebeGovernorCropped.jpg	Mike Beebe	Arkansas	List	Democratic	2007	2010
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	California	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Image:Bill Ritter.jpg	Bill Ritter	Colorado	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Image:M. Jodi Rell.png	M. Jodi Rell	Connecticut	List	Republican	2004	2010
Image:MinnerRA.jpg	Ruth Ann Minner	Delaware	List	Democratic	2001	2008 (term limits)
Image:Charlescrist.jpg	Charlie Crist	Florida	List	Republican	2007	2010
Image:GovSonnyPerdue.jpg	Sonny Perdue	Georgia	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Image:Linda Lingle navy 1.jpg	Linda Lingle	Hawaii	List	Republican	2002	2010 (term limits)
Image:Butchotter.jpg	Butch Otter	Idaho	List	Republican	2007	2010
Image:Blagojevich.jpg	Rod Blagojevich	Illinois	List	Democratic	2003	2010
Image:Mitch Daniels at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 16, 2006.jpg	Mitch Daniels	Indiana	List	Republican	2005	2008
Image:Chet Culver inauguration.jpg	Chet Culver	Iowa	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Image:Sebelius speaking with troops in Pakistan, 27 Nov, 2005, cropped.jpg	Kathleen Sebelius	Kansas	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
	Steve Beshear	Kentucky	List	Democratic	2007	2011
Image:Bobby Jindal, official 109th Congressional photo.jpg	Bobby Jindal	Louisiana	List	Republican	2008	2011
Image:JBaldacci.jpg	John Baldacci	Maine	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Image:Maryland Gov Martin O'Malley in 2006.jpg	Martin O'Malley	Maryland	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Image:Deval 2.jpg	Deval Patrick	Massachusetts	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Image:Granholm speaking to troops, Lansing, 1 Dec, 2005.jpg	Jennifer Granholm	Michigan	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Image:Tim Pawlenty speaking, Dec 29, 2007.jpg	Tim Pawlenty	Minnesota	List	Republican	2003	2010
Image:Haley Barbour at FEMA conference, Apr 14, 2006.jpg	Haley Barbour	Mississippi	List	Republican	2004	2011 (term limits)
Image:Mattblunt3.jpg	Matt Blunt	Missouri	List	Republican	2005	2008
Image:Schweitzer speaking.jpg	Brian Schweitzer	Montana	List	Democratic	2005	2008
Image:Pandemic flu summit lincoln.jpg	Dave Heineman	Nebraska	List	Republican	2005	2010
Image:Jimgibbons.jpg	Jim Gibbons	Nevada	List	Republican	2007	2010
	John Lynch	New Hampshire	List	Democratic	2005	2008
	Jon Corzine	New Jersey	List	Democratic	2006	2009
Image:Bill Richardson at an event in Kensington, New Hampshire, March 18, 2006.jpg	Bill Richardson	New Mexico	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
	David A. Paterson	New York	List	Democratic	2008	2010
Image:Easley National Guard.jpg	Mike Easley	North Carolina	List	Democratic	2001	2008 (term limits)
Image:John Hoeven.jpg	John Hoeven	North Dakota	List	Republican	2000	2008
Image:Ted Strickland.jpg	Ted Strickland	Ohio	List	Democratic	2007	2010
Image:BradhenryDEA.jpg	Brad Henry	Oklahoma	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Image:Ted Kulongoski headshot Color 2007.JPG	Ted Kulongoski	Oregon	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
	Ed Rendell	Pennsylvania	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Image:Carcieri visiting NOAA clipped.JPG	Donald Carcieri	Rhode Island	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Image:Mark Sanford, Congressional photo.jpg	Mark Sanford	South Carolina	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Image:Mike Rounds 2004.jpg	Mike Rounds	South Dakota	List	Republican	2003	2010 (term limits)
Image:Phil Bredesen Jul 2007.jpg	Phil Bredesen	Tennessee	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)
Image:RickPerry2006.jpg	Rick Perry	Texas	List	Republican	2000	2010
Image:Jon huntsman jr.jpg	Jon Huntsman, Jr.	Utah	List	Republican	2005	2008
Image:DouglasEEOC.jpg	Jim Douglas	Vermont	List	Republican	2003	2008
Image:Tim Kaine at pow wow, May 7, 2006, cropped.jpg	Tim Kaine	Virginia	List	Democratic	2006	2009 (term limits)
Image:Chris gregoire.jpg	Christine Gregoire	Washington	List	Democratic	2005	2008
Image:Joe Manchin at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 16, 2006.jpg	Joe Manchin	West Virginia	List	Democratic	2005	2008
Image:Jim Doyle speech.jpg	Jim Doyle	Wisconsin	List	Democratic	2003	2010
	Dave Freudenthal	Wyoming	List	Democratic	2003	2010 (term limits)

Other executives

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

Picture	Executive	Territory	Past	Party	Took Office	Seat Up
Image:Togiola Tulafono.jpg	Togiola Tulafono	American Samoa	List	Democratic	2003	2008
Image:Adrian Fenty, Mayor of DC, November 5, 2007.jpg	Adrian Fenty (mayor)	District of Columbia	List	Democratic	2007	2011
Image:Guam Governor Felix Camacho.jpg	Felix Perez Camacho	Guam	List	Republican	2002	2010
Image:Benigno Fitial.jpg	Benigno R. Fitial	Northern Mariana Islands	List	Covenant	2006	2009
Image:AnibalAcevedoVila.jpg	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	Puerto Rico	List	PPD (Democratic)	2004	2008
	John de Jongh	U.S. Virgin Islands	List	Democratic	2007	2010