South Carolina Governor

From Ballotpedia

State Government

State officials
State legislatures
Elections, 2010
Primary election dates, 2010
Find your state

1 Qualifications
2 Contact information
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

The South Carolina Governor is the head of state for the State of South Carolina. Under the South Carolina Constitution, the governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the South Carolina executive branch. The governor is the ex officio Commander-in-Chief of the state National Guard when not called into federal use. The governor's responsibilities include making yearly "State of the State" addresses to the South Carolina General Assembly, submitting an executive state budget and ensuring that state laws are enforced

The current officeholder is Mark Sanford.

Qualifications

at least 30 years old
citizen of the United States
resident of South Carolina for at least 5 years
believe in the existence of the "Supreme Being"

Contact information

Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12267
Columbia, SC 29211
Phone:803-734-2100
Fax:803-734-5167

External links

Office of the South Carolina Governor

References

Wikipedia, Governor of South Carolina

Portions of this article were adapted from Wikipedia.

v • d • e

Current Governors

AL: Bob Riley^‡
AK: Sean Parnell (2010)
AZ: Jan Brewer
AR: Mike Beebe
CA: A. Schwarzenegger^‡
CO: Bill Ritter^Ω
CT: M. Jodi Rell^Ω
DE: Jack Markell
FL: Charlie Crist^Ω
GA: Sonny Perdue^‡

HI: Linda Lingle^‡
ID: Butch Otter
IL: Pat Quinn
IN: Mitch Daniels
IA: Chet Culver
KS: Mark Parkinson^Ω
KY: Steve Beshear
LA: Bobby Jindal
ME: John Baldacci^‡
MD: Martin O'Malley

MA: Deval Patrick
MI: Jennifer Granholm^‡
MN: Tim Pawlenty^Ω
MS: Haley Barbour
MO: Jay Nixon
MT: Brian Schweitzer
NE: Dave Heineman
NV: Jim Gibbons
NH: John Lynch
NJ: Chris Christie

NM: Bill Richardson^‡
NY: David Paterson
NC: Beverly Perdue
ND: John Hoeven
OH: Ted Strickland
OK: Brad Henry^‡
OR: Ted Kulongoski^‡
PA: Ed Rendell^‡
RI: Donald Carcieri^‡
SC: Mark Sanford^‡

SD: Mike Rounds^‡
TN: Phil Bredesen^‡
TX: Rick Perry
UT: Gary R. Herbert
VT: Jim Douglas^Ω
VA: Bob McDonnell
WA: Christine Gregoire
WV: Joe Manchin
WI: Jim Doyle^Ω
WY: Dave Freudenthal^‡

Gubernatorial elections, 2010

^‡ = Final term ends in 2010 because of state's term limits

^Ω = Term ends in 2010, not running for re-election

	v • d • e State of South Carolina Columbia (capital)
Ballot Measures	Ballot measures \| List of 2008 ballot measures \| Amending the constitution \| History of direct democracy \| Campaign finance requirements \|
Government	South Carolina State Constitution \| Governor \| Attorney General \| Secretary of State \| House of Representatives \| Senate \|
Judiciary	South Carolina Supreme Court \| Court of Appeals \| Judicial selection process \| Judicial news \| Judicial activist organizations \|
Transparency Topics	Freedom of Information Act \| Transparency Checklist \| Government corruption reports \| Transparency Legislation \| Open Records procedures \| Transparency Advocates \| Transparency blogs \| State budget \| Taxpayer-funded lobbying associations \|
Divisions	State \| List of Counties \| List of Cities \| List of Towns \| List of School Districts \| Evaluation of county websites \| Evaluation of city websites \| Evaluation of township websites \| Evaluation of school district websites \|