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Impact of term limits on state executive elections in 2025
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Of the eight state executive seats on the ballot in 2025, three of them are represented by incumbents who are subject to term limits.[1] Two of those incumbents are ineligible to run for re-election in 2025 due to term limits. This represents 25.0% of the total seats up for election in 2025.
Term-limited state executives by state
The map below displays the 37 states that had laws limiting the number of terms state executive officials could serve as of 2025. Of those states, only three states—Georgia, New Jersey, and Virginia—are holding elections in 2025.
Term-limited elections by state
Georgia
One state executive office is up for election in Georgia in 2025. No officials are ineligible to run because of term limits.
New Jersey
Two state executive offices are up for election in New Jersey in 2025. One official is ineligible to run because of term limits.
- Governor Phil Murphy (D)
Virginia
Three state executive offices are up for election in Virginia in 2025. One official is ineligible to run because of term limits.
- Governor Glenn Youngkin (R)
See also
- State executive official elections, 2025
- State executives with term limits
- Impact of term limits on state legislative elections in 2025
- Term limits on the ballot
- Term limits in the United States
- Impact of term limits on state executive elections in 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ This does not include executive offices in the U.S. Territories, but it does include executive offices in Washington, D.C.
