List of current governors in the United States

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In the United States, the title governor refers to the chief executive of each state. The governor is not directly subordinate to the federal authorities but is the political and ceremonial head of the state. The governor may also assume additional roles, such as the commander-in-chief of the National Guard when the role is not federalized. The governor may also have the ability to commute or pardon a criminal sentence.

In all states, the governor is directly elected and, in most cases, has considerable practical powers. Notable exceptions with weak governorships include the office of the governor in Texas, though this may be moderated by the state legislature and, in some cases, by other elected executive officials. Governors can veto state bills. The specific duties and powers vary widely between states.

See also: State executive offices and Governor

Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office
Governor of Alabama	Kay Ivey	Republican	April 10, 2017
Governor of Alaska	Mike Dunleavy	Republican	December 3, 2018
Governor of American Samoa	Nikolao Pula	Nonpartisan	January 3, 2025
Governor of Arizona	Katie Hobbs	Democratic	January 2, 2023
Governor of Arkansas	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	Republican	January 10, 2023
Governor of California	Gavin Newsom	Democratic	January 7, 2019
Governor of Colorado	Jared Polis	Democratic	January 8, 2019
Governor of Connecticut	Ned Lamont	Democratic	January 9, 2019
Governor of Delaware	Matt Meyer	Democratic	January 21, 2025
Governor of Florida	Ron DeSantis	Republican	January 8, 2019
Governor of Georgia	Brian Kemp	Republican	January 14, 2019
Governor of Guam	Lou Leon Guerrero	Democratic	January 7, 2019
Governor of Hawaii	Joshua Green	Democratic	December 5, 2022
Governor of Idaho	Brad Little	Republican	January 7, 2019
Governor of Illinois	J.B. Pritzker	Democratic	January 14, 2019
Governor of Indiana	Mike Braun	Republican	January 13, 2025
Governor of Iowa	Kim Reynolds	Republican	May 24, 2017
Governor of Kansas	Laura Kelly	Democratic	January 14, 2019
Governor of Kentucky	Andy Beshear	Democratic	December 10, 2019
Governor of Louisiana	Jeff Landry	Republican	January 8, 2024
Governor of Maine	Janet T. Mills	Democratic	January 2, 2019
Governor of Maryland	Wes Moore	Democratic	January 18, 2023
Governor of Massachusetts	Maura Healey	Democratic	January 5, 2023
Governor of Michigan	Gretchen Whitmer	Democratic	January 1, 2019
Governor of Minnesota	Tim Walz	Democratic	January 7, 2019
Governor of Mississippi	Tate Reeves	Republican	January 14, 2020
Governor of Missouri	Mike Kehoe	Republican	January 13, 2025
Governor of Montana	Greg Gianforte	Republican	January 4, 2021
Governor of Nebraska	Jim Pillen	Republican	January 5, 2023
Governor of Nevada	Joe Lombardo	Republican	January 2, 2023
Governor of New Hampshire	Kelly Ayotte	Republican	January 8, 2025
Governor of New Jersey	Phil Murphy	Democratic	January 16, 2018
Governor of New Mexico	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Democratic	January 1, 2019
Governor of New York	Kathy Hochul	Democratic	August 24, 2021
Governor of North Carolina	Josh Stein	Democratic	January 1, 2025
Governor of North Dakota	Kelly Armstrong	Republican	December 15, 2024
Governor of Ohio	Richard Michael DeWine	Republican	January 14, 2019
Governor of Oklahoma	Kevin Stitt	Republican	January 14, 2019
Governor of Oregon	Tina Kotek	Democratic	January 9, 2023
Governor of Pennsylvania	Josh Shapiro	Democratic	January 17, 2023
Governor of Puerto Rico	Jenniffer González-Colón	New Progressive	January 2, 2025
Governor of Rhode Island	Daniel McKee	Democratic	March 2, 2021
Governor of South Carolina	Henry McMaster	Republican	January 24, 2017
Governor of South Dakota	Larry Rhoden	Republican	January 25, 2025
Governor of Tennessee	Bill Lee	Republican	January 15, 2019
Governor of Texas	Greg Abbott	Republican	January 20, 2015
Governor of Utah	Spencer Cox	Republican	January 4, 2021
Governor of Vermont	Phil Scott	Republican	January 5, 2017
Governor of Virginia	Glenn Youngkin	Republican	January 15, 2022
Governor of Washington	Bob Ferguson	Democratic	January 13, 2025
Governor of West Virginia	Patrick Morrisey	Republican	January 13, 2025
Governor of Wisconsin	Tony Evers	Democratic	January 7, 2019
Governor of Wyoming	Mark Gordon	Republican	January 7, 2019
Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands	David Apatang	Independent	July 23, 2025
Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands	Albert Bryan	Democratic	January 7, 2019

See also

• How gubernatorial vacancies are filled
• State executive offices
• States with gubernatorial term limits
• Gubernatorial executive orders, 2023
• Gubernatorial elections, 2024
• Gubernatorial elections, 2025
• Gubernatorial elections, 2026
• State executive official elections, 2024
• State executive official elections, 2025
• State executive official elections, 2026
• Former Democratic Party governors
• Former Republican Party governors

External links

• National Governors Association
• Democratic Governors Association
• Republican Governors Association

Footnotes

State executive offices

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