United States gubernatorial elections, 2014
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The United States gubernatorial elections of 2014 will be held in thirty-six states and two territories concurrent with other elections during the United States General election of 2014
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will be term-limited in 2014 despite only serving one full term as Arizona state law limits office holders to two consecutive terms regardless of if they are full or partial terms.
Republican Secretary of State
Ken Bennett
has filed paperwork to form an exploratory committee for the 2014 race.
Dave Heineman
will be term-limited in 2014.
Republican lieutenant governor Rick Sheehy
has declared that he will run in 2014.
Potential Democratic candidates include Congressman Mike Ross, and Attorney General
Dustin McDaniel
. A potential Republican candidate is Lieutenant Governor Mark Darr
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Martin O'Malley
will be term-limited in 2014.
Potential Democratic candidates include lieutenant governor
Anthony Brown
, Maryland Attorney General
Doug Gansler
, and state comptroller
Peter Franchot
. A potential Republican candidate is Harford County executive David Craig
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Deval Patrick
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has decided that he will not seek a third term.
Potential candidates include Democratic two-term incumbent lieutenant governor of Massachusetts
Tim Murray and former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker
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will be term-limited in 2014.
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Parnell was elected to a full term with 58.9% of the vote in 2010.
A potential Democratic candidate is State Senate Minority Leader
Nan Rich
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will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Deal was elected with 52.9% of the vote in 2010.
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Otter was re-elected to a second term with 59.1% of the vote in 2010.
Sam Brownback
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Brownback was elected with 63.4% of the vote in 2010.
Paul LePage
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. LePage was elected with 38.3% of the vote in a competitive three member race in 2010.
Rick Snyder will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Snyder was elected with 58.1% of the vote in 2010.
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Sandoval was elected with 53.4% of the vote in 2010.
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if she will do so. Martinez was elected with 53.6% of the vote in 2010.
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Kasich was elected with 49.4% of the vote in 2010.
Democratic former Governor Ted Strickland
, who was defeated for re-election in 2010 by Kasich has not ruled out running again.
Mary Fallin
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if she will do so. Fallin was elected with 60.1% of the vote in 2010.
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Corbett was elected with 54.5% of the vote in 2010.
Nikki Haley
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if she will do so. Haley was elected with 51.4% of the vote in 2010.
State Treasurer Curtis Loftis
has not completely rule out challenging Haley in the Republican Primary.
Dennis Daugaard will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Daugaard was elected with 61.5% of the vote in 2010.
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Haslam was elected with 65% of the vote in 2010.
Rick Perry
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Perry was elected to a third term with 55.1% of the vote in 2010.
Scott Walker
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Walker was elected with 52.3% of the vote in 2010.
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Mead was elected with 71.6% of the vote in 2010.
Jerry Brown
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Brown was elected with 53.1% of the vote in 2010.
John Hickenlooper
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Hickenlooper was elected with 50.7% of the vote in 2010.
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Malloy was elected with 49.6% of the vote in 2010.
Former U.S. ambassador to Ireland
and 2010
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley
plans to challenge Malloy again after losing by less than 1% of the vote in 2010.
Neil Abercrombie
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Abercrombie was elected with 58.2% of the vote in 2010.
Pat Quinn
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Quinn was elected to a full term with 46.6% of the vote in 2010.
Former U.S. Representative and current United States Secretary of Transportation
Ray LaHood
has ruled out running for Governor.
Mark Dayton
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Dayton was elected with 43.7% of the vote in 2010.
Andrew Cuomo
will be eligible to run for re-election. He has not officially announced that he will seek a second term, but has renamed his campaign committee Andrew Cuomo 2014 and has given other hints about his intentions. Cuomo was elected with 61.4% of the vote in 2010.
John Kitzhaber
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Kitzhaber was elected with 49.2% of the vote in 2010.
2010
Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley
has not ruled out running again in 2014, after being defeated by less than 2% of the vote in 2010.
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Chafee was elected with 36.1% in a competitive three member race in 2010.
A potential Republican candidate is 2010
Republican gubernatorial candidate John Robitaille
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as the state holds this election every two years.
as the state holds this election every two years.
United States elections, 2014
The 2014 United States elections will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested in this election along with 38 state and territorial...
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Jan Brewer (Arizona)
Governor Jan BrewerJan Brewer
Janice Kay "Jan" Brewer is the 22nd and current Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona and a member of the Republican Party. She is the fourth woman, and third consecutive woman, to hold the office...
will be term-limited in 2014 despite only serving one full term as Arizona state law limits office holders to two consecutive terms regardless of if they are full or partial terms.
Republican Secretary of State
Secretary of State of Arizona
The Secretary of State of Arizona is an elected position in the U.S. state of Arizona. Since Arizona has no lieutenant governor, the Secretary stands first in the line of succession to the governorship. The Secretary also serves as acting governor whenever the governor is incapacitated or out of...
Ken Bennett
Ken Bennett
Ken Bennett is a Republican politician and businessman who served as president of the Arizona Senate, and is currently serving as the Secretary of State of Arizona.-Biography:...
has filed paperwork to form an exploratory committee for the 2014 race.
Dave Heineman (Nebraska)
GovernorGovernor of Nebraska
The Governor of Nebraska holds the "supreme executive power" of the State of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Nebraska Constitution. The current Governor is Dave Heineman, a Republican, who assumed office on January 20, 2005 upon the resignation of Mike Johanns . He won a full...
Dave Heineman
Dave Heineman
David Eugene "Dave" Heineman is the 39th and current Governor of Nebraska. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...
will be term-limited in 2014.
Republican lieutenant governor Rick Sheehy
Rick Sheehy
Rick Sheehy has been the 38th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, since 2005.Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman on January 24, 2005, after Heineman became Governor upon Mike Johanns' appointment as United States Secretary of Agriculture in the Cabinet of President George W. Bush.Sheehy is a native...
has declared that he will run in 2014.
Mike Beebe (Arkansas)
Governor Mike Beebe will be term-limited in 2014.Potential Democratic candidates include Congressman Mike Ross, and Attorney General
Arkansas Attorney General
The Arkansas Attorney General is an executive position and constitutional officer within the Arkansas government. The Attorney General is the chief law enforcement/legal officer and lawyer for Arkansas. The position is elected every four years, e.g...
Dustin McDaniel
Dustin McDaniel
Dustin McDaniel is the current Attorney General of Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he assumed office on January 9, 2007, succeeding Mike Beebe, who became Governor of Arkansas.- Background :...
. A potential Republican candidate is Lieutenant Governor Mark Darr
Mark Darr
Mark A. Darr is the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to succeed Democrat Bill Halter in 2010, defeating Democratic challenger State Senator and former Speaker of the House Shane Broadway by a margin of 51% - 49%. -Early life and career:Mark...
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Martin O'Malley (Maryland)
GovernorGovernor of Maryland
The Governor of Maryland heads the executive branch of the government of Maryland, and he is the commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard units. The Governor is the highest-ranking official in the state, and he has a broad range of appointive powers in both the State and local governments,...
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
Martin Joseph O'Malley is an American Democratic politician who is currently serving as the 61st Governor of Maryland. Previously, he served as the mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007. He is currently the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association.-Early life, education and career:O'Malley...
will be term-limited in 2014.
Potential Democratic candidates include lieutenant governor
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
The Lieutenant Governor of Maryland is the second highest ranking official in the executive branch of the state government of Maryland in the United States. He or she is elected on the same ticket as the Governor of Maryland and must meet the same qualifications.The current Lieutenant Governor is...
Anthony Brown
Anthony G. Brown
Anthony G. Brown is a Democratic Party politician from the State of Maryland and is the current Lieutenant Governor of Maryland. He was elected as Maryland’s eighth Lieutenant Governor in 2006 on a ticket with Governor Martin O'Malley. Both were reelected in 2010. He is the second African...
, Maryland Attorney General
Attorney General of Maryland
The Attorney General of Maryland is the chief legal officer of the State of Maryland in the United States and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits...
Doug Gansler
Doug Gansler
Douglas F. "Doug" Gansler is a Maryland politician and Attorney General of Maryland. Gansler won the Democratic nomination in the primary election on September 12, 2006, and beat Republican Scott Rolle in the general election on November 7, 2006...
, and state comptroller
Comptroller of Maryland
The Comptroller of Maryland, United States, currently Peter Franchot, is the state's chief financial officer and is also elected by the people for a four year term. The comptroller is not term-limited. The office was established by the Maryland Constitution of 1851 due to concern about the...
Peter Franchot
Peter Franchot
Peter V. R. Franchot assumed office as the Comptroller of Maryland in January 2007. He was formerly a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing the 20th legislative district in Montgomery County, Maryland from 1987 to 2007.-Education and family:Franchot was born in New Haven,...
. A potential Republican candidate is Harford County executive David Craig
David R. Craig
David R. Craig is the Harford County Executive and was sworn in on July 7, 2005. He was preceded by Jim Harkins who resigned to become director of Maryland Environmental Services.-Education:...
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Deval Patrick (Massachusetts)
GovernorGovernor of Massachusetts
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. The current governor is Democrat Deval Patrick.-Constitutional role:...
Deval Patrick
Deval Patrick
Deval Laurdine Patrick is the 71st and current Governor of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, Patrick served as an Assistant United States Attorney General under President Bill Clinton...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has decided that he will not seek a third term.
Potential candidates include Democratic two-term incumbent lieutenant governor of Massachusetts
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
The Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts is the first in the line to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor following the incapacitation of the Governor of Massachusetts...
Tim Murray and former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker
Charles D. Baker, Jr.
Charles Duane "Charlie" Baker, Jr. , is an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He was a cabinet official under two Massachusetts governors, spent ten years as CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and was the Republican candidate in the 2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial...
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John de Jongh (United States Virgin Islands)
Governor John de JonghJohn de Jongh
John Percy de Jongh, Jr. is the current Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.-Life and career:de Jongh was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child he attended Sts. Peter and Paul School on St. Thomas. After his parents' divorce, he lived with his mother in Detroit, Michigan while his mother did...
will be term-limited in 2014.
Robert Bentley (Alabama)
Governor Robert Bentley will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Bentley was elected with 57.9% of the vote in 2010.Sean Parnell (Alaska)
Governor Sean ParnellSean Parnell
Sean R. Parnell is an American Republican politician who is the tenth and current Governor of Alaska. He succeeded Sarah Palin following her resignation, and was sworn in at the Governor's Picnic in Fairbanks on July 26, 2009...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Parnell was elected to a full term with 58.9% of the vote in 2010.
Rick Scott (Florida)
Governor Rick Scott will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Scott was elected with 48.9% of the vote in 2010.A potential Democratic candidate is State Senate Minority Leader
Florida Senate
The Florida Senate is the upper house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Senate is composed of 40 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 470,032....
Nan Rich
Nan Rich
Nan Rich is a Democratic member and current Minority Leader of the Florida Senate, representing the 34th District since 2004. Previously she was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 through 2004....
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Nathan Deal (Georgia)
Governor Nathan DealNathan Deal
John Nathan Deal is a United States politician, the 82nd and current Governor of Georgia. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1992 but switched to the Republican Party in 1995...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Deal was elected with 52.9% of the vote in 2010.
Eddie Calvo (Guam)
Governor Eddie Calvo will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Calvo was elected with 50.6% of the vote in 2010.Butch Otter (Idaho)
Governor Butch OtterC. L. Otter
Clement Leroy "Butch" Otter is the 32nd and current Governor of Idaho since January 2007 and is a member of the Republican Party. Otter previously represented the state's First Congressional District....
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Otter was re-elected to a second term with 59.1% of the vote in 2010.
Terry Branstad (Iowa)
Governor Terry Branstad will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Branstad was elected with 53% of the vote in 2010.Sam Brownback (Kansas)
GovernorGovernor of Kansas
The Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas, United States. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Kansas executive branch, of the government of Kansas. The Governor is the...
Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is the 46th and current Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011, and as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 1996...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Brownback was elected with 63.4% of the vote in 2010.
Paul LePage (Maine)
GovernorGovernor of Maine
The governor of Maine is the chief executive of the State of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts and the governor of Massachusetts was chief executive....
Paul LePage
Paul LePage
Paul Richard LePage is an American businessman and politician who is serving as the 74th and current Governor of Maine. A Republican, he was previously mayor of Waterville from 2003 to 2011, and was a city councilor before that...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. LePage was elected with 38.3% of the vote in a competitive three member race in 2010.
Rick Snyder (Michigan)
GovernorGovernor of Michigan
The Governor of Michigan is the chief executive of the U.S. State of Michigan. The current Governor is Rick Snyder, a member of the Republican Party.-Gubernatorial elections and term of office:...
Rick Snyder will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Snyder was elected with 58.1% of the vote in 2010.
Brian Sandoval (Nevada)
Governor Brian SandovalBrian Sandoval
Brian Edward Sandoval is an American politician. He is the 29th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada since January 3, 2011. Sandoval is a former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Sandoval was elected with 53.4% of the vote in 2010.
Susana Martinez (New Mexico)
Governor Susana MartinezSusana Martinez
Susana Martinez is the 31st and current governor of New Mexico.A Republican, Martinez is the first female governor of New Mexico, as well as the first female Hispanic governor in the United States. She was formerly the district attorney for the 3rd Judicial District of the U.S. state of New Mexico...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if she will do so. Martinez was elected with 53.6% of the vote in 2010.
John Kasich (Ohio)
Governor John KasichJohn Kasich
John Richard Kasich is the 69th and current Governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing from 1983 to 2001...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Kasich was elected with 49.4% of the vote in 2010.
Democratic former Governor Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing ....
, who was defeated for re-election in 2010 by Kasich has not ruled out running again.
Mary Fallin (Oklahoma)
GovernorGovernor of Oklahoma
The governor of the state of Oklahoma is the head of state for the state of Oklahoma, United States. Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Oklahoma executive branch, of the government of Oklahoma...
Mary Fallin
Mary Fallin
Mary Fallin is the 27th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. She was a U.S. Representative for from 2007 until 2011....
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if she will do so. Fallin was elected with 60.1% of the vote in 2010.
Tom Corbett (Pennsylvania)
Governor Tom CorbettTom Corbett
Thomas W. Corbett is the 46th and current Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. He is a former Attorney General of Pennsylvania and was elected to that office in 2004 and reelected in 2008...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Corbett was elected with 54.5% of the vote in 2010.
Nikki Haley (South Carolina)
GovernorGovernor of South Carolina
The Governor of the State of South Carolina 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...
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley is the 116th and current Governor of South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, Haley represented Lexington County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2005 to 2010....
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if she will do so. Haley was elected with 51.4% of the vote in 2010.
State Treasurer Curtis Loftis
Curtis M. Loftis, Jr.
Curtis M. Loftis, Jr. is an American politician, businessman and philanthropist. He currently serves as the Treasurer of South Carolina. He was elected on November 2, 2010 and inaugurated January 12, 2011. In the Republican Primary, Loftis garnered 62% of the vote and carried all 46 of the state's...
has not completely rule out challenging Haley in the Republican Primary.
Dennis Daugaard (South Dakota)
GovernorGovernor of South Dakota
The Governor of South Dakota is the head of the executive branch of the government of South Dakota. They are elected to a four year term on even years when there is no Presidential election. The current governor is Dennis Daugaard, a Republican elected in 2010....
Dennis Daugaard will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Daugaard was elected with 61.5% of the vote in 2010.
Bill Haslam (Tennessee)
Governor Bill HaslamBill Haslam
William Edward "Bill" Haslam is the 49th and current Governor of Tennessee. A member of the Republican Party, Haslam was elected to office in 2010...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Haslam was elected with 65% of the vote in 2010.
Rick Perry (Texas)
GovernorGovernor of Texas
The governor of Texas is the head of the executive branch of Texas's government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Texas Legislature, and to convene the legislature...
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
James Richard "Rick" Perry is the 47th and current Governor of Texas. A Republican, Perry was elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998 and assumed the governorship in December 2000 when then-governor George W. Bush resigned to become President of the United States. Perry was elected to full...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Perry was elected to a third term with 55.1% of the vote in 2010.
Scott Walker (Wisconsin)
GovernorGovernor of Wisconsin
The Governor of Wisconsin is the highest executive authority in the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The position was first filled by Nelson Dewey on June 7, 1848, the year Wisconsin became a state...
Scott Walker
Scott Walker (politician)
Scott Kevin Walker is an American Republican politician who began serving as the 45th Governor of Wisconsin on January 3, 2011, after defeating Democratic candidate Tom Barrett, 52 percent to 47 percent in the November 2010 general election...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Walker was elected with 52.3% of the vote in 2010.
Matt Mead (Wyoming)
Governor Matt MeadMatt Mead
Matthew Hansen "Matt" Mead , is the 32nd and current Governor of Wyoming.-Early Life:Mead is the son of Peter Mead and Mary Hansen Mead , the GOP gubernatorial nominee in 1990, and the grandson of the late Governor and U.S. Senator Clifford P. Hansen...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Mead was elected with 71.6% of the vote in 2010.
Jerry Brown (California)
GovernorGovernor of California
The Governor of California is the chief executive of the California state government, whose responsibilities include making annual State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced...
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. is an American politician. Brown served as the 34th Governor of California , and is currently serving as the 39th California Governor...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Brown was elected with 53.1% of the vote in 2010.
John Hickenlooper (Colorado)
GovernorGovernor of Colorado
The Governor of Colorado is the head of the executive branch of Colorado's government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Colorado General Assembly, to convene the...
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
John Wright Hickenlooper is an American politician and current Governor of Colorado. A Democrat, he was previously the Mayor of Denver, Colorado from 2003 to 2011.-Early life, education and career:...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Hickenlooper was elected with 50.7% of the vote in 2010.
Dan Malloy (Connecticut)
Governor Dan MalloyDan Malloy
Dannel Patrick "Dan" Malloy is the 88th and current Governor of Connecticut. He was the Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut from December 1995 until December 2009. Malloy had been endorsed by the Connecticut Democratic Party on May 22, 2010 over 2006 Democratic U.S...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Malloy was elected with 49.6% of the vote in 2010.
Former U.S. ambassador to Ireland
United States Ambassador to Ireland
There have been a total of 30 Ambassadors of the United States to Ireland meaning the Republic of Ireland. All except one, Frederick A. Sterling, have been non-career appointees, while there were three under President George W. Bush.-List of Ambassadors:...
and 2010
Connecticut gubernatorial election, 2010
The 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010 to elect the 73rd Governor of Connecticut. Incumbent Governor M. Jodi Rell had announced in a press conference in Hartford on November 9, 2009, that she would not seek re-election in 2010...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley
Thomas C. Foley
Thomas Coleman "Tom" Foley is a former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, Connecticut businessman, and was the Republican candidate in the 2010 gubernatorial election in Connecticut.-Early life and education:...
plans to challenge Malloy again after losing by less than 1% of the vote in 2010.
Neil Abercrombie (Hawaii)
GovernorGovernor of Hawaii
The Governor of Hawaii is the chief executive of the state of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state...
Neil Abercrombie
Neil Abercrombie
Neil Abercrombie is the 7th and current Governor of Hawaii. He was the Democratic U.S. Representative of the First Congressional District of Hawaii which comprises urban Honolulu. He served in Congress from 1986 to 1987 and from 1991 to 2010 when he resigned to successfully run for governor...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Abercrombie was elected with 58.2% of the vote in 2010.
Pat Quinn (Illinois)
GovernorGovernor of Illinois
The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state....
Pat Quinn
Pat Quinn (politician)
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Quinn III is the 41st and current Governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Previously elected three times to statewide office, Quinn was the sitting lieutenant governor and became governor on January 29, 2009, when the previous governor, Rod Blagojevich,...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Quinn was elected to a full term with 46.6% of the vote in 2010.
Former U.S. Representative and current United States Secretary of Transportation
United States Secretary of Transportation
The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation, a member of the President's Cabinet, and fourteenth in the Presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Transportation on October 15, 1966,...
Ray LaHood
Ray LaHood
Raymond H. "Ray" LaHood is a Republican politician from Illinois who is currently the United States Secretary of Transportation, having served since 2009. Previously, he represented the Illinois's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for seven terms .-Early life and...
has ruled out running for Governor.
Mark Dayton (Minnesota)
GovernorGovernor of Minnesota
The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Forty different people have been governors of the state, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory. Alexander Ramsey, the first territorial...
Mark Dayton
Mark Dayton
Mark Brandt Dayton is an American politician, the 40th and current Governor of the state of Minnesota. Dayton previously served as United States Senator from Minnesota from 2001 to 2007 in the 107th, 108th, and 109th Congresses...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Dayton was elected with 43.7% of the vote in 2010.
Andrew Cuomo (New York)
GovernorGovernor of New York
The Governor of the State of New York is the chief executive of the State of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military and naval forces. The officeholder is afforded the courtesy title of His/Her...
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Mark Cuomo is the 56th and current Governor of New York, having assumed office on January 1, 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 64th New York State Attorney General, and was the 11th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development...
will be eligible to run for re-election. He has not officially announced that he will seek a second term, but has renamed his campaign committee Andrew Cuomo 2014 and has given other hints about his intentions. Cuomo was elected with 61.4% of the vote in 2010.
John Kitzhaber (Oregon)
GovernorGovernor of Oregon
The Governor of Oregon is the top executive of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. The title of governor was also applied to the office of Oregon's chief executive during the provisional and U.S. territorial governments....
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
John Albert Kitzhaber is the 37th Governor of Oregon. He served as the 35th Governor of Oregon from 1995 to 2003 and became the first person to be elected to the office three times when he was re-elected to a non-consecutive third term in 2010...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Kitzhaber was elected with 49.2% of the vote in 2010.
2010
Oregon gubernatorial election, 2010
The Oregon gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on Tuesday, to elect the Governor of Oregon, who will serve a four-year term to begin on . The incumbent governor, Democrat Ted Kulongoski, was ineligible to run due to term limits barring him from being elected to more than two consecutive...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley
Chris Dudley
Christen Guilford "Chris" Dudley is a retired American basketball player who played 16 years and 886 games in the NBA for five different teams. A journeyman center, he was known primarily for his defensive skill as a rebounder and shot blocker...
has not ruled out running again in 2014, after being defeated by less than 2% of the vote in 2010.
Lincoln Chafee (Rhode Island)
Governor Lincoln ChafeeLincoln Chafee
Lincoln Davenport Chafee is an American politician who has been the 74th Governor of Rhode Island since January 2011. Prior to his election as governor, Chafee served in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1999 until losing his Senate re-election bid in 2006 to Democrat Sheldon...
will be eligible to run for re-election, but has so far not announced if he will do so. Chafee was elected with 36.1% in a competitive three member race in 2010.
A potential Republican candidate is 2010
Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2010
The Rhode Island gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010. It was preceded by the primary election on September 14, 2010. Incumbent Republican Governor Donald Carcieri was term-limited in 2010...
Republican gubernatorial candidate John Robitaille
John Robitaille
John Robitaille was the Republican party nominee in the 2010 election for governor of Rhode Island, which he lost to independent candidate Lincoln Chafee on November 2, 2010.-Background:...
.
Unknown (New Hampshire)
The incumbent will be determined after the 2012 New Hampshire gubernatorial electionNew Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2012
The 2012 New Hampshire gubernatorial election will take place on November 6, 2012.Four-term incumbent governor John Lynch is eligible to seek a fifth term but has publicly stated his intention to retire.-Candidates:...
as the state holds this election every two years.
Unknown (Vermont)
The incumbent will be determined after the 2012 Vermont gubernatorial electionVermont gubernatorial election, 2012
The 2012 Vermont gubernatorial election will be held on November 6, 2012 to elect the Governor of Vermont. Democratic incumbent Peter Shumlin will be eligible to seek re-election.-Potential:* Randy Brock, state senator and former state auditor...
as the state holds this election every two years.