Stateline 2016 Calendar Governors Legislative sessions and party control
Governor/Term expires State Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Robert Bentley / '19 Alabama 2/2 early April
Bill Walker / '18 Alaska 1/19 4/17
Doug Ducey / '19 Arizona 1/11 early April
Asa Hutchinson / '19 Arkansas 4/13 5/12
Jerry Brown / '19 California 1/4 8/31
John Hickenlooper / '19 Colorado 1/13 5/11
Dannel Malloy / '19 Connecticut 2/3 5/4
Jack Markell / '17 Delaware 1/12 6/30
Rick Scott / '19 Florida 1/12 3/11
Nathan Deal / '19 Georgia 1/11 late March
David Ige / '18 Hawaii 1/20 early May
C.L. "Butch" Otter / '19 Idaho 1/11 early April
Bruce Rauner / '19 Illinois 1/13 all year
Mike Pence / '17 Indiana 1/5 3/14
Terry Branstad / '19 Iowa 1/11 4/19
Sam Brownback / '19 Kansas 1/11 mid-May
Matt Bevin / '19 Kentucky 1/5 4/12
John Bel Edwards / '20 Louisiana 3/14 6/6
Paul LePage / '19 Maine 1/6 4/20
Larry Hogan / '19 Maryland 1/13 4/11
Charlie Baker / '19 Massachusetts 1/6 all year
Rick Snyder / '19 Michigan 1/13 all year
Mark Dayton / '19 Minnesota 3/8 5/23
Phil Bryant / '20 Mississippi 1/5 5/8
Jay Nixon / '17 Missouri 1/6 5/30
Steve Bullock / '17 Montana No regular session
Pete Ricketts / '19 Nebraska 1/6 mid-April
Brian Sandoval / '19 Nevada No regular session
Maggie Hassan / '17 New Hampshire 1/6 7/1
Chris Christie / '18 New Jersey 1/12 all year
Susana Martinez / '19 New Mexico 1/19 2/18
Andrew Cuomo / '19 New York 1/6 all year
Pat McCrory / '17 North Carolina 4/25 mid-July
Jack Dalrymple / '17 North Dakota No regular session
John Kasich / '19 Ohio 1/5 all year
Mary Fallin / '19 Oklahoma 2/1 5/27
Kate Brown / '17 Oregon 2/1 3/6
Tom Wolf / '19 Pennsylvania 1/5 all year
Gina Raimondo / '19 Rhode Island 1/5 late June
Nikki Haley / '19 South Carolina 1/12 6/2
Dennis Daugaard / '18 South Dakota 1/12 3/29
Bill Haslam / '19 Tennessee 1/12 mid-April
Greg Abbott / '19 Texas No regular session
Gary Herbert / '17 Utah 1/25 3/10
Peter Shumlin / '17 Vermont 1/5 mid-May
Terry McAuliffe / '18 Virginia 1/13 3/12
Jay Inslee / '17 Washington 1/11 3/10
Earl Ray Tomblin / '17 West Virginia 1/13 3/12
Scott Walker / '19 Wisconsin 1/12 all year
Matt Mead / '19 Wyoming 2/8 early March
Term Limited Supermajority Independent Republican Democratic Nonpartisan Split
2016 Balance of Power
Governors Legislatures
WA* ME WA ME MT ND MT* ND* MN MN OR* OR NY NY ID SD WI ID SD WI WY MI WY MI PA PA IA * IA NE OH NE OH NV IL IN* NV IL IN UT* WV* * UT CO VA CO WV VA CA KS MO* KY CA KS MO KY NC* NC TN TN OK SC OK SC AZ NM AR AZ NM AR GA GA MS AL MS AL
TX LA * TX LA FL FL AK AK
HI HI
31 18 1 30 11 1 8
Republican Democratic Independent Republican Democratic Nonpartisan Split *This state has a 2016 gubernatorial election
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