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Table 4.15 THE secretaries of state, 2006
Maximum Length of Number of consecutive State or other Method of regular term Date of previous terms allowed jurisdiction Name and party selection in years first service Present term ends terms by constitution Alabama...... Nancy Worley (D) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 Alaska...... (a)...... Arizona...... Jan Brewer (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 Arkansas...... Charlie Daniels (D) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 California...... Bruce McPherson (R) E (i) 4 3/05 (i) 1/07 0 2 Colorado...... Gigi Dennis (R) E 4 8/05 (b) 1/07 0 (b) 2 Connecticut...... Susan Bysiewicz (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 . . . Delaware...... Harriet Smith Windsor (D) A . . . 1/01 . . . 0 . . . Florida...... Sue Cobb (R) A . . . 11/05 (j) . . . 0 . . . Georgia...... Cathy Cox (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 . . . Hawaii...... (a)...... Idaho...... Ben Ysursa (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 . . . Illinois...... Jesse White (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 . . . Indiana...... Todd Rokita (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 Iowa...... Chet Culver (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 . . . Kansas...... Ron Thornburgh (R) E 4 1/95 1/07 2 . . . Kentucky...... Trey Grayson (R) E 4 12/03 12/07 0 2 Louisiana...... Al Ater (R) E (k) 4 7/05 1/08 (k) 4 . . . Maine...... Matthew Dunlap (D) L 2 1/05 1/07 0 . . . Maryland...... Mary Kane (R) A . . . 8/05 . . . 0 . . . Massachusetts...... William Francis Galvin (D) E 4 1/95 1/07 2 . . . Michigan...... Terri Lynn Land (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 Minnesota...... Mary Kiffmeyer (R) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 . . . Mississippi...... Eric Clark (D) E 4 1/96 1/08 2 . . . Missouri...... Robin Carnahan (D) E 4 1/05 1/09 0 . . . Montana...... Brad Johnson (R) E 4 1/05 1/09 0 (c) Nebraska...... John Gale (R) E 4 12/00 (d) 1/07 (d) . . . Nevada...... Dean Heller (R) E 4 1/95 1/07 2 2 (f) New Hampshire...... William Gardner (D) L 2 12/76 12/06 14 . . . New Jersey...... Nina Mitchell Wells A . . . 1/06 1/10 0 . . . New Mexico...... Rebecca Vigil-Giron (D) E 4 1/87 (g) 1/07 2 2 New York...... Frank P. Milano (l) A . . . (l) (l) 0 . . . North Carolina...... Elaine Marshall (D) E 4 1/97 1/09 2 . . . North Dakota...... Alvin Jaeger (R) E 4 (h) 1/93 1/07 (h) 2 . . . Ohio...... J. Kenneth Blackwell (R) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 2 Oklahoma...... M. Susan Savage (D) A 4 1/03 1/07 0 . . . Oregon...... Bill Bradbury (D) E 4 1/99 (e) 1/09 (e) 2 Pennsylvania...... Pedro A. Cortes (D) A . . . 5/03 . . . 0 . . . Rhode Island...... Matthew Brown (D) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 South Carolina...... Mark Hammond (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 . . . South Dakota...... Chris Nelson (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 Tennessee...... Riley Darnell (D) L 4 1/93 1/09 3 . . . Texas...... Roger Williams (R) A . . . 2/05 . . . 0 . . . Utah...... (a)...... Vermont...... Deb Markowitz (D) E 2 1/99 1/07 3 . . . Virginia...... Katherine K. Hanley (D) A . . . 3/06 . . . 0 . . . Washington...... Sam Reed (R) E 4 1/01 1/09 1 . . . West Virginia...... Betty Ireland (R) E 4 1/05 1/09 0 . . . Wisconsin...... Douglas LaFollette (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 . . . Wyoming...... Joe Meyer (R) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 . . . American Samoa...... (a)...... Guam...... (a)...... No. Mariana Islands...... (a)...... Puerto Rico...... Fernando J. Bonilla A . . . N.A...... U.S. Virgin Islands...... (a)......
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Source: The Council of State Governments’ survey, December 2005. (f) Term limits were not effective until Secretary Heller’s second term in Key: office. His second term counts as his first. E — Elected by voters (g) Secretary Vigil-Giron served from 1987–1991. She was elected again L — Elected by legislature in 1998 and in 2002. A — Appointed by governor (h) Because of a constitutional change approved by voters in 2000, the . . . — No provision for term for the secretary elected in 2004 will be only two years. It will revert to (a) No secretary of state. a four-year term in 2007. (b) Appointed August 29, 2005, to finish Secretary Donetta Davidson’s term (i) Appointed in March 2005 upon the resignation of Kevin Shelley. after she resigned to accept a federal appointment. (j) Became acting Secretary after Glenda Hood resigned from office in (c) Eligible for eight out of 16 years. November 2005. (d) Secretary Gale was appointed by Gov. Mike Johanns in December (k) After the death of W. Fox McKeithen in July 2005, First Deputy Secretary Al 2000 upon the resignation of Scott Moore. He was elected to a full four-year Ater assumed the duties of Secretary of State. A special election will be held to fill term in November 2002. the unexpired term on September 30, 2006, with a runoff, if necessary, scheduled (e) Secretary Bradbury was appointed Secretary of State in November 1999 for November 7, 2006. The regular term of office was until October 20, 2007. and was elected to a four-year term in November 2000 and 2004. (l) Randy Daniels resigned effective September 23, 2005. As of December 2005, Frank Milano is serving as Acting Secretary of State.
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