National Governors Association
GOVERNORS OF THE AMERICAN STATES, COMMONWEALTHS AND TERRITORIES
2012
NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
Founded in 1908, the National Governors Association (NGA) is the collective voice of the nation’s governors and one of Washington, D.C.’s, most respected public policy organizations. Its members are the governors of the 50 states, three territories and two commonwealths. NGA provides governors and their senior staff members with services that range from representing states on Capitol Hill and before the Administration on key federal issues to developing and implementing innovative solutions to public policy challenges through the NGA Center for Best Practices. NGA also provides management and technical assistance to both new and incumbent governors.
Structure
Each year, governors elect a chair, vice chair and nine-person Executive Committee to supervise the association’s operations on behalf of the entire membership. Bipartisanship is ensured by NGA’s Articles of Organization. The party affiliation of each committee chair rotates annually, the chair and vice chair represent different parties and the vice chair succeeds the chair. The Executive Committee is composed of four members of the chair’s party and five members of the other party.
NGA maintains four standing committees—Economic Development and Commerce; Education, Early Childhood and Workforce; Health and Human Services; and Natural Resources—which enable governors to examine and develop policy and address key state and national issues.
NGA also creates special ad hoc, bipartisan task forces of select governors to focus on high-priority issues for states.
NGA Staff in Washington, D.C.
The Office of Federal Relations ensures governors’ views are represented in the shaping of federal policy. NGA policy positions, reflecting governors’ principles on priority issues, guide the association’s endeavors to influence federal laws and regulations affecting states.
The NGA Center for Best Practices develops and implements innovative solutions to public policy changes. Through the staff of the NGA Center, governors and their policy advisors can quickly learn what works, what doesn’t and what lessons can be learned; obtain assistance in designing and implementing new programs or making current programs more effective; receive up-to-date, comprehensive information about what is happening in other state capitals and Washington, D.C.; and learn about emerging national trends and their implications for states.
The Office of Communications creates and coordinates the association’s communications strategies and media and public information activities to help convey timely, in-depth analysis and background information on NGA positions and issues of interest to states.
The Office of Management Consulting & Training serves as a management consultant to governors and their offices and as NGA’s primary liaison to governors’ chiefs of staff. OMCT helps governors lead and manage state government and assists in organizing and operating the governor’s office.
The Corporate Fellows Program promotes the exchange of information between the private sector and governors and stimulates discussion within the business community on emerging trends and factors affecting business and government. Working through NGA’s nonprofit arm, the NGA Center, the program generates a spirit of partnership through meaningful dialogue between public and private sector leaders.
Alabama ROBERT BENTLEY was sworn in as governor of Alabama on January 17, 2011.
Bentley is a board certified dermatologist and he served two terms as President of the Alabama Dermatology Society, which he founded. He was also selected by his peers as one of the “Best Doctors in America”.
In 2002, Bentley was elected to the Alabama State House of Representatives from Tuscaloosa County and has served on the Education Appropriations Committee, the Boards and Commissions Committee, and the Agriculture and Forestry Committee, and has been a member of the Tuscaloosa County Legislative Delegation.
Bentley received his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama and went on to the University of Alabama School of Medicine.
Birthdate: February 3, 1943 Party: Republican Family: Married; four children Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Robert Bentley Dianne Bentley
Alaska SEAN PARNELL was inaugurated to a full term as governor of Alaska on December 6, 2010. Parnell has served as governor of Alaska since July 26, 2009, when he assumed the office following the resignation of Governor Palin.
Parnell arrived in Alaska in 1973 at the age of 10. He graduated from East Anchorage High School in 1980, going on to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Pacific Lutheran University, as well as a doctorate of jurisprudence from University of Puget Sound School of Law (now known as Seattle University School of Law). Like his father, Parnell owned his own business for many years, a small law practice located in Anchorage.
In 1992 Parnell was elected to the Alaska State House of Representatives. While serving in the House, Parnell was active as a member of the House Finance Committee and chaired numerous budget subcommittees. After serving two terms in the House, he ran for, and won, a seat in the Alaska State Senate in 1996. In the Senate, Parnell was an instrumental leader who served on the Senate Finance Committee during his first two years, and he later co-chaired the Senate's Finance Committee. In 2006 Parnell was elected as Lieutenant Governor.
Parnell and his wife, Sandy, have been married for 23 years. They reside in Juneau, Alaska with their daughters, Grace and Rachel, and their dog Annie. They enjoy running, hiking, fishing, and staying active in their church and community.
Birthdate: November 19, 1962 Family: Married; two children Party: Republican Succeeded: July 2009 Elected: December 2010 Term Expires: December 2014
Sean Parnell Sandra Parnell
American Samoa TOGIOLA T.A. TULAFONO was born on February 28, 1947 on Aunu'u Island, American Samoa. He was educated at Samoana High School, earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and sociology in 1970 from Chadron State College in Nebraska, and also received a doctor of laws degree in 1975 from Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas.
A lawyer with approximately 20 years in private practice, Tulafono has been a policeman, administrative assistant for the secretary of Samoan affairs, Samoan assistant to the attorney general, district court judge, senator for Saole County for four years, senator for Sua County for eight years, first chairman of the board of directors for the American Samoa Power Authority, and first chairman of the Board of Higher Education. He served as lieutenant governor of American Samoa from 1997 until April 2003, when he was sworn in as governor following Governor Tauese P.F. Sunia's sudden death.
Tulafono chaired the South Pacific Mini Games Committee in 1997 when the Territory hosted the regional games, and he also served as chairman for the American Samoa Centennial Committee during the 2000 celebration marking 100 years since American Samoa became a U.S. possession. Tulafono was elected as governor on November 16, 2004. He has been a deacon for more than 25 years at the Congregational Christian Church in Sa’ilele, American Samoa, and presently serves as vice chairman of the territorial church general assembly.
Birthdate: February 28, 1947 Family: Married; six children Party: Democrat Succeeded: April 2003 Elected: November 2004, 2008 Term Expires: January 2013
Togiola T.A. Tulafono Mary Tulafono Arizona JANICE K. BREWER became the 22nd person to take the oath of office as governor of Arizona on January 21, 2009. She was again sworn in on January 3, 2011, following a convincing election in her own right in November 2010.
Born in Hollywood, CA, she has lived in Arizona for 40 years and has spent the past 29 of them serving the people and upholding the public trust. Prior to becoming governor, she served as Arizona Secretary of State, as a Maricopa County Supervisor, and as a highly respected member of both houses of the Arizona Legislature, where she rose to a leadership position in the State Senate.
Governor Brewer is married to Dr. John Brewer and is the mother of three sons, one of whom passed away in 2007. She is an active member of Life in Christ Lutheran Church in Peoria, Ariz.
Birthdate: September 26, 1944 Family: Married; three children Party: Republican Succeeded: January 2009 Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Jan Brewer John Brewer
Arkansas Since taking office in 2007, Governor MIKE BEEBE has made improving education, expanding Arkansas’s economy and cutting taxes top priorities. He has guided the state through the worst economic downturn in two generations, resulting in Arkansas being one of only four states to enter the current fiscal year without a projected budget shortfall. Arkansas has avoided the massive cuts in services and tax increases suffered by other states while achieving more than a half-billion dollars in tax relief during Governor Beebe’s first term.
A champion of education and economic development, Governor Beebe has overseen Arkansas’s rise in national education rankings and the announcement of more than 26,000 new jobs. He has helped conclude the lengthy court dispute over Arkansas’s public-school system, secured the largest single capital investment in Arkansas public schools, and made record investments in higher education. He has expanded adult-education programs, and worked to match colleges and universities with local businesses to produce a better-trained workforce.
Born in Amagon, Arkansas (Jackson County), in 1946, the Governor earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Arkansas State University in 1968, and completed law school at the University of Arkansas in 1972, while serving his country in the U.S. Army Reserve.
The Governor and his wife, Ginger, have three adult children. They have worked together to improve children’s health and literacy throughout the State.
Birthdate: December 28, 1946 Family: Married; three children Party: Democrat Elected: November 2006, 2010 Term Expires: January 2011
Mike Beebe Ginger Beebe
California JERRY BROWN was sworn in as governor of California on January 3, 2011.
Brown previously was elected governor in 1974 and served two terms, during which time he established the first agricultural labor relations law in the country, started the California Conservation Corp, and signed into permanent law the California Coastal Protection Act. He began his career as a clerk at the California Supreme Court. In 1970, Brown was elected California Secretary of State.
In 1998, he reentered politics and was elected mayor for the city of Oakland, serving two terms from 1999 to 2007. Brown founded the Oakland School for the Arts and the Oakland Military Institute, which serve students from the 6th grade through the 12th grade. He was also elected California’s 31st Attorney General in 2006.
Brown graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, where he received his bachelor’s degree in Classics, and earned his law degree from Yale Law School in 1964.
Birthdate: April 7, 1938 Family: Married Party: Democrat Elected: November 1974, 1978, 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Jerry Brown Anne Gust Brown
Colorado JOHN HICKENLOOPER was sworn in as governor of Colorado on January 11, 2011.
Hickenlooper began his career as a geologist and later opened a series of restaurants and brewpubs across the country, including the Wynkoop Brewing Co. in downtown Denver.
Hickenlooper served as the mayor of Denver, Colorado, from 2003 to 2011. During his tenure, he reduced the size of City government, streamlined services and introduced successful programs to reduce homelessness and promote sustainability.
Hickenlooper graduated from Wesleyan University with a B.A. in English and a Master’s Degree in Geology.
Birthdate: February 7, 1952 Family: Married; one child Party: Democrat Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
John Hickenlooper Helen Thorpe Connecticut DAN MALLOY was sworn in as governor of Connecticut on January 5, 2011.
From 1995 to 2009, Malloy served as mayor of Stamford, Connecticut, the longest tenure in the city’s history. Prior to that, he was the assistant district attorney, where he tried 23 felony cases and won convictions of 22 of them. He was also a partner in a Connecticut law firm and served on the Stamford Boards of Education Finance.
Malloy graduated magna cum laude from Boston College and earned his law degree from Boston College Law School. He and his wife, Cathy, have three sons, Dannel, Ben, and Sam.
Birthdate: July 21, 1955 Family: Married; three children Party: Democrat Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Dan Malloy Cathy Malloy
Delaware JACK MARKELL was born November 26, 1960, in Newark, Delaware. He earned an undergraduate degree in economics and development studies from Brown University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Markell entered politics after a successful career in the private sector, where he helped grow a company of 13 people called Fleet Call into the company now known as Nextel. In addition, he has been a banker at First Chicago Corporation, a consultant at McKinsey and Company, and a senior executive at Comcast Corporation. In 2006, he was elected to a third term as state treasurer. Markell and his wife Carla have two children.
Birthdate: November 26, 1960 Family: Married Party: Democrat Elected: November 2008 Term Expires: January 2013
Jack Markell Carla Markell
Florida Rick Scott was sworn in as governor of Florida on January 4, 2011.
Scott has made a name for himself in business, health care, and politics. From 1987 to 1997, Scott established and led Columbia, which later became Columbia/HCA, a company that works to reduce costs and improve care for patients in hospitals around the country. After purchasing a controlling interest in America’s Health Network, Scott co-founded Solantic Corporation in 2001, which operates unique and innovative urgent care centers across Florida.
Scott earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and received a law degree from Southern Methodist University.
Birthdate: December 1, 1952 Family: Married; two children Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Rick Scott Ann Scott
Georgia NATHAN DEAL was sworn in as governor of Georgia on January 10, 2011.
Deal has represented Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives since his election in 1992. He previously served in the Georgia Senate from 1981 to 1993 and was named president pro tempore in his last term. Deal also worked as a lawyer, assistant district attorney, and judge.
He attended Mercer University and received his law degree from the Walter F. George School of Law in Macon before serving as an officer in the U.S. Army. He is an active member of the First Baptist Church in Gainesville, where he has served as a deacon and a Sunday school teacher.
Birthdate: August 25, 1942 Family: Married; four children Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Nathan Deal Sandra Deal
Guam EDDIE BAZA CALVO was sworn in as governor of Guam on January 3, 2011.
Calvo is the son of Governor Paul McDonald Calvo, who served as the governor of Guam from 1979 until 1983. He worked in the private sector as the general manager for both the Pacific Construction Company and the Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Guam before entering politics in the late 1990s. Calvo has been elected for five consecutive terms in the Guam legislature, serving as vice speaker and acting speaker during his tenure.
Calvo received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the College of Notre Dame in Belmont, California. He and his wife, Christine, have six children.
Birthdate: August 29, 1961 Family: Married; six children Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Eddie Calvo Christine Calvo
Hawaii NEIL ABERCROMBIE was sworn in as governor of Hawaii on December 6, 2010.
He served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979 and in the state senate from 1979 to 1986. In 1990, Abercrombie was elected to represent Hawaii’s first congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he has served as chairman of the Armed Forces Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces and as a senior member of the Natural Resources Committee.
In 2009, Abercrombie received the Harry S. Truman Award—the highest honor given by the National Guard Association of the U.S. —for “sustained contributions of exceptional and far-reaching magnitude to the defense and security of the U.S.”
Abercrombie received a master’s degree in sociology and a Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Hawaii Manoa.
Birthdate: June 26, 1938 Family: Married Party: Democrat Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: December 2014
Neil Abercrombie Nancie Caraway
Idaho C.L. "BUTCH" OTTER was born in Caldwell, Idaho on May 3, 1942. He graduated from St. Teresa's Academy (now Bishop Kelly High School) in Boise, attended Boise Junior College (now Boise State University), and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the College of Idaho in 1967.
Otter served honorably in the Idaho Army National Guard's 116th Armored Cavalry from 1968 to 1973, and later was awarded honorary doctorates from Mindanao State University in the Philippines and the College of Idaho in Caldwell.
Otter's 30-year career in business included membership on the Board of Directors of the J.R. Simplot Company. He also served as Director of the Food Products Division, President of Simplot Livestock, and President of Simplot International.
Otter served four terms as Idaho's Lieutenant Governor—longer than anyone in Idaho history. He previously represented the people of Canyon County in the Idaho House of Representatives for two terms (1973-1976), was on the Idaho Republican Party Central Committee and was Chairman of the Canyon County Republican Party. He served three terms in Congress representing Idaho's 1st District (2000-2006).
Otter is a father of four and grandfather of five. He is married to the former Lori Easley. They live on their ranch near Star.
Birthdate: May 3, 1942 Family: Married; four children, five grandchildren Party: Republican Elected: November 2006, 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
C.L. "Butch" Otter Lori Otter Illinois PAT QUINN became Governor of Illinois on January 29, 2009. Quinn grew up in Hinsdale and graduated in 1967 from Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. Quinn is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law and holds an international economics degree from Georgetown University.
Since 1975, Quinn has organized petition drives for consumer protection laws, tax reform and citizen empowerment. He spearheaded the 1983 drive to create the Citizens Utility Board. In 2001, he walked across Illinois, from the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan, to raise awareness of the need to provide decent health care for everyone.
Quinn was elected Commissioner of the Cook County Board of Property Tax Appeals in 1982 and served as Revenue Director for the City of Chicago. Quinn served as Illinois State Treasurer from 1991 to 1995, where he cut his office’s budget each year and earned taxpayers $848 million in investment income.
Quinn was elected Lieutenant Governor November 2002 and was re-elected Lieutenant on Nov. 7, 2006. His priorities included advocating for taxpayers and consumers, protecting the environment, promoting decent health care, and helping members of the armed services and their families.
Quinn is the father of two sons, Patrick IV and David.
Birthdate: December 16, 1948 Family: Divorced; two children Party: Democrat Elected: November 2008 Term Expires: January 2015
Pat Quinn
Indiana MITCHELL E. DANIELS JR. was elected as the 49th Governor of the State of Indiana in 2004.
He held numerous top management positions in both the private and public sectors. His work as CEO of the Hudson Institute and President of Eli Lilly and Company's North American Pharmaceutical Operations taught him the business skills he brought to state government. He also has served as Chief of Staff to Senator Richard Lugar, Senior Advisor to President Ronald Reagan and Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President George W. Bush.
Daniels’ first legislative success created the public-private Indiana Economic Development Corporation to replace a failing state bureaucracy in the mission of attracting new jobs. On his first day in office, Governor Daniels created the first Office of Management and Budget to look for efficiencies and cost savings across state government. During his first term, Governor Daniels spearheaded a host of reforms aimed at improving the performance of state government. These changes and a strong emphasis on performance measurement have led to many state agencies, including the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Department of Child Services, and Department of Correction winning national awards. Daniels’ 2006 lease of the Indiana Toll Road, the largest privatization of public infrastructure in the United States to date, generated nearly $4 billion for reinvestment in the state’s record breaking 10-year transportation and infrastructure program. 2007 saw the enactment of the Healthy Indiana Plan to provide healthcare coverage for uninsured Hoosier adults, and a sweeping property tax reform in 2008 resulted in the biggest tax cut in Indiana history.
In 2008, Governor Daniels was named "Public Official of the Year" by the independent magazine Governing for his achievements as governor. In October, 2010, Governor Daniels became just the second-ever recipient of the Herman Kahn Award, the Hudson Institute’s top honor for creative and visionary leaders who are dedicated to strong national security, have an appreciation of the role of technology as a driver of global economic progress and hold a guarded optimism about the future of the country.
Governor Daniels was re-elected in 2008 to a second and final term, receiving more votes than any candidate for any public office in the state’s history.
Daniels earned a bachelor's degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1971 and his law degree from Georgetown University in 1979.
Governor Daniels and his wife Cheri have four daughters: Meagan, Melissa, Meredith and Maggie.
Birthdate: April 7, 1949 Family: Married; four children Party: Republican Elected: November 2004, 2008 Term Expires: January 2013
Mitch Daniels Cheri Daniels Iowa TERRY BRANSTAD was sworn in as governor of Iowa on January 14, 2011.
Branstad is Iowa’s longest-serving governor, serving in office from 1983 to 1999. Branstad became Iowa’s lieutenant governor in 1978 and was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1972, 1974 and 1976.
Recently, Branstad served as president of Des Moines University. Under Branstad’s leadership, the university became the first college in the U.S. to receive the “Platinum Level of Recognition” from the Wellness Council of America.
He and his wife, Chris, have three children and four grandchildren.
Birthdate: November 17, 1946 Family: Married; three children Party: Republican Elected: November 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Terry Branstad Christine Branstad
Kansas SAM BROWNBACK was sworn in as governor of Kansas on January 10, 2011.
Throughout his life, Brownback has worked as a radio broadcaster, attorney, teacher, administrator, congressman and senator.
Brownback served in the U.S. Senate from 1996-2010, where he was a member of the Appropriations Committee and the Homeland Security Subcommittee and served as the top-ranking Republican in the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1994-1996, and was the youngest Kansas Secretary of Agriculture.
He and his wife, Mary, have five children.
Birthdate: September 12, 1956 Family: Married; five children Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Sam Brownback Mary Brownback
Kentucky STEVEN L. BESHEAR is a native of Dawson Springs in Hopkins County, Kentucky, where he was one of five children of a Baptist minister and a mother dedicated to her community. Beshear has a bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Kentucky, where he was president of the student body. He also served as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army Reserve, where he carried out certain judge advocate general duties.
An attorney by profession, Beshear has a long background in public service. During three terms as state representative, Beshear helped modernize the Kentucky Judicial System and proposed legislation that resulted in the modernization and more than doubling of neo-natal capacities at the University of Kentucky Hospital. As attorney general, Beshear saved countless taxpayer dollars by successfully cracking down on statewide food stamp fraud and pursued several controversial investigations involving state government employees. As lieutenant governor, Beshear helped push for reform of the child welfare system. He also created and spearheaded the Kentucky Tomorrow Commission, a strategic planning initiative that identified daunting challenges facing the state then and far into the future. Beshear took nearly two decades off to practice law before entering a crowded field in the governor's race.
Beshear was elected governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in November 2007. As governor, Beshear has helped restore public trust by creating a culture of integrity in state government that has including rooting out cronyism and implementing stronger ethics standards. He has also streamlined spending with a trimming of the state workforce, implemented a more efficient way of designing and building roads and won bipartisan support for a complex reform of the beleaguered public pension system.
Beshear has focused on initiatives to help Kentucky families including expanding efforts to bring health coverage to 35,000 uninsured children, designing a plan to bring prescription drugs to those who can't afford them, securing "bridge" funding to save Kentucky's student loan agency and calling for a new analysis on higher education affordability and access.
He and his wife, Jane, have been married since 1969. They co-own a horse farm in Clark County. They have two sons— Jeff, a veterinarian; and Andy, an attorney—and one grandson. Beshear has long been deeply involved in the community, and his various civic activities include such organizations as CommerceLexington Inc., the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation, God's Pantry Food Bank, Bluegrass Tomorrow, the Kentucky World Trade Center, and the UK College of Law Visiting Committee.
Birthdate: September 21, 1944 Family: Married; two children Party: Democrat Elected: November 2007 Term Expires: December 2011
Steven L. Beshear Jane Beshear
Louisiana BOBBY JINDAL was sworn in as Governor of Louisiana on January 14, 2008.
Governor Jindal has put forth detailed plans for reforming our state's health care, education, and transportation systems, as well as for encouraging workforce development and continuing recovery efforts in areas devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well as Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
Governor Jindal led the historic response to Hurricane Gustav by successfully moving 1.9 million people out of harms’ way, the largest evacuation of citizens in the history of the United States, including the largest medical evacuation in history moving more than 10,400 people from hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical facilities out of the path of the storm. Louisiana's oil and gas, agriculture, fisheries, and transportation industries were all affected by the storms and Governor Jindal continues to work with local, state, and federal entities to ensure that all individuals and industries affected are provided with the necessary assistance.
Jindal graduated from Baton Rouge High School in 1988 and went on to attend Brown University where he graduated with honors in biology and public policy. Following his graduation from Brown he attended Oxford University in England as a Rhodes Scholar.
In 1994, Jindal went to work for McKinsey and Company as a consultant for Fortune 500 companies before entering public service. In 1996, he was appointed Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH). In 1998, Jindal was appointed Executive Director of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare. At the conclusion of the Commission's work, Jindal was appointed President of the University of Louisiana System, the 16th largest higher education system in the country.
In 2004 he was elected to the 109th United States Congress representing the First District of Louisiana. In Congress he was elected Freshman Class President and served on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, the House Committee on Homeland Security, and the House Committee on Resources. Jindal was re-elected to Congress in 2006.
He and his wife, Supriya, have three young children.
Birthdate: June 10, 1971 Family: Married; three children Party: Republican Elected: November 2007 Term Expires: January 2012
Bobby Jindal Supriya Jindal
Maine PAUL LE PAGE was sworn in as governor of Maine on January 5, 2011.
The oldest son of eighteen children in an impoverished family, LePage left home at the age of eleven and lived on the streets for two years, making a living shining shoes. At age thirteen, he was jointly adopted by two families who provided for him and gave him opportunities to work and put himself through school.
LePage served as the mayor of Waterville, Maine. He has been the general manager of Marden’s Surplus and Salvage, a well-known retail institution, since 1996. And, he is also the head of LePage and Kasevich, a private consulting group.
LePage graduated from the Husson University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and earned an MBA from the University of Maine.
Birthdate: October 9, 1948 Family: Married; five children Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Paul LePage Ann LePage
Maryland MARTIN O’MALLEY was born January 18, 1963, in Washington D.C, and grew up in Bethesda and Rockville, Maryland, the eldest son in a family of six children. O'Malley attended Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C. He participated in the renowned Eagle program, serving in tutoring programs and other efforts to provide assistance for the residents in the impoverished neighborhood surrounding the school.
O'Malley received his bachelor's degree from Catholic University and a law degree from the University of Maryland. In 1986, while in law school, he was named by then-Congresswoman Barbara Mikulski as state field director for her successful primary and general election campaigns for the U.S. Senate. From 1987 to 1988 he served as a legislative fellow for Senator Mikulski, where he focused on obtaining federal funding for projects in the State of Maryland. In 1988, O'Malley was appointed assistant state's attorney for the city of Baltimore. He served on the Baltimore City Council from 1991 to 1999, during which time he was chairman of the Legislative Investigations and Taxation and Finance Committees.
In 1999, O'Malley was elected mayor of Baltimore and in 2004, he was elected to a second term. During his seven years as mayor of Baltimore City, Mayor O'Malley worked with the city's citizens and public servants to make it a more beautiful, cleaner city where people want to live and businesses want to invest.
In 2007, O’Malley was elected Governor of the State of Maryland and in 2009, Governing Magazine named him “Public Official of the Year”.
Governor O’Malley’s policies have helped build America’s #1 ranked public school system, drive violent crime down to a 35 year low, and create jobs for Maryland families. Now in his second term, Governor O’Malley continues to rely on the tenets of transparency, accountability and progress-driven results to make State government work again for the people.
Governor O'Malley and his wife Katie, a District Court Judge, live in Northeast Baltimore with their daughters, Grace and Tara, and sons William and Jack. They are members of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.
Birthdate: January 18, 1963 Family: Married; four children Party: Democrat Elected: November 2006, 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Martin O’Malley Katie O’Malley
Massachusetts DEVAL PATRICK was born on July 31, 1956, in Chicago Illinois. Patrick came to the Commonwealth at the age of 14. He was awarded a scholarship to Milton Academy through A Better Chance, a Boston-based organization.
After graduating from Milton, Patrick went on to Harvard, the first in his family to attend college. He received his degree, with honors, in 1978 and spent a post-graduate year working on a United Nations youth training project in the Darfur region of Sudan. He returned to Cambridge to attend Harvard Law School in the fall of 1979.
Following law school, Patrick served as a law clerk to a federal appellate judge before joining the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. In 1986, he joined the Boston law firm of Hill & Barlow and was named partner in 1990, at the age of 34.
In 1994, President Clinton appointed Patrick Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, the nation's top civil rights post. During his tenure, Patrick led the largest criminal investigation prior to September 11th, coordinating state, local and federal agencies to investigate church burnings throughout the South in the mid-1990s.
Patrick returned to private practice in 1997 with the Boston firm of Day, Berry & Howard. That same year, he was appointed by a federal district court to serve as the first chairperson of Texaco's Equality and Fairness Task Force. Patrick was hired by Texaco in 1999 to serve as Vice President and General Counsel leading the company’s global legal affairs. In 2000, Patrick joined The Coca-Cola Company as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. He was elected to the additional role of Corporate Secretary in 2002, and served as part of the company’s senior leadership team as a member of the Executive Committee.
Patrick is the Commonwealth’s first African-American Governor. Patrick and his wife Diane have been married for over two decades and have two daughters, Sarah and Katherine.
Birthdate: July 31, 1956 Family: Married; two children Party: Democrat Elected: November 2006, 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Deval Patrick Diane Patrick
Michigan RICK SNYDER was sworn in as governor of Michigan on January 1, 2011.
After graduating from the University of Michigan with three degrees (BA, MBA and JD), Snyder joined Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in Detroit, where he became a partner in six years.
He has had significant business experience, running day-to-day operations for Gateway computers and creating HealthMedia, Inc., which provides internet-based wellness and disease management tools.
Snyder has also been actively involved in economic development on a statewide and local level in Michigan. He was appointed by Governor John Engler to serve as the first chair of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation in 1999 and has received Governor's Cup award from Site Selection magazine four times.
Snyder and his wife, Sue, have one son and two daughters.
Birthdate: August 19, 1958 Family: Married; three children Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Rick Snyder Sue Snyder
Minnesota MARK DAYTON was sworn in as governor of Minnesota on January 3, 2011.
Dayton has served Minnesota for most of the past 34 years: first as Commissioner of the Departments of Economic Development and of Energy and Economic Development. From 1991 to 1995, Dayton was elected Minnesota’s State Auditor. Dayton then served as U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 2001 to 2007.
Dayton began his career teaching science in a New York City public school, calling it ‘the toughest job I’ve ever had’. Because of the terrible injustice he saw, he decided to devote his life to improving social equality and economic opportunity for all Americans.
Dayton graduated, cum laude, from Yale University.
Birthdate: January 26, 1947 Family: Divorced; two children Party: Democrat Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2013
Mark Dayton
Mississippi PHIL BRYANT was sworn in as governor of Mississippi on January 10, 2012.
The son of a diesel mechanic, Bryant was born in Moorhead, Mississippi, and raised in Sunflower County in the Delta region. He earned undergraduate degrees from Hinds Community College and the University of Southern Mississippi and a master’s degree from Mississippi College, where he has taught Mississippi political history.
Bryant was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1990. After serving in the legislature for five years, then-Governor Kirk Fordice appointed him state auditor, a position to which he was elected in 1999 and reelected in 2003. In 2007, he won election as lieutenant governor.
The governor and his wife, Deborah, have two children: Katie and Patrick.
Birthdate: December 9, 1954 Family: Married; two children Party: Republican Elected: November 2011 Term Expires: January 2015
Phil Bryant Deborah Bryant
Missouri JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON was born February 13, 1956, in De Soto, Missouri. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Missouri. After practicing law for several years, he was elected to the Missouri State Senate in 1986. He was first elected the state's attorney general in 1992 and served four terms. In 2000, as a result of a settlement with one of Missouri's largest insurance companies, he helped found the Missouri Foundation for Health, which provides health care services to needy Missourians throughout the state. In his first two years as Governor, he has implemented efficiency measures that have saved taxpayers millions of dollars, and has worked with the legislature to pass several jobs and economic development bills, a bill mandating insurance coverage for autism, and tougher DWI laws, among other measures. Nixon and his wife Georganne have two sons.
Birthdate: February 13, 1956 Family: Married; two sons Party: Democrat Elected: November 2008 Term Expires: January 2013
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon Georganne Wheeler Nixon
Montana BRIAN SCHWEITZER was born and raised on his parents’ cattle ranch in Judith Basin, on the Great Plains of Montana. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in international agronomy from Colorado State University, and a master of science in soil science from Montana State University.
Schweitzer brings a global perspective to his job as Governor. As a young agronomist, Schweitzer went overseas and worked for a decade to bring American agricultural methods to the developing world. In Africa, Asia, Europe and South America, and during seven years in Saudi Arabia, he oversaw large-scale irrigation projects and the construction of several of the world’s largest dairies.
Schweitzer returned to Montana in 1986 to raise a family and begin ranching, and became active in farm and rural policy. In 1993 he was appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture to serve on the USDA Farm Service Agency committee Montana, and later served on the National Drought Task Force and the Montana Rural Development partnership Board. In 1999, he decided to run for the U.S. Senate as an unknown candidate, against a strong incumbent whom he narrowly missed defeating.
Schweitzer was elected governor in 2004 and re-elected for a second term in 2008. He has received high marks for delivering on his priorities: incentives for alternative energy production; an historic increase in public education spending along with a balanced budget, no new taxes and stronger protection of public lands for hunting, fishing and camping.
Schweitzer has also become a leading voice on national resource issues, ranging from bison management in Yellowstone National Park, the importation of infected cattle from Canada, and American dependence on foreign oil. He has been a vocal proponent of increased domestic production of clean energy to replace foreign oil. In this regard, he is perhaps the only governor whose vehicles are powered by both biodiesel and ultra-clean diesel from coal.
He and his wife Nancy have raised three children and a now-famous border collie, Jag.
Birthdate: September 4, 1955 Family: Married; three children Party: Democrat Elected: November 2004, 2008 Term Expires: January 2013
Brian Schweitzer Nancy Schweitzer
Nebraska DAVE HEINEMAN is a native Nebraskan, born in Falls City and raised in Fairbury, McCook, Benkelman and Wahoo, where he graduated from high school. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1970 and served five years in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of captain. He is also a graduate of the Army's Airborne and Ranger Schools.
Heineman was sworn-in as Nebraska's 39th governor in 2005 when Governor Mike Johanns became the U.S. secretary of agriculture. Heineman was elected to his first full term on November 7, 2006, by the largest margin in recent history. He currently serves as the NGA Vice Chair. Governor Heineman's vision is based on four priorities: education, economic vitality, efficiency in government, and protecting families.
Since becoming governor, he has worked with the Nebraska Legislature to pass the largest tax relief packages in the history of the state and the most comprehensive economic incentive legislation since the 1980s.
Heineman is a strong proponent of a quality education for all children, supporting high academic standards and increased parental involvement in education.
A leader for Nebraska's agricultural industry, Heineman has secured a $400 million trade agreement with Taiwan for Nebraska wheat, soybeans and corn. He also signed two $30 million trade agreements with Cuba for Nebraska wheat, soybeans, dry beans, pork and beef. Nebraska has also opened its first international trade office abroad, The Nebraska Center in Tokyo, Japan.
Heineman served as chief of staff to former Congressman Hal Daub and the Fremont Area office manager for former Congressman Doug Bereuter. Heineman served on the Fremont City Council from 1990 – 1994.
Heineman was first elected to a statewide office in 1994, as the Nebraska state treasurer. He was re-elected to that post in 1998. As treasurer, he implemented the Nebraska College Savings Plan, which has been recognized as one of the best college savings programs in the country.
Heineman was elected lieutenant governor in 2002. As lieutenant governor, he served as Nebraska's director of homeland security, chairman of the Nebraska Information Technology Commission (NITC), and the presiding officer of the Nebraska Legislature.
Governor Heineman's wife of more than thirty-two years, Sally Ganem, is a former elementary school principal and teacher. Their son Sam is a graduate of Midland Lutheran College in Fremont.
Birthdate: May 12, 1948 Family: Married; one son Party: Republican Succeeded : January 2005 Elected: November 2006, 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Dave Heineman Sally Ganem Nevada BRIAN SANDOVAL was sworn in as governor of Nevada on January 3, 2011.
Prior to becoming governor, Sandoval served as district judge for the District of Nevada. He was appointed to the post by President George W. Bush in October 2005, becoming the state's first Hispanic federal judge. He also served as Nevada’s attorney general from 2003-2005 and was the chairman and a member of several state boards and commissions, including the Nevada Boards of Pardons, Prisons, Transportation, and Examiners, the Cyber-Crime Task Force, the Council for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and the Advisory Council for Prosecuting Attorneys.
Prior to his election as attorney general, Sandoval served as a member and chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission and, from 1998 to 2001, was as Nevada's at-large member of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board. Prior to the TRPA and Gaming Commission appointments, Sandoval served two terms in the Nevada legislature where he served on the Judiciary, Taxation and Natural Resources Committees and sponsored 14 bills that became law. Sandoval has also worked as a practicing attorney, where he engaged in litigation, administrative and adoption matters.
Sandoval and his wife, Kathleen, have three children.
Birthdate: August 5, 1963 Family: Married; three children Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Brian Sandoval Kathleen Sandoval
New Hampshire Since becoming the 80th Governor of New Hampshire in 2005, JOHN LYNCH has been an effective leader in working to make real progress on the issues that matter most to New Hampshire families and businesses—improving the quality of education, promoting job creation and economic development, reducing health care costs, ensuring public safety and protecting New Hampshire’s environment and natural resources.
Under Gov. Lynch, New Hampshire was named the “Most Livable State” in the nation, as well as the “Safest State” for three years in a row. New Hampshire has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation, the lowest states taxes, and fourth lowest government spending per capita. Under Gov. Lynch it has been named one of the most business-friendly and best-managed states in the nation.
Gov. Lynch has worked to make kindergarten available to every child, to cut New Hampshire’s high school dropout rate in half, pass the toughest laws in the nation to protect children from sexual predators, to reduce spending by making government more efficient and build the economy by making it easier for companies to retain and hire new workers, increasing job training and providing tax credits for research and development.
As the President and CEO of Knoll, Inc., a national furniture manufacturer, he transformed a company losing $50 million a year into one making a profit of nearly $240 million. Gov. Lynch has also served as chair of the University System Board of Trustees, where he worked to keep tuition increases to a minimum; as director of Admissions at the Harvard Business School, where he made ethics one of the criteria for admissions; and as president of the Lynch Group, a business-consulting firm in Manchester.
Gov. Lynch was born in Waltham, Massachusetts on November 25, 1952. Working his way through college, Gov. Lynch earned his undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1974. He also holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
He and his wife of over 30 years, Susan, live in Hopkinton, and have three children, Jacqueline, Julia and Hayden.
Birthdate: November 25, 1952 Family: Married; three children Party: Democrat Elected: November 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 Term Expires: January 2013
John Lynch Susan Lynch
New Jersey CHRIS CHRISTIE was born in Newark and raised in Livingston, New Jersey. Christie has lived in New Jersey his entire life. After graduating from the University of Delaware in 1984, Christie graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1987. Christie joined a Cranford law firm and soon was named a partner. He was elected a freeholder in Morris County, and served as director of the board in 1997.
Christie was named U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey in 2002. As the chief federal law enforcement officer in New Jersey, he earned praise from leaders in both parties and drew national attention for his efforts in battling political corruption, corporate crime, human trafficking, gangs, terrorism and polluters. His office racked up an astonishing record - winning convictions or guilty pleas from over 130 public officials - both Republican and Democrat - without losing a single case.
Christie became New Jersey’s 55th governor on January 19, 2010.
Christie and his wife of 22 years, Mary Pat, have four children, Andrew, Sarah, Patrick and Bridget.
Birthdate: September 6, 1962 Family: Married; four children Party: Republican Elected: November 2009 Term Expires: January 2014
Chris Christie Mary Pat Christie
New Mexico SUSANA MARTINEZ was sworn in a governor of New Mexico on January 1, 2011, and is the state’s first female governor
Prior to becoming governor, Martinez was the district attorney for the third judicial district in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, for 13 years. Martinez was first elected district attorney in 1996, and was reelected three times.
In 2008, Heart Magazine named her “Woman of the Year” for her dedication to children’s advocacy and her efforts to keep children safe.
Martinez’s family includes her husband, Chuck, and stepson, Carlo.
Birthdate: July 14, 1959 Family: Married; one child Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Susana Martinez Chuck Franco
New York ANDREW CUOMO was sworn in as governor of New York on January 1, 2011.
Immediately prior to becoming governor, Cuomo served as the attorney general for New York. He previously served as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, after serving as the department’s assistant secretary of community planning and development.
Cuomo established the Housing Enterprise for the Less Privileged (HELP) in 1986, which has since become one of the country’s largest builders and operators of service-enriched transitional and low income permanent housing.
He attended Fordham University in the Bronx and received his bachelor’s degree in 1979. He received his law degree from Albany Law School in 1982.
Birthdate: December 6, 1957 Family: Divorced; three children Party: Democrat Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Andrew Cuomo
North Carolina BEV PERDUE’s election as North Carolina’s first female governor follows a distinguished tenure in public service focused on creating 21st century jobs, fighting for world-class public schools, and improving the health of our people. Before entering public service, Perdue worked as a public school teacher and as director of geriatric services at a community hospital in her adult hometown of New Bern, North Carolina. She holds a Ph.D. in Education Administration. During her time as lieutenant governor, she chaired the state's Health and Wellness Trust Fund, and worked to protect North Carolina’s military bases during the BRAC process. She also served in the N.C. House of Representatives and in the N.C. Senate, where she served as appropriations chair.
Perdue is married to Bob Eaves, and their family includes four children, six grandchildren and two dogs.
Birthdate: January 14, 1947 Family: Married; two children Party: Democrat Elected: November 2008 Term Expires: January 2013
Bev Perdue Bob Eaves
North Dakota JACK DALRYMPLE was sworn in as governor of North Dakota on December 7, 2010.
He served on the Casselton Jobs Development Commission and helped establish Share House, Inc., a Fargo residential treatment program for recovering alcoholics and drug dependents. Dalrymple was elected to the North Dakota Legislature in 1985. He served eight terms, including six years as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
Dalrymple was named the Outstanding Young Farmer of the United States of America in 1983. His work helping to found Dakota Growers Pasta Company, the third-largest manufacturer and marketer of dry pasta products in North America, earned him the 2007 Ernst and Young Midwest “Master Entrepreneur of the Year” Award. In 2000, Dalrymple was elected with John Hoeven as Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota in 2000.
Dalrymple graduated with honors from Yale University and received a bachelor’s degree in American Studies.
Birthdate: October 16, 1948 Family: Married; four children Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: December 2012
Jack Dalrymple Betsy Dalrymple
Northern Mariana Islands BENIGNO REPEKI FITIAL was born in the Northern Mariana Islands. In 1964, he graduated with honors from Mt. Carmel High School. He studied Business Administration at the University of Guam, where he is acknowledged as a “Distinguished Alumni”. He previously served as the Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands legislature. He is a member and founder of the CNMI Covenant Party.
He is married to Josie P. Fitial. They have six children and four grandchildren.
Birthdate: November 27, 1945 Family: Married; six children, four grandchildren Party: Republican Elected: November 2005, 2009 Term Expires: January 2015
Benígno Fitial Josie Fitial
Ohio JOHN KASICH was sworn in as governor of Ohio on January 10, 2011.
Kasich served in the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms beginning in 1982, during which time he served as chair of the House Budget Committee and spearheaded the effort to pass the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. He also served in the Ohio Senate.
After running for President in 2000, Kasich entered the private sector and served as a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers, a host and commentator on FOX News, a member of the board of directors of Invacare and Worthington Industries and authored three New York Times bestsellers.
Kasich and his wife, Karen, have twin daughters.
Birthdate: May 13, 1952 Family: Married; two children Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
John Kasich Karen Waldbillig Kasich
Oklahoma MARY FALLIN was sworn in as governor of Oklahoma on January 10, 2011. She is the first woman in Oklahoma to hold that office.
Before entering office, Fallin was a regional manager of a national hotel chain. She was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1990 before becoming Oklahoma’s first female and first Republican lieutenant governor in 1995, a position which she held for 12 years. In 2006, Fallin was elected to the U.S. Congress, where she served on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Small Business, and the Committee on Natural Resources.
Fallin earned a B.S. from Oklahoma State University. She and her husband, Wade Christensen, have six children between them.
Birthdate: December 9, 1954 Family: Married; six children Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Mary Fallin Wade Christensen
Oregon JOHN KITZHABER was sworn in as Governor of Oregon on January 10, 2011.
After graduating from college, Kitzhaber returned to Oregon to study medicine at the University of Oregon Medical School (now OHSU). In Roseburg, he practiced as an emergency room doctor from 1974 to 1988.
He ran and was elected to the Oregon legislature in 1978. During his first session as a legislator, his peers chose him to lead as president of the Oregon State Senate. As senate president, Kitzhaber is remembered most notably for bringing legislators and interest groups together to pass the Oregon Health Plan. In 1994, he was elected governor and reelected in 1998. Following his term as governor, Kitzhaber has led several organizations that work with doctors, hospital administrators, and Oregonians in communities across the state to reform the health care system. In 2010, Kitzhaber was elected to a third term as governor
Kitzhaber earned his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and graduated from the University of Oregon Medical School.
Birthdate: March 5, 1947 Party: Democrat Family: One child Elected: November 1994, 1998, 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
John Kitzhaber Cylvia Hayes
Pennsylvania TOM CORBETT was sworn in as governor of Pennsylvania on January 18, 2011.
Corbett has served as the attorney general for Pennsylvania since 2004, after holding the office for two years previously from 1995 to1997. He began his legal career as an assistant district attorney in Pittsburgh’s Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He served as assistant United States attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania and has worked in the private sector. Corbett also was the United States attorney for western district of Pennsylvania from 1989 to 1993.
Corbett served as a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard 28th Infantry Division from 1971 until 1984, rising from private to captain. He received his undergraduate degree from Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania, and received his law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas.
Birthdate: June 17, 1949 Family: Married; two children Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Tom Corbett Susan Manbeck Corbett
Puerto Rico LUIS G. FORTUÑO was born October 31, 1960, in San Juan. He earned a bachelor's degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a law degree from the University of Virginia Law School. In 2004, Fortuño was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served on the Natural Resources Committee and was Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs. Before coming to Congress, he was a partner at a San Juan law firm. He entered public service in 1993 after being appointed by Puerto Rico's governor as executive director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company and president of the Hotel Development Corporation. In 1994, he became Puerto Rico's first secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce. He and his wife Lucé Vela have three children.
Birthdate: October 31, 1960 Party: Republican Family: Married; three children Elected: November 2008 Term Expires: January 2013
Luis G. Fortuño Lucé Vela
Rhode Island LINCOLN CHAFEE was sworn in as governor of Rhode Island on January 4, 2011.
The son of a former Rhode Island governor and U.S. Senator, Chafee began his career working as a blacksmith at harness racetracks in Kentucky, Florida, and Alberta, Canada. He was a delegate to the Rhode Island Constitutional Convention in 1985, served on the Warwick City Council for four years, and became mayor of Warwick in 1992. In 1999, Chafee was appointed to the U.S. Senate and was elected in 2000. He served on the Foreign Relations Committee, Banking Committee, and the Environment and Public Works Committee.
He was named the Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies from 2007-2009.
Chafee earned a bachelor’s degree in Classics from Brown University.
Birthdate: March 26, 1953 Party: Independent Family: Married Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Lincoln Chafee Stephanie Chafee
South Carolina NIKKI RANDHAWA HALEY was sworn in as governor of South Carolina on January 12, 2011.
Haley was first elected to represent the 87th District in Lexington County in 2004. In 2008, she was re-elected to the Statehouse and later won the Republican Party nomination for governor on Tuesday, June 22, 2010.
Her time in Columbia has been marked by conservative leadership and an unwavering commitment to the taxpayers’ bottom line. She has fought wasteful spending at every turn, pushed for smaller, more efficient government, and led the fight for accountability and transparency.
Born in Bamberg, S.C., the daughter of Indian immigrants, Haley's first job was keeping the books for her family’s clothing store – at the age of 13. She went on to graduate from Clemson University with a B.S. degree in accounting and, following her graduation, worked as Accounting Supervisor for the Charlotte, N.C. based corporation FCR, Inc. and five of its subsidiaries. Haley then went back to the family business where she helped oversee its growth into a multi-million dollar operation.
Haley and her husband Michael, a full time federal technician with the South Carolina National Guard and an officer in the Army National Guard, attend Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church in Lexington.
Haley and her husband Michael have two children, Rena, 12, and Nalin, 9.
Birthdate: January 20, 1972 Party: Republican Family: Married; two children Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Nikki R. Haley Michael Haley
South Dakota DENNIS DAUGAARD was sworn in as governor of South Dakota on January 8, 2011.
After earning his law degree, Daugaard passed the Illinois bar exam and worked in the Chicago area for three years. In 1981, he returned to South Dakota and worked for what is now U.S. Bank in Sioux Falls. Nine years later, Daugaard left the bank and began working for the Children's Home Foundation, the fundraising arm of Children's Home Society of South Dakota. He worked for nineteen years, first as Development Director and then as Chief Operating Officer.
Daugaard was elected to the state senate in 1996. From 1996 to 2002 Daugaard served in the state senate and was a member of the State Affairs, Commerce, Education, Taxation, Judiciary, and Government Operations & Audit committees. In 2002, Daugaard began his two-term period as the lieutenant governor of South Dakota with Governor Mike Rounds. As lieutenant governor, Daugaard took an active role in promoting the Honor Flight Program, which arranges chartered flights to take South Dakota’s World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the WWII Memorial and served as chairman of the Workers Compensation Advisory Council, among other responsibilities.
Daugaard graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1975 and earned his law degree from Northwestern University.
Birthdate: June 11, 1953 Party: Republican Family: Married; three children Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Dennis Daugaard Linda Schmidt Daugaard
Tennessee BILL HASLAM was sworn in as governor of Tennessee on January 15, 2011.
After graduating from college, Haslam returned to Knoxville and began working in his family’s chain of gas stations. The Pilot Corporation grew from 800 employees to more than 14,000 employees in 39 states by the time he left to run for Knoxville mayor.
Haslam was elected mayor of Knoxville in 2003 and has balanced six consecutive city budgets, achieving Knoxville’s lowest property tax rate in more than 50 years.
Haslam graduated from Emory University in 1980 and is an elder at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church in Knoxville.
Birthdate: August 23, 1958 Family: Married Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Bill Haslam Crissy Haslam
Texas RICK PERRY, a fifth generation Texan, hails from Paint Creek, a small farming community where farming, ranching and public service run in his family. Between 1972 and 1977, he served in the U.S. Air Force flying C-130 tactical airlift aircraft. Perry graduated from Texas A&M University in1972, where he was a member of the corps of cadets, a junior and senior yell leader, and an animal science major. From 1985 to 1991, he served in the Texas House of Representatives. Perry was elected commissioner of agriculture in 1990, and served two terms. As lieutenant governor, Perry worked with legislators to pass a balanced budget that included record tax cuts, teacher pay raises, and a historic school funding increase.
Perry was sworn in as the 47th governor of Texas on December 21, 2000, and was elected to a four-year term in November 2002. Perry has focused on initiatives to improve education and the job climate, keep taxes low, and ensure disciplined state spending. In 2003, he joined legislators of both parties in passing a balanced budget without a tax hike despite a $10 billion shortfall. This budget increased education and healthcare spending despite tough economic times, and invested in jobs with the new $295 million Texas Enterprise Fund. Perry also signed the nation's most sweeping lawsuit reforms to address skyrocketing malpractice insurance rates. Since the law's signing, hospitals and doctors have experienced insurance savings, and obstetricians and specialists are returning to practice in previously high-risk areas.
Through Perry's efforts, the number of children with health insurance under Medicaid and CHIP has more than doubled since 1999, and has increased by more than 100,000 since January 2003. He signed legislation allowing small businesses to pool together to offer affordable health insurance policies, and also reduced the number of mandates for private sector policies. Perry's transportation plan, the Trans Texas Corridor, provides thousands of miles of new roads, new rail lines, and room for petroleum and electric lines, water lines and broadband technology. This proposal, along with new renewable energy requirements and emissions reduction legislation, will help clean the air in urban areas. Perry's vision for school finance reform focuses on results-based incentives; cutting, capping and controlling property taxes; providing greater equity; and protecting the job climate. Perry is a lifetime member of American Legion Post #75 and the Perrys are members of Tarrytown United Methodist Church in Austin. Perry and his wife Anita have two children.
Birthdate: March 4, 1950 Family: Married; two children Party: Republican Succeeded: December 2000 Elected: November 2002, 2006, 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Rick Perry Anita Perry
Utah GARY RICHARD HERBERT was born May 7, 1947, in American Fork, Utah, and grew up in Orem, Utah. He attended Brigham Young University. Herbert became Utah’s 17th Governor on August 11, 2009, after Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., was confirmed U.S. Ambassador to China. In his inaugural address, Governor Herbert outlined his three main priorities of economic development, public and higher education, and energy development.
Herbert was first elected Utah's sixth Lieutenant Governor on November 2, 2004. As Lieutenant Governor, Herbert led state efforts concerning homeland security, transportation, water and rural affairs issues. Prior to his election as Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Herbert served 14 years on the Utah County Commission, earning many awards for his civic and community service. Herbert has also served as the President of the Utah Association of Counties, where he was named as Utah's Outstanding County Commissioner and County Elected Official. He is also the recipient of the National Outstanding Republican County Elected Official of the Year award.
A realtor by profession, Herbert is a former President of the Utah Association of Realtors. Herbert is also a veteran of the Utah Army National Guard. Herbert and his wife, Jeanette, operated a child care service for 23 years. They are the proud parents of six and grandparents of twelve.
Birthdate: May 7, 1947 Family: Married; six children, ten grandchildren Party: Republican Succeeded: August 2009 Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2013
Gary Richard Herbert Jeanette Herbert
Vermont PETER SHUMLIN was sworn in as governor of Vermont on January 6, 2011.
After graduating from college, Shumlin returned home to Vermont to take over the business that his parents created. Today, Putney Student Travel includes more than 50 academic and language programs and community service projects around the globe, giving high school students an opportunity to learn outside the classroom.
In 1980, he was elected to serve on the town’s select board and went on to be appointed to an empty seat in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1990. During his 13 years in the senate, he served on the Rules Committee, the Finance Committee, the Transportation Committee and the Appropriations Committee.
Shumlin graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University.
Birthdate: March 24, 1956 Family: Two children Party: Democrat Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Peter Shumlin
Virgin Islands JOHN PERCY DE JONGH, JR., was born on November 13, 1957 and raised on St. Thomas where he attended St. Peter and Paul School. He graduated from Catholic Central High School in Detroit and received a BA degree in Economics from Antioch College in 1981.
De Jongh returned to the Virgin Islands to take a position with Tri-Island Economic Development Council and was then hired by Chase Manhattan Bank. During his six years there, de Jongh became the first Country Consumer Manager responsible for all consumer banking products in the U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and St. Maarten. Under his leadership, Chase installed the first off-site ATMs, increased home mortgage lending, and changed the bank’s focus to consumer lending in the BVI.
In 1984 Governor Juan Luis appointed de Jongh to the Industrial Development Commission. In 1987 he was the youngest Commissioner of Finance when appointed by Governor Alexander A. Farrelly. He was central in drafting legislation establishing the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority. As Chairman of the Governing Board of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (1988-1992), de Jongh oversaw the execution of bond offerings that were essential in providing funding for new power generating units on St. Croix and St. Thomas and for the underground power cable servicing St. John. He also initiated the Alva MacFarlane Scholarship Program, which has allowed numerous Virgin Islanders to further their education in engineering and related fields. From 1990 to 1992, de Jongh also served as Executive Assistant to Governor Farrelly and Director of Finance and Administration of the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority.
In 1993, de Jongh reentered the private sector, as a Senior Managing Consultant for Public Financial Management, Inc. de Jongh helped develop and implement Five-Year Plans for the cities of Philadelphia; New Haven, Connecticut; and Washington, D.C., all of which dramatically improved their financial standing. Most recently, de Jongh served as President and Chief Operating Officer and Director of Lockhart Companies Incorporated. During this time, he also served as President of the St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce, where he worked to ensure private sector competitiveness for small businesses and employee stability and growth in the job market.
De Jongh has served as Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands since January 1, 2007.
De Jongh and his wife Cecile René Galiber of St. Croix, are the proud parents of three children, J.P., Rene and Julian.
Birthdate: November 13, 1957 Party: Democrat Family: Married; three children Elected: November 2006, 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
John deJongh, Jr. Cecile deJongh
Virginia Governor BOB MCDONNELL was sworn in as the 71st Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia on January 16, 2010. As Virginia’s Chief Executive, Governor McDonnell inherited an unprecedented $4.2 billion budget deficit. He defeated a proposed $2 billion increase in the state income tax, kept existing car tax relief in place and brought Democrats and Republicans together to close the shortfall through spending reductions, and without a single tax increase. At the same time McDonnell was successful in seeing 80% of his legislative proposals passed by Virginia’s General Assembly. Included in the Governor’s proposals were major education reforms to bring more charter schools to the Commonwealth and expand virtual learning programs, as well as a package of dramatic new incentives for job-creating businesses to encourage economic development and job creation in the state. Governor McDonnell has focused extensive time on job creation, and since February 67,900 new jobs have been added in Virginia.
McDonnell has dedicated his life to public service. He served 21 years in the U.S. Army, both active duty and reserve, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1997. Upon graduating from law school in 1989 he served as a Virginia Beach prosecutor. McDonnell was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1991 and served 14 years representing Virginia Beach. He was elected as the 44th Attorney General of Virginia in 2005. As Attorney General, McDonnell kept all seven of his campaign promises and successfully passed 92 of his 105 legislative proposals, with strong bipartisan support.
McDonnell was raised in Fairfax County. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame (BBA), Boston University (MSBA) and Regent University (JD and MA). He and his wife Maureen have been married for 34 years. They have 5 children, ages 18-29. Their oldest daughter, Jeanine, served in the U.S. Army, including a tour of duty in Baghdad, Iraq in 2005-2006.
Birthdate: June 15, 1954 Family: Married; five children Party: Republican Elected: November 2009 Term Expires: January 2014
Bob McDonnell Maureen McDonnell
Washington CHRIS GREGOIRE became Washington's 22nd governor in 2005. Through the economic crisis she has ably led her state through several billion dollars in reductions and a transformative agenda to build a 21st government that is modern, lean and efficient. She is focused on education, modernizing pension and health care costs and streamlining government services and delivery. Under her leadership Washington consistently ranks as a top place to do business and raise a family.
Prior to serving as Governor, Gregoire served three terms as attorney general—the first woman to be elected to the position in Washington. She led a statewide program that resulted in a comprehensive reform of the state's juvenile system, fought to pass tougher ethics laws for state government, sought alternatives to litigation for legal disputes, and to protect privacy and combat identity theft. Gregoire was the lead negotiator in the groundbreaking settlement of state lawsuits against the tobacco industry and was named the most influential attorney general in the country by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Gregoire was appointed in 1988 to serve as director of the Washington Department of Ecology, where she negotiated the safe cleanup and permanent storage of radioactive wastes at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
She was raised in Auburn, Washington by her mother, who worked as a short order cook. She rode horses, picked blueberries and learned the value of hard work and a good education. After graduating from Auburn High School, she attended the University of Washington. She graduated with a teaching certificate and a bachelor of arts degrees in speech and sociology. She received her law degree in 1977 from Gonzaga University and an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Gonzaga in 1995.
Gregoire met her husband, Mike, in 1971 when they both worked for the Washington Department of Social and Health Services. They have two adult daughters: Courtney, an attorney and Michelle, a law-school student.
Birthdate: March 24, 1947 Family: Married; two children Party: Democrat Elected: November 2004, 2008 Term Expires: January 2013
Chris Gregoire Mike Gregoire
West Virginia EARL RAY TOMBLIN is West Virginia’s 35th governor. He was born March 15, 1952, in Logan County.
A self-employed businessman and former school teacher, Tomblin was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1974 at the age of 22 and held that position until he was elected to the West Virginia Senate in 1980. Tomblin was the longest serving senate president, a position he held from 1995 to 2011. He was named the state’s first lieutenant governor in 2000. He has dedicated his professional career to the betterment of West Virginia.
As lieutenant governor, he was called upon to fulfill the state’s highest office when then Governor Manchin resigned the position to fill the unexpired term of U. S. Senator Robert C. Byrd. Tomblin won the October 4, 2011 special gubernatorial election to fulfill the remainder of the unexpired term.
The governor enjoys a variety of outdoor activities, including riding ATV trails and gardening. He is a committed family man and has been married for 31 years to the former Joanne Jaeger. They have one son, Brent.
He received his undergraduate degree from West Virginia University, an M.B.A. from Marshall University and attended the University of Charleston.
Born: March 15, 1952 Family: Married; one son Party: Democrat Succeeded: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2013
Earl Ray Tomblin Joanne Jaeger Tomblin
Wisconsin SCOTT WALKER was sworn in as governor of Wisconsin on January 3, 2011.
Walker began his career working for IBM in Milwaukee. He was elected to the state assembly in 1993, where he was a member of several committees including the Assembly Committee on Health and the Assembly Committee on Census and Redistricting, and chaired the Committee on Corrections and the Courts.
In 2002, he was elected county executive of Milwaukee – the first Republican to hold the position. For the next eight years, Walker focused on reducing the county's debt and, despite failing national and state economies, Milwaukee County recorded a budget surplus in 2009. He was reelected to the position in 2008.
Walker attended Marquette University. He and his wife, Tonette, have two sons.
Birthdate: November 2, 1967 Family: Married; two children Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Scott Walker Tonette Walker
Wyoming MATTHEW H. MEAD was sworn in as Governor of Wyoming on January 3, 2011.
In his 20-year legal career, Mead served as a prosecutor for Campbell County, an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wyoming. He was also a partner in a private firm in Cheyenne for about six years. From 2001 to 2007, Mead served as U.S. Attorney for Wyoming.
After stepping down as U.S. Attorney in June 2007, he and Carol devoted themselves to their farming and ranching business in southeast Wyoming.
Mead earned a bachelor’s degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and a law degree from the University of Wyoming College of Law. He and his wife, Carol, have two children.
Birthdate: March 11, 1962 Family: Married; two children Party: Republican Elected: November 2010 Term Expires: January 2015
Matthew Mead Carol Mead
GOVERNORS ROSTER 2012 GOVERNORS’ POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS & TERMS OF OFFICE
Present term Present term Number of Maximum State or jurisdiction Governor began ends previous terms consecutive terms Alabama Robert Bentley (R) 1-11 1-15 2 Alaska Sean Parnell (R) 12-10 12-14 1 (k) 2 American Samoa Togiola T.A. Tulafono (D) 1-09 1-13 2 (g) 2 Arizona Jan Brewer (R) 1-11 1-15 1 (i) 2 Arkansas Mike Beebe (D) 1-11 1-15 1 2 California Jerry Brown (D) 1-11 1-15 2 (p) 2 Colorado John Hickenlooper (D) 1-11 1-15 2 Connecticut Dan Malloy (D) 1-11 1-15 — Delaware Jack Markell (D) 1-09 1-13 2 (a) Florida Rick Scott (R) 1-11 1-15 2 Georgia Nathan Deal (R) 1-11 1-15 2 Guam Eddie Calvo (R) 1-11 1-15 2 Hawaii Neil Abercrombie (D) 12-10 12-14 2 Idaho C.L. “Butch” Otter (R) 1-11 1-15 1 — Illinois Pat Quinn (D) 1-11 1-15 1 (j) — Indiana Mitch Daniels (R) 1-09 1-13 1 2 (b) Iowa Terry Branstad (R) 1-11 1-15 4 (q) — Kansas Sam Brownback (R) 1-11 1-15 2 Kentucky Steven L. Beshear (D) 12-11 12-15 1 2 Louisiana Bobby Jindal (R) 1-12 1-16 1 2 Maine Paul LePage (R) 1-11 1-15 2 Maryland Martin O’Malley (D) 1-11 1-15 1 2 Massachusetts Deval Patrick (D) 1-11 1-15 1 — Michigan Rick Snyder (R) 1-11 1-15 2 Minnesota Mark Dayton (D) 1-11 1-15 — Mississippi Phil Bryant (R) 1-12 1-16 2 Missouri Jay Nixon (D) 1-09 1-13 2 Montana Brian Schweitzer (D) 1-09 1-13 1 2 (c) Nebraska Dave Heineman (R) 1-11 1-15 2 (h) 2 (b) Nevada Brian Sandoval (R) 1-11 1-15 2 New Hampshire John Lynch (D) 1-11 1-13 (d) 3 — New Jersey Chris Christie (R) 1-10 1-14 2 New Mexico Susana Martinez (R) 1-11 1-15 2 New York Andrew Cuomo (D) 1-11 1-15 — North Carolina Beverly Perdue (D) 1-09 1-13 2 North Dakota Jack Dalrymple (R) 12-10 (o) 12-12 — Northern Mariana Is. Benígno Fitial (R) 1-10 1-15 (m) 1 2 (a) Ohio John Kasich (R) 1-11 1-15 2 (b) Oklahoma Mary Fallin (R) 1-11 1-15 2 Oregon John Kitzhaber (D) 1-11 1-15 2 (r) 2 Pennsylvania Tom Corbett (R) 1-11 1-15 2 Puerto Rico Luis G. Fortuño (R) 1-09 1-13 — Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee (I) 1-11 1-15 2 South Carolina Nikki R. Haley (R) 1-11 1-15 2 South Dakota Dennis Daugaard (R) 1-11 1-15 2 Tennessee Bill Haslam (R) 1-11 1-15 2 Texas Rick Perry (R) 1-11 1-15 3 (f) — Utah Gary R. Herbert (R) 8-09 (l) 1-13 3 Vermont Peter Shumlin (D) 1-11 1-13 (d) — Virgin Islands John deJongh, Jr. (D) 1-11 1-14 1 2 (b) Virginia Bob McDonnell (R) 1-10 1-14 (e) Washington Chris Gregoire (D) 1-09 1-13 1 — West Virginia Earl Ray Tomblin (D) 11-10 (n) 1-13 2 Wisconsin Scott Walker (R) 1-11 1-15 — Wyoming Matthew Mead (R) 1-11 1-15 2
(See notes on back page) Party Breakdown
State Governors: 29 Republican, 20 Democrat, 1 Independent Territory and Commonwealth Governors: 3 Republican, 2 Democrat All Governors: 32 Republican, 22 Democrat, 1 Independent
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Democrat (D), Republican (R)
Note: The election code in different states may vary regarding elected versus appointed terms. In some states, the law may imply that a partial (appointed) term is considered a full term.
a) Absolute two-term limitation. b) After two consecutive terms as governor, the candidate must wait four years before becoming eligible to run again. c) Limit of eight years of service out of every 16 years. d) Two-year term. e) Governor cannot serve immediate successive terms, but may be elected to non-consecutive terms. f) Texas Lt. Governor Rick Perry became governor in December 2000 when Governor George W. Bush was elected President. Governor Perry was elected to full four-year terms in November 2002, 2006, and 2010. g) American Samoa Lt. Governor Togiola T.A. Tulafono became governor on April 7, 2003, following the death of Governor Tauese Sunia on March 26, 2003. Governor Tulafono was elected to full four-year terms in November 2004 and 2008. h) Nebraska Lt. Governor Dave Heineman became governor on January 21, 2005, completing the unexpired term of Governor Mike Johanns following his appointment as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Governor Heineman was elected to full four-year terms in November 2006 and 2010. i) Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer became governor on January 21, 2009, completing the unexpired term of Governor Janet Napolitano following her appointment as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. Governor Brewer was elected to a full four- year term in November 2010. j) Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn became governor on January 29, 2009, completing the unexpired term of Governor Rod Blagojevich following his removal from office. Governor Quinn was elected to a full four-year term in November 2010. k) Alaska Lt. Governor Sean Parnell became governor on July 26, 2009, completing the unexpired term of Governor Sarah Palin following her resignation. Governor Parnell was elected to a full four-year term in November 2010. He is eligible to run for a second full term in 2014. l) Utah Lt. Governor Gary Herbert became governor on August 11, 2009, following Governor Jon Huntsman Jr.’s appointment as U.S. Ambassador to China. Governor Herbert won a special gubernatorial election (required by Utah law) in November 2010 to complete Gov. Huntsman’s unexpired term. He is eligible to seek a full term in 2012. m) Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno Fitial was elected to a full four-year term in November 2005 and was re-elected in November 2009. Gov. Fitial will serve a five-year term in office as governor instead of the normal four-year term due to Senate Legislative Initiative 16-11, which prescribes that future general elections in NMI will be held during even-number years. Therefore, the next gubernatorial general election in NMI will take place in 2014 instead of 2013. n) West Virginia Senate President/Lieutenant Governor Earl Ray Tomblin became acting governor on November 15, 2010, following the election of Governor Joe Manchin III to the U.S. Senate. Governor Tomblin won an October 2011 special gubernatorial election (required by a January 2011 state Supreme Court decision) to serve the remainder of Governor Manchin’s unexpired term. He is eligible to seek a full term in 2012. o) North Dakota Lt. Governor Jack Dalrymple became governor on December 7, 2010, completing the unexpired term of Governor John Hoeven following his election to the U.S. Senate. Governor Dalrymple is eligible to seek a full term in 2012. p) California Governor Jerry Brown previously served eight years as governor from 1975-1983. Gov. Brown was elected to full four-year terms in November 1974, 1978, and 2010. q) Iowa Governor Terry Branstad previously served 16 years as governor from 1983-1999. Gov. Branstad was elected to full four- year terms in November 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, and 2010. r) Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber previously served eight years as governor from 1995-2003. Gov. Kitzhaber was elected to full four-year terms in November 1994, 1998, and 2010.
For biographies and the most up-to-date information on governors, visit the National Governors Association website: www.nga.org/governors. Revised January 10, 2012.
Hall of the States 444 North Capitol Street, Suite 267 Washington, D.C. 20001-1512 Phone: 202/ 624-5300 | Fax: 202/ 624-5313 www.nga.org GOVERNORS ROSTER 2012 GOVERNORS’ OFFICE ADDRESSES & PHONE NUMBERS
State or jurisdiction Governor Phone Office address Alabama Robert Bentley (R) 334/ 242-7100 State Capitol, 600 Dexter Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130-2751 Alaska Sean Parnell (R) 907/ 465-3500 P.O. Box 110001, Juneau, AK 99811-0001 American Samoa Togiola T.A. Tulafono (D) 011/684/ 633-4116 Executive Office Building, Third Floor, Utulei, Pago Pago, AS 96799 Arizona Jan Brewer (R) 602/ 542-4331 State Capitol, 1700 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007 Arkansas Mike Beebe (D) 501/ 682-2345 State Capitol, Room 250, Little Rock, AR 72201 California Jerry Brown (D) 916/ 445-2841 Office of the Governor, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814 Colorado John Hickenlooper (D) 303/ 866-2471 136 State Capitol, Denver, CO 80203-1792 Connecticut Dan Malloy (D) 800/ 406-1527 210 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106 Delaware Jack Markell (D) 302/ 744-4101 Legislative Hall, Dover, DE 19902 Florida Rick Scott (R) 850/ 488-7146 PL 05 The Capitol, 400 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001 Georgia Nathan Deal (R) 404/ 656-1776 203 State Capitol, Atlanta, GA 30334 Guam Eddie Calvo (R) 671/ 472-8931 Executive Chamber, P.O. Box 2950, Agana, GU 96932 Hawaii Neil Abercrombie (D) 808/ 586-0034 Executive Chambers, State Capitol, Honolulu, HI 96813 Idaho C.L. “Butch”Otter (R) 208/ 334-2100 700 West Jefferson, Second Floor, Boise, ID 83702 Illinois Pat Quinn (D) 217/ 782-6830 State Capitol, 207 Statehouse, Springfield, IL 62706 Indiana Mitch Daniels (R) 317/ 232-4567 State House, Room 206, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2797 Iowa Terry Branstad (R) 515/ 281-5211 State Capitol, Des Moines, IA 50319-0001 Kansas Sam Brownback (R) 785/ 296-3232 Capitol, 300 SW 10th Avenue, Suite 212S, Topeka, KS 66612-1590 Kentucky Steven L. Beshear (D) 502/ 564-2611 700 Capitol Ave., Suite 100, Frankfort, KY 40601 Louisiana Bobby Jindal (R) 225/ 342-7015 P.O. Box 94004, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9004 Maine Paul LePage (R) 207/ 287-3531 #1 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333 Maryland Martin O’Malley (D) 410/ 974-3901 100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401 Massachusetts Deval Patrick (D) 617/ 725-4000 State House, Office of the Governor, Room 360, Boston, MA 02133 Michigan Rick Snyder (R) 517/ 373-3400 P.O. Box 30013, Lansing, MI 48909 Minnesota Mark Dayton (D) 651/ 201-3400 130 State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155 Mississippi Phil Bryant (R) 601/ 359-3150 P.O. Box 139, Jackson, MS 39205 Missouri Jay Nixon (D) 573/ 751-3222 Capitol Building, Room 218, P.O. Box 720, Jefferson City, MO 65102 Montana Brian Schweitzer (D) 406/ 444-3111 State Capitol, Helena, MT 59620 Nebraska Dave Heineman (R) 402/ 471-2244 P.O. Box 94848, Lincoln, NE 68509-4848 Nevada Brian Sandoval (R) 775/ 684-5670 Capitol Building, Carson City, NV 89701 New Hampshire John Lynch (D) 603/ 271-2121 Office of the Governor, 25 Capitol Street, Room 212, Concord, NH 03301 New Jersey Chris Christie (R) 609/ 292-6000 The State House, P.O. Box 001, Trenton, NJ 08625 New Mexico Susana Martinez (R) 505/ 476-2200 State Capitol, Fourth Floor, Santa Fe, NM 87300 New York Andrew Cuomo (D) 518/ 474-7516 State Capitol, Albany, NY 12224 North Carolina Beverly Perdue (D) 919/ 733-4240 Office of the Governor, 20301 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 North Dakota Jack Dalrymple (R) 701/ 328-2200 Dept. 101, 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Bismarck, ND 58505-0001 Northern Mariana Benígno Fitial (R) 670/ 664-2280 Caller Box 10007, Saipan, MP 96950 Is. Ohio John Kasich (R) 614/ 466-3555 30th Floor, 77 South High Street, Columbus, OH 43215 Oklahoma Mary Fallin (R) 405/ 521-2342 Cap. Building, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Rm. 212, Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Oregon John Kitzhaber (D) 503/ 373-1027 State Capitol, Room 160, 900 Court St. N., Salem, OR 97301 Pennsylvania Tom Corbett (R) 717/ 787-2500 Room 225, Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120 Puerto Rico Luis G. Fortuño (R) 787/ 721-7000 La Fortaleza, P.O. Box 9020082, San Juan, PR 00902-0082 Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee (Independent) 401/ 222-2080 State House, Providence, RI 02903 South Carolina Nikki R. Haley (R) 803/ 734-2100 1205 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29201 South Dakota Dennis Daugaard (R) 605/ 773-3212 500 East Capitol Street, Pierre, SD 57501 Tennessee Bill Haslam (R) 615/ 741-2001 Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, TN 37243-0001 Texas Rick Perry (R) 512/ 463-2000 P.O. Box 12428, Austin, TX 78711 Utah Gary R. Herbert (R) 801/ 538-1000 Utah State Capitol, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT 84114 Vermont Peter Shumlin (D) 802/ 828-3333 109 State Street, Pavilion Office Building, Montpelier, VT 05609 Virgin Islands John deJongh, Jr. (D) 340/ 774-0001 Govt. House, 21-22 Kongens Gade, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI 00802 Virginia Bob McDonnell (R) 804/ 786-2211 State Capitol, Third Floor, Richmond, VA 23219 Washington Chris Gregoire (D) 360/ 902-4111 Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 40002, Olympia, WA 98504-0002 West Virginia Earl Ray Tomblin (D) 304/ 558-2000 1900 Kanawha Street, Charleston, WV 25305 Wisconsin Scott Walker (R) 608/ 266-1212 115 East State Capitol, Madison, WI 53707 Wyoming Matthew Mead (R) 307/ 777-7434 State Capitol Building, Room 124, Cheyenne, WY 82002 GOVERNORS ROSTER 2012 GOVERNORS’ SPOUSES’ MAILING ADDRESSES
State or jurisdiction Governor Spouse Mailing address Alabama Robert Bentley (R) Dianne Executive Mansion, 1142 South Perry St., Montgomery, AL 36104 Alaska Sean Parnell (R) Sandy Governor’s House, 716 Calhoun Avenue, Juneau, AK 99801 American Samoa Togiola T.A. Tulafono (D) Mary Office of the Governor, A.P. Lutali Executive Office Bldg., 3rd Fl. Pago Pago, AS 96799 Arizona Jan Brewer (R) John State Capitol, 1700 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007 Arkansas Mike Beebe (D) Ginger Governor’s Mansion, 1800 Center St., Little Rock, AR 72206 California Jerry Brown (D) Anne Office of the Governor, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814 Colorado John Hickenlooper (D) Helen Thorpe Office of the Governor, State Capitol, Room 136, Denver, CO 80203 Connecticut Dan Malloy (D) Cathy Office of the Governor, State Capitol, 210 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Delaware Jack Markell (D) Carla Office of the Governor, Carvel Bldg., 12th Floor, 820 N. French St. Wilmington, DE 19801 Florida Rick Scott (R) Ann Office of the Governor, 400 S. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32399 Georgia Nathan Deal (R) Sandra Governor’s Mansion, 391 West Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305 Guam Eddie Calvo (R) Christine Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 2950, Agana, GU 96932 Hawaii Neil Abercrombie (D) Nancie Caraway Washington Place, 320 S. Beretania, Honolulu, HI 96813 Idaho C.L. “Butch”Otter (R) Lori Office of the Governor, State Capitol, Boise, ID 83720-0034 Illinois Pat Quinn (D) — — Indiana Mitch Daniels (R) Cheri 4750 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 Iowa Terry Branstad (R) Christine Terrace Hill, 2300 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312-5308 Kansas Sam Brownback (R) Mary 1 SW Cedar Crest Road, Topeka, KS 66612 Kentucky Steven L. Beshear (D) Jane Office of the Governor, Rm. 102, The Capitol, 700 Capitol Ave. Frankfort, KY 40601 Louisiana Bobby Jindal (R) Supriya 1001 Capitol Access Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Maine Paul LePage (R) Ann The Blaine House, 192 State Street, Augusta, ME 04330 Maryland Martin O’Malley (D) Katie State House, 100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401 Massachusetts Deval Patrick (D) Diane State House, Room 360, Boston, MA 02133 Michigan Rick Snyder (R) Sue Governor’s Residence, 2520 Oxford Road, Lansing, MI 48911 Minnesota Mark Dayton (D) — — Mississippi Phil Bryant (R) Deborah Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 139, Jackson, MS 39205 Missouri Jay Nixon (D) Georganne Governor’s Mansion, 100 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 65101-3061 Montana Brian Schweitzer (D) Nancy Office of the Governor, State Capitol, Helena, MT 59620-0801 Nebraska Dave Heineman (R) Sally Ganem Office of the Governor, State Capitol, P.O. Box 94848, 1445 K St. Lincoln, NE 68509-4848 Nevada Brian Sandoval (R) Kathleen Governor’s Mansion, 606 Mountain St., Carson City, NV 89703 New Hampshire John Lynch (D) Susan Office of the Governor, State House, Room 208, 107 N. Main St. Concord, NH 03301 New Jersey Chris Christie (R) Mary Pat Office of the Governor, 125 W. State St., PO Box 001, Trenton, NJ 08625 New Mexico Susana Martinez (R) Chuck Franco Office of the Governor, State Capitol, 4th Floor, Santa Fe, NM 87501 New York Andrew Cuomo (D) — — North Carolina Beverly Perdue (D) Bob Eaves Executive Mansion, 200 North Blount St., Raleigh, NC 27601-1093 North Dakota Jack Dalrymple (R) Betsy 600 East Blvd., Dept. 101, Bismarck, ND 58505 Northern Mariana Is. Benígno Fitial (R) Josie Office of the Governor, Caller Box 10007, Saipan, MP 96950 Ohio John Kasich (R) Karen Governor’s Residence, 358 N. Parkview Ave., Columbus, OH 43209-1439 Oklahoma Mary Fallin (R) Wade Christensen Office of the Governor, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Suite 212 Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Oregon John Kitzhaber (D) — — Pennsylvania Tom Corbett (R) Susan Governor’s Residence, 2035 North Front St., Harrisburg, PA 17102-2106 Puerto Rico Luis G. Fortuño (R) Lucé Vela Office of the Governor, La Fortaleza, San Juan, PR 00902 Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee (Independent) Stephanie Office of the Governor, 224 State House, Providence, RI 02903 South Carolina Nikki R. Haley (R) Michael Governor’s Mansion, 800 Richland St., Columbia, SC 29201-2327 South Dakota Dennis Daugaard (R) Linda Office of the Governor, 500 East Capitol Ave., Pierre, SD 57501-5070 Tennessee Bill Haslam (R) Crissy Tennessee Tower, 27th Floor, 812 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN 37243 Texas Rick Perry (R) Anita P.O. Box 12428, Austin, TX 78711-2428 Utah Gary R. Herbert (R) Jeanette Governor’s Mansion, 603 East South Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84102-1101 Vermont Peter Shumlin (D) — — Virgin Islands John deJongh, Jr. (D) Cecile Office of the Governor, Government House, 21-22 Kongens Gade, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI 00802 Virginia Bob McDonnell (R) Maureen Executive Mansion, Capitol Square, Richmond, VA 23219 Washington Chris Gregoire (D) Mike Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 40002, Olympia, WA 98504 West Virginia Earl Ray Tomblin (D) Joanne Governor’s Mansion, 1716 Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston, WV 25305-0370 Wisconsin Scott Walker (R) Tonette Executive Residence, 99 Cambridge Road, Madison, WI 53704-5961 Wyoming Matthew Mead (R) Carol 5001 Central Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82002