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In January 2025, women were serving as governor in 13 U.S. states (14 between January 9 and January 21), as mayor of the District of Columbia, and as territorial governors of Guam and Puerto Rico. Of the current female state governors, 8 are Democrats and 5 are Republicans. Madeleine Kunin is the oldest living former female governor at 91.
Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears of Virginia could make history next year as the nation's first Black woman to win election as a governor and as the state's first female governor.
The governor of Virginia is the state's head of government and commander-in-chief of the state's official national guard.The first Constitution of 1776 created the office of governor, to be elected annually by the Virginia State Legislature.
(First female governor in South America) Habsburg Spain South America Governor of Viceroyalty of Peru: 7 June 1668: 12 November 1668: 158 days Nellie Tayloe Ross (First female American governor) United States North America Governor of Wyoming 5 January 1925: 3 January 1927: 1 year, 363 days Miriam A. Wallace Ferguson United States North America
Virginia’s upcoming gubernatorial race is poised to make history in 2025, with two women likely to lead the Republican and Democratic tickets. Lieutenant Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) and Rep ...
The average age of governors at the time of their inauguration was about 59 years old. Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [15] As of January 2025, there are 13 female state governors serving.
Washington was the first state to have both a female governor and female U.S. Senators serving at the same time (Christine Gregoire; Patty Murray; Maria Cantwell, respectively), from 2005 to 2013. New Hampshire was the first and currently only state to have a female governor and entirely female Congressional delegation serving at the same time ...
Either of them would be Virginia's first female governor, [1] while Earle-Sears would also be the first black female governor in U.S. history. [2] This is the only Republican-held governorship up for election in 2025. Democrat Kamala Harris won the state in the 2024 presidential election. [3]