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The first female governor elected without being the wife or widow of a past state governor was Ella T. Grasso of Connecticut, elected in 1974 and sworn in on January 8, 1975. Connecticut, Arizona, and New Mexico are the only three states to have elected female governors from both major parties.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 2024, in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2020, except in New Hampshire and Vermont, where governors only serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2022.
There are many elected offices at state level, each state having at least an elective governor and legislature. There are also elected offices at the local level, in counties, cities, towns, townships, boroughs, and villages; as well as for special districts and school districts which may transcend county and municipal boundaries.
A total of 15 current governors previously served as lieutenant governor, while 11 previously served in the United States House of Representatives. [13] The governor's office has term limits in 37 states and 4 territories; these terms are four years except in New Hampshire and Vermont, where governors serve two-year terms. [9] [14]
In 2020, Robinson was elected lieutenant governor, Stein was re-elected attorney general, Cooper was re-elected governor and Trump won the state as he lost his bid for a second term. All but Trump ...
Victories in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin enable them to defend against Republican-dominated state legislatures on issues such as abortion rights and fair elections.
The only instance since at least 1980 in which the second in line reached a state governorship was on January 8, 2002, when New Jersey Attorney General John Farmer Jr. acted as governor for 90 minutes between Donald DiFrancesco and John O. Bennett's terms in that capacity as president of the Senate following governor Christine Todd Whitman's ...
In 1851, Virginia legislators adopted a new state constitution, and voters elected the governor for the first time that December. The odd-year tradition stuck. These days, Virginians might ...