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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.
Name Photo Party City State Population (2022 estimate) [1] [2] Rank Term start Form of government List Eric Adams: Democratic New York City: New York: 8,335,897 1 January 1, 2022 Mayor–council: List: Karen Bass: Democratic Los Angeles: California: 3,822,238 2 December 11, 2022 Mayor–council: List: Brandon Johnson: Democratic Chicago ...
"All 55 state and territorial governors are members of the non-partisan National Governors Association, which lobbies the federal government for governors' interests. " - the NGA was already mentioned in the second lead paragraph, so I think its reference in the 3rd lead paragraph should be moved, keeping both mentions of NGA together
Governor Branstad resigned on May 24, 2017, to become the United States Ambassador to China. He held the title of Governor of Iowa for 22 years. On December 14, 2015, he became the longest-serving governor in US history, breaking the record held by George Clinton of New York, who served 21 years from 1777 to 1795 and from 1801 to 1804.
The most recent member of a third party (not an independent) elected to a governorship is Jesse Ventura, a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota who was elected Governor of Minnesota in 1998. While there have been few third parties that have gained traction at the national level, several states have been three-party systems at one point ...
1. J.B. Pritzker (Illinois) Net Worth: 3.6 billion. Before he became governor of Illinois in January of 2019, Pritzker ran the popular non-profit business incubator 1871 in Chicago.
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The country's most popular governors include Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and Larry Hogan of Maryland — both Republicans in deeply blue states. Baker, a moderate praised for his ability to ...