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[2] [3] In the event of a vacancy, the governor is succeeded by the second-highest-ranking state official; in 45 states and 4 territories, the lieutenant governor is the first in the line of succession. [4] [5] As of January 25, 2025, there are 27 states with Republican governors and 23 states with Democratic governors. Both Republicans and ...
Governors who were members of the Democratic Party during their gubernatorial tenure. Subcategories This category has the following 55 subcategories, out of 55 total.
The Democratic nominee was four-term Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon, who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1998. Nixon defeated Hulshof comfortably, despite the fact that Missouri ultimately voted for John McCain, a Republican, for president. Missouri was the only state not to re-elect the incumbent party for governor in 2008.
Governor Gavin Newsom was elected in 2018 with 61.9% of the vote. In 2020 and 2021, a recall petition gained momentum due to the COVID-19 pandemic in California and Newsom's responses, eventually triggering a recall election. [10] [11] The ballot featured two questions, whether to recall Newsom and who would have replaced him if he had been ...
March 2, 2021: Democratic: First woman as Governor of Rhode Island: Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce: 6 years, 55 days [25] Kate Brown (born 1960) Oregon: February 18, 2015: January 9, 2023: Democratic: First openly bisexual governor and first openly LGBT elected governor. Elevated from Secretary of State. Later elected in her own ...
Polling in 2022 has repeatedly shown him to be the most popular Democratic governor in America, ... the December 2021 tornadoes in Western Kentucky and the July 2022 flooding in Eastern Kentucky ...
Kentucky’s governor is on list of possible Democratic VP nominees Shapiro, who is Jewish, has repeatedly voiced support for Israel in the Israel-Hamas war and issued statements condemning ...
Victories in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin enable them to defend against Republican-dominated state legislatures on issues such as abortion rights and fair elections.