Key Takeaways
- Currently, there are 27 Republican governors and 23 Democratic governors.
- Going into 2025, the.2024 elections were relatively unexciting for gubernatorial races. Of the 11 elections, the lone competitive race was the open governor election in New Hampshire. Notably, 8 of the 11 races were open seats. All 3 incumbents cruised to victory, and every incumbent party held on to the seat.
- Read each governor's State of the State address here.
- Download our full 2025 Governors and Legislatures chart here.
2025 Governors Map
Current 2025 State Governors
Data is as of December 2, 2024.
| State | Officeholder | Next Election | Has Trifecta Government? |
| Alabama | Kay Ivey | 2026 (L) | Yes |
| Alaska | Mike Dunleavy | 2026 (L) | No |
| Arizona | Katie Hobbs | 2026 | No |
| Arkansas | Sarah Huckabee Sanders | 2026 | Yes |
| California | Gavin Newsom | 2026 (L) | Yes |
| Colorado | Jared Polis | 2026 (L) | Yes |
| Connecticut | Ned Lamont | 2026 | Yes |
| Delaware | Matt Meyer | 2028 | Yes |
| Florida | Ron DeSantis | 2026 (L) | Yes |
| Georgia | Brian Kemp | 2026 (L) | Yes |
| Hawaii | Josh Green | 2026 | Yes |
| Idaho | Brad Little | 2026 | Yes |
| Illinois | J.B. Pritzker | 2026 | Yes |
| Indiana | Mike Braun | 2028 | Yes |
| Iowa | Kim Reynolds | 2026 | Yes |
| Kansas | Laura Kelly | 2026 (L) | No |
| Kentucky | Andy Beshear | 2027 (L) | No |
| Louisiana | Jeff Landry | 2027 | Yes |
| Maine | Janet Mills | 2026 (L) | Yes |
| Maryland | Wes Moore | 2026 | Yes |
| Massachusetts | Maura Healey | 2026 | Yes |
| Michigan | Gretchen Whitmer | 2026 (L) | No |
| Minnesota | Tim Walz | 2026 | No |
| Mississippi | Tate Reeves | 2027 (L) | Yes |
| Missouri | Mike Kehoe | 2028 | Yes |
| Montana | Greg Gianforte | 2028 (L) | Yes |
| Nebraska | Jim Pillen | 2026 | Yes |
| Nevada | Joe Lombardo | 2026 | No |
| New Hampshire | Kelly Ayotte | 2026 | Yes |
| New Jersey | Phil Murphy | 2025 (L) | Yes |
| New Mexico | Michelle Lujan Grisham | 2026 (L) | Yes |
| New York | Kathy Hochul | 2026 | Yes |
| North Carolina | Josh Stein | 2028 | No |
| North Dakota | Kelly Armstrong | 2028 | Yes |
| Ohio | Mike DeWine | 2026 (L) | Yes |
| Oklahoma | Kevin Stitt | 2026 (L) | Yes |
| Oregon | Tina Kotek | 2026 | Yes |
| Pennsylvania | Josh Shapiro | 2026 | No |
| Rhode Island | Dan McKee | 2026 | Yes |
| South Carolina | Henry McMaster | 2026 (L) | Yes |
| South Dakota | Kristi Noem | 2026 (L) | Yes |
| Tennessee | Bill Lee | 2026 (L) | Yes |
| Texas | Greg Abbott | 2026 | Yes |
| Utah | Spencer Cox | 2028 | Yes |
| Vermont | Phil Scott | 2026 | No |
| Virginia | Glenn Youngkin | 2025 (L) | No |
| Washington | Bob Ferguson | 2028 | No |
| West Virginia | Patrick Morrisey | 2028 | Yes |
| Wisconsin | Tony Evers | 2026 | No |
| Wyoming | Mark Gordon | 2026 (L) | Yes |