The Governors
Updated to reflect the outcome of the November 7, 2006, election
| State | Governor | Party | Took office |
Election year |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Bob Riley | R | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Alaska | Frank Murkowski | R | 2002 | 2006 | Defeated in 2006 primary |
| Sarah Palin (governor-elect) | R | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| Arizona | Janet Napolitano | D | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Arkansas | Mike Huckabee | R | 1996 | 2006 | Leaving due to term limit |
| Mike Beebe (governor-elect) | D | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| California | Arnold Schwarzenegger | R | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Colorado | Bill Owens | R | 1999 | 2006 | Leaving due to term limit |
| Bill Ritter (governor-elect) | D | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| Connecticut | M. Jodi Rell | R | 2004 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Delaware | Ruth Ann Minner | D | 2000 | 2008 | |
| Florida | Jeb Bush | R | 1999 | 2006 | Leaving due to term limit |
| Charlie Crist (governor-elect) | R | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| Georgia | Sonny Perdue | R | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Hawaii | Linda Lingle | R | 2002 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Idaho | Jim Risch | R | 2006 | 2006 | Lt. governor |
| C.L. "Butch" Otter (governor-elect) | R | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| Illinois | Rod Blagojevich | D | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Indiana | Mitch Daniels | R | 2005 | 2008 | |
| Iowa | Tom Vilsack | D | 1999 | 2006 | Retiring |
| Chet Culver (governor-elect) | D | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| Kansas | Kathleen Sebelius | D | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Kentucky | Ernie Fletcher | R | 2003 | 2007 | |
| Louisiana | Kathleen Babineaux Blanco | D | 2004 | 2007 | |
| Maine | John Baldacci | D | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Maryland | Bob Erhlich | R | 2003 | 2006 | Defeated in 2006 |
| Martin O'Malley (governor-elect) | D | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| Massachusetts | Mitt Romney | R | 2003 | 2006 | Retiring |
| Deval Patrick (governor-elect) | D | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| Michigan | Jennifer Granholm | D | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Minnesota | Tim Pawlenty | R | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Mississippi | Haley Barbour | R | 2004 | 2007 | |
| Missouri | Matt Blunt | R | 2005 | 2008 | |
| Montana | Brian Schweitzer | D | 2005 | 2008 | |
| Nebraska | Dave Heineman | R | 2005 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Nevada | Kenny Guinn | R | 1999 | 2006 | Leaving due to term limit |
| Jim Gibbons (governor-elect) | R | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| New Hampshire | John Lynch | D | 2005 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| New Jersey | Jon Corzine | D | 2006 | 2009 | |
| New Mexico | Bill Richardson | D | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| New York | George Pataki | R | 1995 | 2006 | Retiring |
| Eliot Spitzer (governor-elect) | D | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| North Carolina | Mike Easley | D | 2001 | 2008 | |
| North Dakota | John Hoeven | R | 2000 | 2008 | |
| Ohio | Bob Taft | R | 1999 | 2006 | Leaving due to term limit |
| Ted Strickland (governor-elect) | D | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| Oklahoma | Brad Henry | D | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Oregon | Ted Kulongoski | D | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Pennsylvania | Ed Rendell | D | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Puerto Rico | Anibal Acevedo | R | 2000 | 2006 | |
| Rhode Island | Donald Carcieri | R | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| South Carolina | Mark Sanford | R | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| South Dakota | Mike Rounds | R | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Tennessee | Phil Bredesen | D | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Texas | Rick Perry | R | 2000 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Utah | Jon Huntsman, Jr. | R | 2005 | 2008 | |
| Vermont | James Douglas | R | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Virginia | Tim Kaine | D | 2006 | 2009 | |
| Washington | Christine Gregoire | D | 2005 | 2008 | |
| West Virginia | Joe Manchin, III | D | 2005 | 2008 | |
| Wisconsin | James Doyle | D | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |
| Wyoming | Dave Freudenthal | D | 2003 | 2010 | Re-elected in 2006 |