Talk:List of current United States governors

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With the exception of 2 or 3 states, the Governors leave office in the calender years after the gubernatoral election. Ex: Sonny Perdue of Georgia's 2nd term ends January 2011 (after the 2010 election). GoodDay (talk) 23:55, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seat up. Obviously the 'election' is going to be before the term of a current Governor ends. Therefore, it should be 'year' a term expires only. Therefore, I'm removing that oddity. GoodDay (talk) 17:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Where can I find term limits for state governors? 192.122.237.11 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:21, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Should we include Micronesia on the list? Chadlupkes (talk) 19:51, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

never mind... should have read more about it first. Gained full sovereign rights in 1986. Chadlupkes (talk) 19:52, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that the graphic contains a green designation for a party labeled as "Covenant". Is this a joke or reference to the Halo video game? I do not think it is appropriate.69.243.87.228 (talk) 15:17, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's quite serious; it's there for the governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, who belongs to the Covenant Party.125.239.173.201 (talk) 03:25, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It looks to me like people have been too hasty to change the governor of Kansas from Kathleen Sebelius. As of 17 April 2009, she still has not been confirmed as Secretary of HHS. The State of Kansas web site still shows her as gov. 64.46.22.214 (talk) 22:49, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This may seem like splitting hairs, but Fortuño is NOT the Republican governor of Puerto Rico. He is the New Progressive Governor of Puerto Rico. National party affiliations do not really apply to Puerto Rico. Voters in Puerto Rico elected Fortuño on the New Progressive ticket, not the Republican. The reason I'm mentioning all this is because I keep having to correct Fortuño's party shading from a GOP shading. This is fundamentally incorrect based on the way Puerto Rican politics work. Nevermore | Talk 10:12, 3 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand. If the governor of Hawaii is a Democrat, why does the Governors map portray Hawaii as a Republican State?Nikofeelan (talk) 01:35, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Because he just got sworn in last week and the map hasn't been changed yet. Feel free to do so yourself if you have graphics skills! I assume someone will give it a thorough overhaul after all the new govs are sworn in next month. --Jfruh (talk) 18:55, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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• He switched to the GOP in September. The map is now obsolete again. -LtNOWIS (talk) 17:05, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Now that Bill Walker has become Alaska governor, the state should be changed from Republican to Independent. GoodDay (talk) 14:30, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Matt Bevin (R) has taken office in Kentucky. The Bluegrass State should be switched from blue to red.--204.111.221.15 (talk) 00:32, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Update needed, now that Louisiana's governor is a Democrat. GoodDay (talk) 00:53, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Doesn't Brown's half-term end in January 2017? GoodDay (talk) 05:49, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It does.

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MB298: The Democratic Party does have an official shade of blue, it is #34AAE0, as you can see in their official logo: , on their website, and other official materials. This is not an arbitrary application of this color by any means, nor is any harm done by using it in these applications.   Spartan7W §   03:42, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply

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These discussions are concerning blanket-use of #34AAE0 for the purposes of all meta templates, which I incidentally opposed. The problem is that this color is not good in all applications, such as some text or highlighting. However, it is perfectly acceptable in areas such as these: maps, party shading (lists), general thematic elements, etc. Essentially there is no issue that arises in such an application as this. The meta template is simply too blanket of an application to use this color universally. However, in such a case as this, there is no reason not to, and it is more representative of the party, as we would use official shades for any University or sports team, for instance.   Spartan7W §   03:56, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Currently the Governors of Iowa (Branstad) & South Carolina (Haley) are nominees for Ambassadorships. However, we should wait until either or both of them resign as governors, before we include their successors (Reynolds, McMaster) into this article. Also, from the moment of Branstad's & Haley's confirmations to when they resign, they're still governors & so Reynold & McMaster should be listed as governors-designate during the brief period of time. GoodDay (talk) 00:13, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that if you sort the list by a non-default column (e.g. "Inauguration") and then attempt to restore the alphabetical order, clicking on the "Name" column does not return the list to an alphabetical order. The order goes Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Louisiana... I think this is most likely due to the file names, but am not sure. Fixing it would be greatly appreciated. -

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The map needs to be updated, as Alaska now has a Republican governor. GoodDay (talk) 14:15, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think that is bad quality and should be replaced with the better quality . Lennox Theodore Anderson (talk) 7:11, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Any particular reason why Minnesota's state seal isn't shown while all other states' are?

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The capitol is neither a state nor does its highest legislative office holder works as a governor, she is a mayor.

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List goes back in for and not in the correct ascending or deceasing order. I am not able to figure out how to fix this. 2601:18C:4200:4AF0:1D17:E7C2:87EA:FFBE (talk) 22:49, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that the "party affiliation" map lists Republicans (27) and Democrats (27). Should it be changed to 23 Democrats, to match the rest of the article? Or is this intentional (to include the territories)? Sxg169 (talk) 19:12, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Made the caption more specific. There seems to be some edit warring over the caption, but hopefully this solution is fine for all parties. SounderBruce 21:28, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]