2009 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2009 General Election

2009 Governor's Chairs
by State

2 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2009

2 Democratic

2 Elected

2 Republican

48 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2009

26 Open Governor's Chairs (voluntary retirement, seeking other political office, term limits)

1 Incumbent renominated by same party

1 Democratic

16 Candidates seeking a Governor's Chair (Candidates may run under the banner of multiple parties. Hence, the number of parties may be greater than the number of candidates.)

This is a list of the current Governors' chairs, the incumbents occupying them, and the candidacy status of said incumbents. Chairs up for election in the year 2009 are marked as such.

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New Jersey 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2005, 2009. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

	Independent	139,579	5.76%	Christopher "Chris" Daggett • For Lieutenant Governor Frank J. Esposito Slogan: Independent for NJ
	Independent; (Libertarian)	4,830	0.20%	Kenneth R. "Kenny" Kaplan • For Lieutenant Governor: John Paff Slogan: Libertarian Party
	Independent	3,585	0.15%	Gary T. Steele • For Lieutenant Governor: Nancy Pennella Slogan: Leadership, Independence, Vision
	Independent	2,869	0.12%	Jason Cullen • For Lieutenant Governor: Gloria Leustek Slogan: People Not Politics
	Independent	2,598	0.11%	David R. Meiswinkle • For Lieutenant Governor: Noelani Musicaro Slogan: Middle Class Empowerment
	Independent	2,563	0.11%	Kostas Petris • For Lieutenant Governor: August Petris Slogan: For The People
	Independent; (Socialist Party USA)	2,085	0.09%	Gregory "Greg" Pason • For Lieutenant Governor: Costantino "Tino" Rozzo Slogan: Socialist Party USA
	Independent	1,625	0.07%	Gary Stein • For Lieutenant Governor: Cynthia Stein Slogans: Rock The Boat, Giv'm Heck Gary, Nice N Easy, Fools Rush In, Stormy Weather, Just in Time, All The Way, Where Are You, I Have Dreamed, They All Laughed, These Foolish Things, A Fine Romance, Lear'n The Blues, Without A Song, Something Stupid, Street Of Dreams, All Alone, How About You, Pennies From Heaven, My Shining Hour, Love And Marriage
	Independent	1,021	0.04%	Joshua Leinsdorf • For Lieutenant Governor: VACANCY (was Joanne Miller) Slogan: Fair Election Party
	Independent	753	0.03%	Alvin Lindsay, Jr. • For Lieutenant Governor: Eugene Harley Slogan: Lindsay for Governor
Total		2,423,792	100.00%

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Socialist Party USA
Independents
	• Independent
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.