2015 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2015 General Election

2015 Governor's Chairs
by State

3 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2015

3 Elected

47 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2015

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

1 Incumbent renominated by same party

1 Republican

79 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 2015 are marked as such.

There have been 0 deaths, 1 resignation, and 0 changes of party affiliation in 2015.

Governor John A. Kitzhaber ( (Democratic - Oregon) resigned 18 February 2015 amid scandal involving payments from and advocacy group. Secretary of State Kate Brown (Democratic) ascended to the Governor's chair upon his resignation.

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Kentucky 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

Open	Democratic	Governor Steven L. "Steve" Beshear • First elected: 2007; re-elected: 2011 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2015 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At Term Limit
		Open Chair (no incumbent)

	Democratic			Attorney General John William "Jack" Conway • for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Sannie Overly.

	Republican			Matthew Griswold "Matt" Bevin • for Lieutenant Governor: Jenean Hampton.

	Independent			Drew Curtis • for Lieutenant Governor: Heather Curtis (his wife)

	Write-in			Blackii Effing Whyte • for Lt. Governor: Philip Jacobs

Louisiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

Open	Republican	Governor Piyush "Bobby" Jindal • First elected: 2007; re-elected: 2011 • Chair up for regular election: Saturday 24 October 2015 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At Term Limit
	Democratic	646,860	56.11%	state Representative John Bel Edwards • Received 40% in the 24 October primary. Proceeds to 21 November 2015 runoff
	Republican	505,929	43.89%	Senator David Vitter • Received 23% in the 24 October primary. Proceeds to 21 November 2015 runoff
Total		1,152,789	100.00%

Mississippi 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican

	Republican	Governor Phil Bryant • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2015 • First elected: 2011 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2015 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated - 4 August 2015 Primary

	Democratic			Robert Gray

	Republican			Governor Phil Bryant

	Reform			Shawn O'Hara

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
	• Constitution
	• Libertarian
	• Reform
Other Third Parties
	• Marijuana
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.