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U.S. Governors
Demographics

• The Governor is the chief executive officer of each of our 50 States.

  • 28 Governors are Republicans (56%)

  • 22 Governors are Democrats (44%)

• Eight of the 50 states are governed by women (16%)

  • 6 of these 8 are Democrats (75%)

  • 2 of these 8 are Republicans (25%)

  • The States with women governors are:
    Arizona, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Washington

• A total of 33 states will elect Governors in 2006:
  Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming.

• In addition to our nation's 50 states, each of our ## Territories elects a Governor to exercise executive powers:

American Samoa	Governor Togiola Tulafono	Democrat
Guam	Governor Felix Perez Camacho	Republican
Northern Mariana Is.	Governor Juan N. Babauta	Republican
Puerto Rico	Governor Anibal Acevedo-Vila	Popular Democratic Party
Virgin islands	Governor Charles W. Turnbull	Democrat