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Elections. The National Governors Association (NGA) is an American political organization founded in 1908. The association's members are the governors of the 55 states, territories and commonwealths. Members come from across the political spectrum. NGA declares itself as nonpartisan.
The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is a Washington, D.C. -based 527 organization founded in 1983, consisting of U.S. state and territorial governors affiliated with the Democratic Party. [1] The mission of the organization is to provide party support to the election and re-election of Democratic gubernatorial candidates.
The average age of governors at the time of their inauguration was about 59 years old. Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [16] As of the 2022 elections, there are 12 female state governors currently serving.
Cooper has also chaired the Democratic Governors Association. Cooper went to both undergraduate and law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cooper vs. Republicans in NC.
The Republican Governors Association (RGA) is a Washington, D.C.-based 527 organization founded in 1961, [1] consisting of U.S. state and territorial Republican governors. Its primary objective is to help elect and support Republican governors.
The Western Governors' Association (WGA) is a non-partisan organization of all 22 United States governors (representing 19 U.S. states and 3 U.S. territories) that are considered to be part of the Western region of the nation. The WGA also invites Canadian premiers (the leader of the provincial parliamentary party) of Western Canada to its ...
The National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) is the non-profit, nonpartisan professional association for elected or appointed officials who are first in line of succession to the governors in the 50 U.S. states and the five organized territories. (The first official in the line of succession is generally established in the state or ...
The governor of Washington is the head of government of Washington and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] [3] The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, [4] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Washington Legislature and line-item veto power to cancel specific provisions in spending bills. [5]