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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.
Populist Party candidate John Rankin Rogers is the only non- Democratic or Republican nominee to win office. The most recent governor to be from Eastern Washington was Clarence D. Martin, elected in 1932. [6] The current governor is Democrat Jay Inslee, who took office on January 16, 2013, and was reelected in 2016 and 2020; his term will ...
List of Oregon Legislative Assemblies. 1860 [Wikidata] Pennsylvania. List of Pennsylvania state legislatures. 1776 [Wikidata] Rhode Island. List of Rhode Island General Assemblies. South Carolina. List of South Carolina state legislatures.
Republican Party governors of Nevada (15 P) Republican Party governors of New Hampshire (53 P) Republican Party governors of New Jersey (25 P) Republican Party governors of New Mexico (10 P) Republican Party governors of New York (state) (18 P) Republican Party governors of North Carolina (7 P)
The governor of Pennsylvania is the head of government of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, as well as commander-in-chief of the state's national guard. [2]The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to approve or veto bills passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, [3] as well as to convene the legislature. [4]
The governor of Massachusetts is the chief executive of the commonwealth, and is supported by a number of subordinate officers. He, like most other state officers, senators, and representatives, was originally elected annually. In 1918 this was changed to a two-year term, and since 1966 the office of governor has carried a four-year term.
Arizona has had five female governors, the most in the United States, and was the first—and until 2019 (when Michelle Lujan Grisham succeeded Susana Martinez in neighboring New Mexico) the only —state where female governors served consecutively. The current governor as of January 2, 2023, is Democrat Katie Hobbs.
Governor (United States) In the United States, a governor serves as the chief executive and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty states and in the five permanently inhabited territories, functioning as head of state and head of government therein. [nb 1] While like all officials in the United States, checks and balances are placed on the ...