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In January 2025, women were serving as governor in 13 U.S. states (14 between January 7 and January 21, as mayor of the District of Columbia, and as territorial governors of Guam and Puerto Rico. Of the current female state governors, eight are Democrats and four are Republicans. One Republican woman will take office as Governor of New ...
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.
The average age among Democrats is 68 years, 315 days. Age Ranges: 10 governors are in their 70s; 21 governors are in their 60s; 12 governors are in their 50s; and; 7 governors are in their 40s. Political Party: 28 Republicans (56%) 22 Democrats (44%) Sex: 41 Males (82%) 9 Females (18%)
Ayotte, a former US senator and the state’s third female governor ever, ran opposite of Democratic nominee Joyce Craig in a rare race that saw two women on the ticket. ... Of the 13 female ...
In the five years since the Women Governors Fund began, the DGA has spent over $80 million supporting female candidates for governor, including each of the current female Democratic governors ...
A state that fancies itself a progressive path-breaker and bastion of open-minded opportunity has never elected a woman to Sacramento's top job. That male hegemony could finally end in 2026.
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.
Gretchen Esther Whitmer (born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the 49th governor of Michigan.A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015.