2013 Governors, Legislative Session and Control

STATELINE INFOGRAPHIC GOVERNORS AND LEGISLATORS 2013 Governors, Legislative Sessions and Control Democrats made some gains in elections last year, but Republicans control the majority of governorships and legislatures across the country. Republican majorities in 14 states are so strong that there are enough party members to override a gubernatorial veto in each legislative chamber. Democrats have veto-proof majorities in eight states. LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AND PARTY CONTROL GOVERNORS/ TERM EXPIRES STATE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL A Robert Bentley / '14 ALABAMA mid May 2/5 A Sean Parnell / '14 ALASKA 1/15 4/14 Jan Brewer / '14 ARIZONA 1/14 4/23 * Mike Beebe / '14 ARKANSAS 1/14 mid April Jerry Brown / '14 CALIFORNIA 1/7 all year A John Hickenlooper / '14 COLORADO 1/9 5/8 Dannel Malloy / '14 CONNECTICUT 1/9 6/5 Jack Markell / '16 DELAWARE 1/8 6/30 Rick Scott / '14 FLORIDA 3/5 5/3 Nathan Deal / '14 GEORGIA 1/14 4/18 * Neil Abercrombie / '14 HAWAII 1/16 late April A C.L. "Butch" Otter / '14 IDAHO early April 1/7 A Pat Quinn /'14 ILLINOIS 1/9 5/31 A Mike Pence* / '16 INDIANA 1/7 4/29 A Terry Branstad / '14 IOWA 1/14 5/3 A Sam Brownback / '14 KANSAS 1/14 late May T Steve Beshear / '15 KENTUCKY 3/26 1/8 Bobby Jindal / '15 LOUISIANA 4/8 6/6 A Paul LePage/'14 MAINE 12/6 6/19 Martin O'Malley / '14 MARYLAND 1/9 4/8 A Deval Patrick / '14 MASSACHUSETTS 1/2 all year Rick Snyder / '14 MICHIGAN 1/9 all year A Mark Dayton /'14 A Phil Bryant / '15 A Jay Nixon /'16 MINNESOTA 1/8 5/20 MISSISSIPPI 1/8 4/7 MISSOURI 1/9 5/17 A Steve Bullock* / '16 MONTANA 1/7 4/27 Dave Heineman /'14 NEBRASKA 1/9 6/5 Brian Sandoval / '14 NEVADA 2/4 6/3 Maggie Hassan* / '14 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1/2 late June Chris Christie / '13 NEW JERSEY 1/10 all year Susana Martinez /'14 NEW MEXICO 1/15 3/16 Andrew Cuomo / '14 NEW YORK 1/9 all year A Pat McCrory* /'16 NORTH CAROLINA E mid July 1/30 Jack Dalrymple / '16 NORTH DAKOTA 1/8 5/1 A John Kasich / '14 A Mary Fallin /'14 OНIO 1/7 all year OKLAHOMA 1/8 5/31 John Kitzhaber / '14 OREGON 2/4 6/29 A Tom Corbett / '14 PENNSYLVANIA 1/1 all year Lincoln Chafee /'14 RHODE ISLAND EE 1/1 mid June A Nikki Haley '14 A Dennis Daugaard / '14 SOUTH CAROLINA 1/8 mid June SOUTH DAKOTA 1/8 3/25 A Bill Haslam / '14 TENNESSEE 1/8 late May A Rick Perry /'14 TEXAS 1/8 5/27 A Gary Herbert / '16 UTAH 1/28 3/14 Peter Shumlin / '14 VERMONT 1/9 mid May A Robert McDonnell / '13 VIRGINIA 1/9 2/7 * Jay Inslee* /'16 WASHINGTON 1/14 4/28 A Earl Ray Tomblin / '16 WEST VIRGINIA 2/13 4/13 Scott Walker / '14 WISCONSIN 1/7 all year Matt Mead / '14 WYOMING 1/8 3/1 * new governor * veto-proof supermajority Legislators in Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and Texas can be forgiven for not knowing their way around the capitol: their states meet only every other year. Overall, 19 states budget for two-year periods, according to the National Conference of State Legislators, but these four are the only ones that also meet biennially. Two governors will be up for election in 2013: Virginia's is term-limited and New Jersey's is running for re-election. Stateline infographic by: Evan Potler, Carla Uriona and Stateline staff January 22, 2013 Source: Stateline Research EEtttttéctet CCTECEtetettCTECtEÉ ÉETE