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Governors (2020 election unless otherwise noted;

Winners marked):
DE:

Carney(incumbent) vs.Williams(D)
IN:

Holcomb(incumbent) vs.Melton(D) vs.Myers(D)
KY(2019):
Bevin(R) vs.~~Goforth~~(R,lost primary) vs.~~Adkins~~(D,lost primary)
vs.

Beshear(D) vs.~~Edelen~~(D,lost primary)
LA(2019):

Edwards(D) vs.Rispone(R) vs.Abraham(R) vs.~~Kennedy~~(R,declined)
MO:

Parson(incumbent) vs.Galloway(D) vs.Neely(R)
MS(2019):
Bryant(R,retiring) vs.Foster(R) vs.Hood(D)
vs.

Reeves(R) vs.Waller(R)
MT: Bullock(retiring) vs.Fox(R) vs.Perry(R) vs.

Gianforte(R) vs.Stapleton(R) vs.Olszewski(R) vs.Neill(D) vs.Schreiner(D) vs.Cooney(D) vs.Williams(D)
NC:

Cooper(incumbent) vs.Forest(R) vs.Grange(R)
ND:

Burgum(incumbent) vs.Coachman(R) vs.Lenz(D)
NH:

Sununu(incumbent) vs.Volinsky(D) vs. fsFeltes(D)
NJ(2021):
Murphy(D) vs.Ciattarelli(R)
PR: Rossello(D)
vs.Garced(D) vs.

Pierluisi(D)
UT: Herbert(retiring) vs.Huntsman(R)
vs.

Cox(R) vs.Burningham(R) vs.Newton(D) vs.Hughes(R)
VA(2021):
Northam(D,term-limited) vs.Herring(D) vs.Chase(R) vs.Fairfax(D)
VT:

Scott(incumbent) vs.Holcombe(D) vs.Zuckerman(D)
WA:

Inslee(incumbent) vs.Bryant(R) vs.Fortunato(R)
WV:

Justice(incumbent) vs.Folk(R) vs.Thrasher(R) vs.Vanover(D) vs.Smith(D) vs.Ron Stollings(D)
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AK   AL   AR   AZ   CA   CO   CT   DE   FL   GA   HI   IA   ID   IL   IN   KS   KY   LA   MA
MD   ME   MI   MN   MO   MS   MT   NC   ND   NE   NH   NJ   NM   NV   NY
OH   OK   OR   PA   PR   RI   SC   SD   TN   TX   UT   VA   VT   WA   WI   WV   WY

State Elected Official State service (and later service in higher office)
AK:
Mead Treadwell: Republican Lt. Gov. 2010-2014; candidate for U.S.Senate 2014
AL:
Don Siegelman: Democrat Alabama Secretary of State 1979-1987; Attorney General 1987-1991; Lt. Gov. 1995-1999; Governor 1999-2003
John Merrill: Republican State Rep. 2010-2014; Alabama Secretary of State since 2015; candidate for U.S.Senate 2020
Kay Ivey: Republican State Treasurer 2003 to 2011; Lt. Gov. 2011-2017; Governor since 2017
AR:
Leslie Rutledge: Republican candidate for Lt. Gov. 2022; AR Attorney General Since 2015
Mike Beebe: Democratic Governor 2007-2014; AR Attorney General 2003-2006
Mike Huckabee: Republican Lt. Gov. 1993-1996; Governor 1996-2007
Tim Griffin: Republican U.S.House 2011-2015; Lt. Gov. since 2015
AZ:
Doug Ducey: Republican State Treasurer 2011-2015; Governor since 2015
Jan Brewer: Republican State Rep. 1983-1987; State Seate 1987-1997; Arizona Secretary of State 2003-2009; Governor 2009-2015
Jane Dee Hull: Republican State Rep. 1979-1993; Arizona Secretary of State 1995-1997; Governor 1997-2003
Janet Napolitano: Democratic Governor 2003-2008; DHS Secretary 2009-2013; AZ Attorney General 1999-2003
Katie Hobbs: Democratic State Rep. 2011-2013; State Senate 2013-2019; Arizona Secretary of State since 2019; candidate for Governor 2022
Kimberly Yee: Republican State House 2011-2013; State Senate 2013-2019; State Treasurer 2019-present; candidate for Governor 2022
Mark Brnovich: Republican candidate for Senate 2022; AZ Attorney General Since 2015
CA:
Alex Padilla: Democratic State Senate 2006-2014; California Secretary of State 2015-2021; U.S.Senator since 2021
Cruz Bustamante: Democrat State Rep. 1993-1998; Lt. Gov. 1999-2007
Dan Lungren: Republican U.S. Rep, CA-03, 2005-2013; CA Attorney General 1991-1999
Gavin Newsom: Democrat S.F. Mayor 2004-2011; Lt. Gov. 2011-2019; Governor since 2019
Gray Davis: Democratic State Rep. 1982-1986; State Controller 1987-1995; Lt. Gov. 1995-1999; Governor 1999-2003
Jerry Brown: Democratic California Secretary of State 1971-1975; Governor 1975-1983; Oakland Mayor 1999-2007; Attorney General 2007-2011; Governor 2011-2019
John Chiang: Democratic State Treasurer 2015-2019; State Controller 2007-2015
Kamala Harris: Democratic V.P. since 2021; Senator 2017-2020; CA Attorney General 2011-2017
Xavier Becerra: Democratic U.S. Rep., 1993-2016; HHS Secretary since 2021; CA Attorney General 2017-2021
CO:
Bill Owens: Republican State Rep. 1983-1989; State Senate 1989-1995; State Treasurer 1995-1999; Governor 1999-2007
Cary Kennedy: Democrat State Treasurer 2007-2010; candidate for Governor 2018
Gale Norton: Republican Secretary of Interior, 2001-2006; CO Attorney General 1991-1999
Ken Salazar: Senator 2005-2008; Interior Secretary 2009-2013; Ambassador to Mexico since 2021; CO Attorney General 1999-2005
Mike Coffman: Republican State Rep. 1989-1994; State Senate 1994-1999; State Treasurer 1999-2007; Colorado Secretary of State 2007-2009; U.S. House 2009-2019; Mayor of Aurora since 2019
Walker Stapleton: Republican State Treasurer 2011-2019
CT:
Jodi Rell: Republican State Rep. 1985-1995; Lt. Gov. 1995-2004; Governor 2004-2011
Joseph Lieberman: Democratic Senator 1989-2012; State Senator 1971-1980; CT Attorney General 1983-1989
Richard Blumenthal: Democratic Senator since 2011; State Legislature 1985-1990; CT Attorney General 1991-2011
Susan Bysiewicz: Democratic State Rep 1993-1999; Connecticut Secretary of State 1999-2011; candidate for Governor 2018; Lt. Gov since 2019
DE:
John Carney: Democrat Lt. Gov. 2001-2009; U.S. House 2011-2017; Governor since 2017
Mike Castle: Republican State Rep. 1967-1969; State Senate 1969-1977; Lt. Gov. 1981-1985; Governor 1985-1992; U.S.Rep. 1993-2011
Ruth Ann Minner: Democrat Lt. Gov. 1993-2001; Governor 2001-2009
FL:
Bill McCollum: Republican U.S. Rep. 1981-2000; FL Attorney General 2007-2011
Carlos Lopez-Cantera: Republican State House 2004-2012; candidate for U.S.Senate 2016; Lt. Gov. 2014-2019
Charlie Crist: Democratic U.S. Rep since 2017; Governor 2007-2010; State Senate 1992-1998; FL Attorney General 2003-2007
Nikki Fried: Democratic Commissioner of Agriculture since 2019; candidate for Governor 2022
GA:
Brian Kemp: Republican State Senate 2003-2006; Georgia Secretary of State 2010-2018; Governor since 2019
Casey Cagle: Republican State Senate 1995-2007; Lt. Gov. 2007-2019; candidate for Governor 2018
Karen Handel: Republican Georgia Secretary of State 2007-2010; U.S. Rep 2017-2018
Zell Miller: Democrat State Senate 1961-1965; Lt. Gov. 1975-1991; Governor 1991-1999; U.S.Senator 2000-2005
Jody Hice: Republican U.S. Rep. since 2015; candidate for Secretary of State 2022
HI:
Ben Cayetano: Democrat Lt. Gov. 1986-1994; Governor 1994-2002
Brian Schatz: Democrat State House 1998-2006; Lt. Gov. 2010-2012; U.S.Senate since 2012
Duke Aiona: Republican Lt. Gov. 2002-2010; nominee for Governor 2010 & 2014
Mazie Hirono: Democrat State House 1981-1994; Lt. Gov. 1994-2002; U.S.House 2007-2013; Governor since 2013
IA:
Chet Culver: Democratic Iowa Secretary of State 1999-2007; Governor 2007-2011
Kim Reynolds: Republican State Senate 2009-2010; Lt. Gov. 2011-2017; Governor since 2017
Patty Judge: Democrat State Senate 1993-1999; State Secretary of Agriculture 1999-2007; Lt. Gov. 2007-2011; candidate for U.S.Senate 2016
ID:
Brad Little: Republican State Senate 2001-2009; Lt. Gov. 2009-2019; Governor since 2019
Butch Otter: Republican State House 1972-1976; U.S.House 2001-2006; Lt. Gov. 1987-2001
Janice McGeachin: Republican State House 2002-2012; Lt. Gov. since 2019; candidate for Governor 2022
Jim Risch: Republican State Senate 1974-1988 & 1995-2002; Lt. Gov. 2003-2006 & 2007-2009; Governor 2006; U.S.Senate since 2009
Raul Labrador: Republican U.S.Rep.2011-2018, State Rep.2006-2010, GOP Chair 2019-2020; ID Attorney General Candidate for AG 2022
IL:
Alexi Giannoulias: Democratic State Treasurer 2007-2011; nominee for U.S.Senate 2010; candidate for Illinois Secretary of State 2022.
George Ryan: Republican State Rep. 1973-1983; Lt. Gov. 1983-1991; Illinois Secretary of State 1991-1999; Governor 1999-2003
Pat Quinn: Democratic State Treasurer 1991-1995; Lt. Gov. 2003-2009; Governor 2009-2015
IN:
Eric Holcomb: Republican State GOP Chair 2011-2013; Lt. Gov. 2016-2017; Governor since 2017
Evan Bayh: Democratic Indiana Secretary of State 1986-1989; Governor 1989-1997; U.S.Senator 1999-2011
Richard Mourdock: Republican State Treasurer 2007-2014; nominee for U.S. Senate 2012
Todd Rokita: Republican U.S.Rep.2011-2018, Secretary of State 2002-2010; IN Attorney General Since 2021
KS:
Bill Graves: Republican Kansas Secretary of State 1987-1995; Governor 1995-2003
Derek Schmidt: Republican candidate for Governor 2022; State Senator 2001-2010; KS Attorney General Since 2011
Jeff Colyer: Republican Staet House 2007-2009; State Senate 2009-2011; Lt. Gov. 2011-2018; Governor 2018-2019
Kris Kobach: Republican Kansas Secretary of State 2011-2019; candidate for Governor 2018; candidate for Attorney General 2022
Lynn Jenkins: Republican State Rep. 1999-2001; State Senate 2001-2003; State Treasurer 2003-2008; U.S. Rep. 2009-2019
Ron Estes: Republican State Treasurer 2011-2017; U.S. Rep. since 2017
KY:
Alison Lundergan Grimes: Democratic Kentucky Secretary of State 2012-2020; nominee for U.S.Senate 2014
Andy Beshear: Democratic Governor since 2019; KY Attorney General 2016-2019
Ben Chandler: Democratic U.S.Rep., 2004-2012; State Auditor 1991-1995; KY Attorney General 1996-2004
Dan Mongiardo: Democratic State Senate 2001-2007; Lt. Gov. 2007-2011; nominee for U.S.Senate 2004 & 2010
Jack Conway: Democratic nominee for 2010 Senate; nominee for 2015 Governor; KY Attorney General 2008-2016
Steve Beshear: Democratic Governor 2007-2015; Lt. Gov. 1983-1987; State Rep. 1974-1979; KY Attorney General 1979-1984
Trey Grayson: Republican Kentucky Secretary of State 2004-2011; candidate for U.S.Senate 2010
LA:
Jay Dardenne: Republican State Senate 1992-2006; Louisiana Secretary of State 2006-2010; Lt. Gov. 2010-2016
Jeff Landry: Republican U.S.Rep.2011-2012; LA Attorney General Since 2016
John Neely Kennedy: Republican State Treasurer 2000-2017; U.S.Senator since 2017
Kathleen Blanco: Democrat State House 1984-1988; Lt. Gov. 1996-2004; Governor 2004-2008
Mary Landrieu: Democratic State Treasurer 1988-1996; U.S.Senator 1997-2015
MA:
John Kerry: Democrat Lt. Gov. 1983-1985; U.S.Senate 1985-2013; nominee for President 2004; U.S.Secretary of State 2013-2017
Karyn Polito: Republican State House 2001-2011; nominee for Treasurer 2010; Lt. Gov. since 2015
Martha Coakley: Democratic nominee for Governor 2014; MA Attorney General 2007-2015
Shannon O'Brien: Democratic State Rep. 1987-1993; State Senate 1993-1995; State Treasurer and Receiver-General 1999-2002
Steve Grossman: Democratic State Treasurer and Receiver-General 2011-2015; DNC Chair 1997-1999
Thomas Reilly: Democratic Governor candidate 2006; MA Attorney General 1999-2007
MD:
Anthony G. Brown: Democrat State Delegate 1990-2007; Lt. Gov. 2007-2015; U.S.House since 2017; candidate for Attorney General 2022
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend: Democrat Lt. Gov. 1995-2003; candidate for Governor 2002
Michael Steele: Republican State GOP Chair 2000-2002; Lt. Gov. 2003-2007; nominee for U.S. Senate 2006; RNC Chair 2009-2014
Peter Franchot: Democratic State Delegate 1987-2007; State Comptroller since 2007; candidate for Governor 2022
ME:
Bruce Poliquin: Republican State Treasurer 2011-2012; nominee for U.S.Senate 2012; U.S.Rep. 2015-2019
Janet Mills: Democratic Governor since 2019; State Rep. 2004-2008; ME Attorney General 2009-2011 & 2013-2019
Matt Dunlap: Democratic State Rep. 1996-2004; candidate for U.S. Senate 2012; Maine Secretary of State 2013-2021; State Auditor since 2021
Shenna Bellows: Democratic Nominee for U.S. Senate 2014; State Senate 2016-2020; Maine Secretary of State since 2021
MI:
Bill Schuette: Republican candidate for governor 2018; State Senate 1995-2002; MI Attorney General 2011-2019
Brian Calley: Republican State House 2007-2010; Lt. Gov. 2011-2019; candidate for Governor 2018
Candice Miller: Republican County Treasurer 1993-1994; Michigan Secretary of State 1995-2003; U.S. Rep. 2003-2016
Dick Posthumus: Republican State Senate 1983-1999; Lt. Gov. 1999-2003; nominee for Governor 2002
Jennifer Granholm: Democratic Governor 2003-2010; Energy Secretary since 2021; MI Attorney General 1999-2003
Terri Lynn Land: Republican Michigan Secretary of State 2003-2011; nominee for U.S. Senate 2014
MN:
Keith Ellison: DFL U.S.Rep., 2007-2018; State Rep 2003-2006; MN Attorney General Since 2019
Lori Swanson: DFL candidate for governor 2018; MN Attorney General 2007-2019
Mark Dayton: Democratic-Farmer-Labor: State Auditor 1991-1995; U.S.Senator 2001-2006; Governor 2011-2018
Michelle Fischbach: Republican State Senate 2013-2018; Lt. Gov. 2018-2019; U.S.Rep. since 2021S.
Mike Hatch: DFL candidate for governor 2006; MN Attorney General 1999-2007
Rebecca Otto: Democratic-Farmer-Labor State Rep. 2003-2005; State Auditor 2007-2019; candidate for Governor 2018
Tina Smith: Democrat Lt. Gov. 2015-2018; U.S.Senate since 2018
MO:
Bob Holden: Democrat State Rep. 1983-1989; State Treasurer 1993-2001; Governor 2001-2005
Claire McCaskill: Democratic State Rep. 1983-1988; State Auditor 1999-2007; U.S. Senator 2007-2019
Eric Schmitt: Republican State Senate 2009-2016; State Treasurer 2017-2018; A.G. since 2019; candidate for U.S. Senator 2022.
Jay Nixon: Democratic Governor 2009-2016; State Senate 1987-1992; MO Attorney General 1993-2009
John Ashcroft: Republican Senator 1995-2000; Governor 1985-1992; MO Attorney General 1977-1985
Matt Blunt: Republican State House 1999-2001; Missouri Secretary of State 2001-2005; Governor 2005-2009
Mel Carnahan: Democrat State Treasurer 1981-1985; Lt. Gov. 1989-1993; Governor 1993-2000; elected to Senate 2005
Mike Parson: Republican State House 2005-2011; State Senate 2011-2017; Lt. Gov. 2017-2018; Governor since 2018
Nancy Farmer: Democrat State Rep. 1993-1997; State Treasurer 2001-2005; candidate for U.S.Senate 2004
Nicole Galloway: Democratic State Auditor since 2015; nominee for Governor 2020
Peter Kinder: Republican State Senate 1993-2005; Lt. Gov. 2005-2017; candidate for Governor 2016
Robin Carnahan: Democratic Missouri Secretary of State 2005-2013; nominee for U.S.Senate 2010
Sarah Steelman: Republican State Senate 1999-2005; State Treasurer 2005-2009
MS:
Jim Hood: Democratic nominee for Governor 2019; MS Attorney General 2004-2020
Phil Bryant: Republican State Auditor 1996-2008; Lt. Gov. 2008-2012; Governor 2012-2020
Ronnie Musgrove: Democrat State Senate 1988-1996; Lt. Gov. 1996-2000; Governor 2000-2005
Tate Reeves: Republican State Treasurer 2004-2012; Lt. Gov. 2012-2020; Governor since 2020
MT:
Brad Johnson: Republican Nominee for U.S.House 1990; candidate for U.S.Senate 2002; Montana Secretary of State 2005-2009
Corey Stapleton: Republican State Senate 2001-2009; candidate for Governor 2012; candidate for U.S.Senate 2014; Montana Secretary of State 2017-2021; candidate for U.S.House 2020
Denny Rehberg: Republican Lt. Gov. 1991-1997; U.S. Rep. 2001-2012; nominee for U.S.Senate 1996 & 2012
Judy Martz: Republican Lt. Gov. 1997-2001; Governor 2001-2005
Marc Racicot: Republican Governor, 1993-2000; RNC Chair 2001-2003; MT Attorney General 1989-1992
Steve Bullock: Democratic Governor, 2013-2020; MT Attorney General 2009-2012
NC:
Bev Perdue: Democrat State House 1987-1991; State Senate 1991-2001; Lt. Gov. 2001-2009; Governor 2009-2013
Dan Forest: Republican Lt. Gov. 2013-2021; nominee for Governor 2020
Mike Easley: Democratic Governor, 2001-2008; NC Attorney General 1993-2001
Roy Cooper: Democratic Governor since 2017; State Legislature 1987-2000; NC Attorney General 2001-2017
ND:
Heidi Heitkamp: Democratic-NPL Senator, 2013-2018; ND Attorney General 1993-2000
Jack Dalrymple: Republican State House 1985-2000; Lt. Gov. 2000-2010; Governor 2010-2016
Wayne Stenehjem: Republican candidate for Governor 2016; ND Attorney General Since 2000
NE:
Dave Heineman: Republican Treasurer 1995-2001; Lt. Gov. 2001-2005; Governor 2005-2015
Don Stenberg: Republican candidate for Senate in 2006 & 2012; State Treasurer 2011-2018; NE Attorney General 1991-2003
Jon Bruning: Republican Senate candidate 2012; Governor candidate 2014; State Legislature, 1997-2002; NE Attorney General 2003-2015
NH:
Kelly Ayotte: Republican Senator, 2011-2016; NH Attorney General 2004-2009
NJ:
Kim Guadagno: Republican Secretary of State & Lt. Gov. 2010-2018; nominee for Governor 2017
NM:
Hector Balderas: Democratic State Auditor 2007-2014; candidate for U.S.Senate 2012; State Attorney General since 2015
Jeff Bingaman: Democratic Senator 1983-2012; NM Attorney General 1979-1982
John Sanchez: Republican State Rep. 2001-2002; Lt. Gov. 2011-2019; 2012 candidate for U.S.Senate
Maggie Toulouse Oliver: Democratic New Mexico Secretary of State since 2016; candidate for U.S.Senate 2020
Tom Udall: Democratic Senator 2009-2020; U.S.Rep. 1999-2008; Ambassador since 2021; NM Attorney General 1991-1998
NV:
Adam Laxalt: Republican Senate nominee 2018; Governor nominee 2020; NV Attorney General 2015-2019
Brian Sandoval: Republican Governor 2011-2018; State Assembly 1994-1998; NV Attorney General 2003-2005
Catherine Cortez Masto: Democratic Senator since 2017; NV Attorney General 2007-2015
Dan Schwartz: Republican State Treasurer 2015-2019; candidate for Governor 2018
Dean Heller: Republican Nevada Secretary of State 1995-2007; U.S.House 2007-2011; U.S.Senator 2011-2019
Harry Reid: Democrat Lt. Gov. 1971-1975; U.S.House 1983-1987; U.S.Senate 1987-2016
NY:
Andrew Cuomo: Democratic Governor 2011-2021; HUD Secretary 1997-2000; NY Attorney General 2007-2010
Carl McCall: Democratic State Senate 1975-1980; State Comptroller 1993-2002; nominee for Governor 2002
David Paterson: Democrat State Senate 1985-2006; Lt. Gov. 2007-2008; Governor 2008-2010
Eliot Spitzer: Democratic Governor 2007-2008; Candidate for NYC Comptroller 2013; NY Attorney General 1999-2006
Kathy Hochul: Democrat U.S. House 2011-2012; Lt. Gov. 2015-2021; Governor since 2021
Letitia James: Democratic NYC Council 2004-2013; candodate for Governor 2022; NY Attorney General Since 2019
Mario Cuomo: Democrat New York Secretary of State 1975-1978; Lt. Gov. 1979-1982; Governor 1983-1994
OH:
Bob Taft: Republican State Rep. 1977-1980; Ohio Secretary of State 1991-1999; Governor 1999-2007
Jennifer Brunner: Democrat Ohio Secretary of State 2007-2011; candidate for U.S. Senate 2010; Ohio Supreme Court Justice since 2021
Jon Husted: Republican State Rep. 2001-2009; State Senate 2009-2011; Ohio Secretary of State 2011-2019; Lt. Gov. since 2019
Josh Mandel: Republican State Treasurer 2011-2018; State Rep 2007-2010; candidate for U.S. Senator 2022.
Lee Fisher: Democrat State House 1981-1982; State Senate 1983-1990; Attorney General 1991-1995; Lt. Gov. 2007-2011; nominee for U.S. Senate 2010
Mike DeWine: Republican State Senate 1981-1982; U.S.House 1983-1991; Lt. Gov. 1991-1994; U.S.Senate 1995-2007; Attorney General 2011-2019; Governor since 2019
Richard Cordray: Democratic nominee for Governor 2018; Director of CFPB 2012-2017; Ohio Treasurer 2007-2008; State Rep 1991-1992; OH Attorney General 2009-2011
Sherrod Brown: Democrat Ohio Secretary of State 1983-1991; U.S.House 1993-2007; U.S.Senate since 2007
OK:
Drew Edmondson: Democratic State Rep., 1975-1977; candidate for Governor 2010 & 2018; OK Attorney General 1995-2010
Mary Fallin: Republican State House 1991-1995; Lt. Gov. 1995-2007; U.S.House 2007-2011; Governor 2011-2019
Scott Pruitt: Republican EPA Administrator 2017-2018; State Senator 1999-2006; OK Attorney General 2011-2017
OR:
Kate Brown: Democratic State Rep. 1991-1997; State Sen. 1997-2009; Oregon Secretary of State 2009-2015; Governor since 2015
Ted Kulongoski: Democratic Governor 2003-2010; State Supreme Court 1997-2001; OR Attorney General 1993-1996
PA:
Bob Casey Jr.: Democratic State Auditor General 1997-2005; State Treasurer 2005-2007; U.S.Senator since 2007
John Fetterman: Democratic Mayor or Braddock 2006-2019; Lt. Gov. since 2019; candidate to U.S.Senate 2016 & 2022
Josh Shapiro: Democratic State Rep. 2005-2012' 2020 candidate for Governor; PA Attorney General Since 2017
Mark Schweiker: Republican Lt. Gov. 1995-2001; Governor 2001-2003
PR:
Pedro Pierluisi: Democratic New Progressive U.S.House 2009-2017; P.R. Secretary of State 2019; Acting Governor 2019; Governor since 2021
Wanda Vazquez Garced: New Progressive; PR Attorney General 2017-2019
RI:
Daniel McKee: Democratic Mayor of Cumberland 2007-2015;Lt. Gov. 2015-2021; Governor since 2021
James Langevin: Democrat State Rep. 1989-1995; Rhode Island Secretary of State 1995-2001; U.S.House since 2001
Matthew A. Brown: Democrat Rhode Island Secretary of State 2003-2007; candidate for U.S.Senate 2006; candidate for Governor 2018
Seth Magaziner: Democratic General Treasurer since 2015; candidate for Governor 2022.
Sheldon Whitehouse: Democratic Senator since 2007; RI Attorney General 1999-2003
SC:
Henry McMaster: Republican Attorney General 2003-2011; Lt. Gov. 2015-2017; Governor since 2017
Kevin L. Bryant: Republican State Senate 2005-2017; Lt. Gov. 2017-2019; candidate for Governor 2018
Yancey McGill: Democratic State Senate 1989-2014; Lt. Gov. 2014-2015; GOP candidate for Governor 2018
SD:
Dennis Daugaard: Republican State Senator 1997-2003; Lt. Gov. 2003-2011; Governor 2011-2019
Marty Jackley: Republican canddiate for Governor 2018; SD Attorney General 2009-2019
TN:
No AG's nor other statewide elected officials on OTI records for this state
TX:
David Dewhurst: Republican Lt. Gov. 2003-2015; candidate for U.S. Senate 2012
George P. Bush: Republican Texas Land Commissioner 2015-2022; candidate for Texas Attorney General 2022
Greg Abbott: Republican Governor since 2015; Supreme Court Justice 1996-2002; TX Attorney General 2002-2015
John Cornyn: Republican Senator since 2002; Supreme Court Justice 1991-1997; TX Attorney General 1999-2002
Rick Perry: Republican State Rep. 1985-1991; Agriculture Commissioner 1991-1999; Lt. Gov. 1999-2000; Governor 2000-2015; U.S. Cabinet 2017-2019
UT:
Gary Herbert: Republican Lt. Gov. 2005-2009; Governor 2009-2021
Olene Walker : Republican Lt. Gov. 1993-2003; Governor 2003-2005
Spencer Cox: Republican State Rep. 2013; Lt. Gov. 2013-2021; Governor since 2021
VA:
Bob McDonnell: Republican Governor 2010-2013; State Rep. 1992-2005; VA Attorney General 2006-2009
Charles Robb: Democratic Lt. Gov. 1978-1982; Governor 1982-1986; U.S.Senate 1989-2001
Don Beyer: Democratic Lt. Gov. 1990-1998; Ambassador to Switzerland 2009-2013; U.S.Rep since 2015
Jim Gilmore: Republican; VA Attorney General 1994-1997
John Hager: Republican Lt. Gov. 1998-2002
Justin Fairfax: Democratic Lt. Gov. since 2018; candidate for Governor 2020
Ken Cuccinelli: Republican Governor candidate 2013; State Senator 2002-2009; DHS Deputy Secretary 2019-2021; VA Attorney General 2010-2013
Mark Earley: Republican State Senator 1988-1997; candidate for Governor 2001; VA Attorney General 1998-2001
Mark Herring: Democratic candidate for Governor 2021; State Senator 2006-2013; VA Attorney General 2014-2022
Ralph Northam: Democratic State Senate 2008-2014; Lt. Gov. 2014-2018; Governor since 2018
Tim Kaine: Democratic Mayor of Richmond 1998-2001; Lt. Gov. 2002-2006; Governor 2006-2010; U.S.Senator since 2013
VT:
David Zuckerman: Progressive-Democratic State Rep. 1997-2011; State Senate 2013-2017; Lt. Gov. 2017-2021; nominee for Governor 2020
Howard Dean: Democratic State House 1983-1987; Lt. Gov. 1987-1991; Governor 1991-2003; DNC Chair 2005-2009
Phil Scott: Republican State Senate 2001-2011; Lt. Gov. 2011-2017; Governor since 2017
WA:
Christine Gregoire: Democratic Governor 2005-2012; WA Attorney General 1993-2005
Denny Heck: Democratic State House 1977-1985; U.S.House 2013-2021; Lt. Gov. since 2021
Slade Gorton: Republican Senator 1981-1986 & 1989-2000; State Rep. 1959-1969; WA Attorney General 1969-1981
WI:
Jim Doyle: Democratic Governor 2003-2010; WI Attorney General 1991-2002
Mandela Barnes: Democratic State Rep. 2013-2017; Lt. Gov. since 2019; candidate for U.S.Senate 2022
Sarah Godlewski: Democratic Treasurer since 2019; candidate for U.S. Senator 2022.
WV:
Bill Cole: Republican State House 2010-2011; State Senate 2013-2017; President of the Senate (Lt. Gov.) 2015-2017
Earl Ray Tomblin: Democratic State Senate 1980-2011; President of the Senate (Lt. Gov.) 1995-2011; Governor 2010-2017
Joe Manchin: Democratic State Delegate 1982-1986; State Senate 1986-1996; West Virginia Secretary of State 2001-2005; Governor 1005-2010; U.S.Senator since 2010
Natalie Tennant: Democratic West Virginia Secretary of State 2009-2017; nominee for U.S.Senate 2016
Patrick Morrisey: Republican Senate nominee 2018; WV Attorney General Since 2013
WY:
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