Is the governor of georgia democrat or republican. The governor of georgia is the head of the executive branch of georgias state government and the commander in chief of the states military forces. The current governor is republican brian kemp who assumed office on january 14 2019. The following is a list of the current governors of the states and territories of the united statesas of 2020 there are 26 republicans and 24 democrats holding the office of governor in the states.
In the united states a governor is the chief executive officer of a state or a territory. The governor of georgia banned cities and counties from requiring masks while several other governors who first resisted have now ordered masks be worn statewide. The opportunity is certainly there for democrats.
There have officially been 77 governors of the state of georgia including 11 who served more than one distinct term john houstoun george walton edward. The current breakdown of gubernatorial control by party is as follows. Kemp who narrowly won the governorship with a strong performance among white rural voters is the first lifelong republican to be elected governor of georgia in over a century.
There are 4 democrats and 1 republican one is also a member of the new progressive party as governor of united states territories and mayor of the district of columbia. Governor elect brian kemp of georgia participates in a meeting hosted by united states president donald j. Partisan composition of state legislatures and state government trifectas cumulative numbers.
But the 2018 race between democrat stacey abrams and republican brian kemp was the closest election for governor in georgia since 1966. The partisan affiliations of american governors are close to being evenly split among the fifty states. As of january 2020 there are 24 states with democratic governors and 26 states with republican governors.
Trump with governors elect at the white house in washington dc on december 13 2018.