The governor of georgia republican or democrat. 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 is the head of the executive branch of georgias state government and the commander in chief of the states military forcesthe current governor is republican brian kemp who assumed office on january 14 2019.
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 partisan composition of governors refers to which political party has control of the governors office in each of the 50 states. 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.
The partisan affiliations of american governors are close to being evenly split among the fifty states. Georgia mayors said they were alarmed by the governors decision to reopen the economy this week as the state joined several others in planning to relax restrictions aimed at curbing the spread. The current governor is republican brian kemp who assumed office on january 14 2019.
Georgia last voted to put a democrat in the white house in 1992 when arkansas governor bill clinton eked out a victory there before losing it in 1996. The current breakdown of gubernatorial control by party is as follows. As of january 2020 there are 24 states with democratic governors and 26 states with republican governors.
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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.