Whos the governor of georgia republican or democrat. The governor has a four year term commencing on the first monday of the january after an election. 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. Georgia has been reliably republican since 1972 except when a southern democrat was on the ticket georgians sided with native son jimmy carter in 1976 and 1980 and bill clinton in 1992.
The governor of wisconsin is the head of the executive branch of wisconsins state government and the commander in chief of the states army and air forces. 1 the election of former president jimmy carter a georgia democrat coupled with the watergate scandal diminished the georgia republican partys. 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.
But the 2018 race between democrat stacey abrams and republican brian kemp was the closest election for governor in georgia since 1966. Governors of the state of utah. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the wisconsin legislature to convene the legislature and to grant pardons except in cases of treason and impeachment.
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. 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. Born in athens georgia kemp is a graduate of the university of georgia.
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 constitution of utah originally stated that should the office of governor be vacant the power be devolved upon the secretary of state but the office of lieutenant governor was created in 1976. In 1968 georgia voted for independent george wallace in an election that marked the last time a third party candidate received any electoral votes.
The georgia republican party grew during the 1960s and the state had two republican congressmen seven republican state senators and 25 republican state representatives by the end of the decade. Florida was a strongly democratic state before the civil war electing only one candidate from the whig party the democrats chief opposition at the time. It elected three republican governors following reconstruction but after the democratic party re established control 90 years passed before voters chose another republican.
The state of utah was admitted to the union on january 4 1896.