U.S. Governors by Party Affiliation & Lockdown Status

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	Very Open	Limited	Very Restrictive
Republican	16	9	1
Democrat	4	10	10


State	Portrait	Governor	Party		Prior public experience	End of term	COVID Restrictions
Alabama		Kay Ivey		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer	2023	Nonessential businesses can reopen
Alaska		Mike Dunleavy		Republican	Alaska Senate	2022	Some Restrictions Lifted
Arizona		Doug Ducey		Republican	Treasurer	2023 (term limits)	Nonessential businesses can reopen
Arkansas		Asa Hutchinson		Republican	Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border & Transportation Security, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. House, U.S. Attorney	2023 (term limits)	Some Restrictions Lifted
California		Gavin Newsom		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor, Mayor of San Francisco	2023	Nonessential business are closed Non essential gatherings are prohibited
Colorado		Jared Polis		Democratic	U.S. House, Colorado State Board of Education	2023	Public & Private gatherings may not exceed 10 People Noncritical business may open
Connecticut		Ned Lamont		Democratic	Greenwich Selectman	2023	Nonesential business may reopen
Delaware		John Carney		Democratic	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor	2021	Nonessential business are limited
Florida		Ron DeSantis		Republican	U.S. House	2023	Noneessential business may reopen
Georgia		Brian Kemp		Republican	Secretary of State, Georgia Senate	2023	Noneessential business may NOT reopen
Hawaii		David Ige		Democratic	Hawaii Senate, Hawaii House	2022 (term limits)	Nonessential business are limited
Idaho		Brad Little		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Idaho Senate	2023	Nonessential business are limited
Illinois		J. B. Pritzker		Democratic	No prior public experience	2023	Nonessential business are limited
Indiana		Eric Holcomb		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Chief of Staff to Senator Dan Coats, Chair of the Indiana Republican Party, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor of Indiana	2021	Nonessential business may reopen
Iowa		Kim Reynolds		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Iowa Senate	2023	Nonessential busesses may reopen
Kansas		Laura Kelly		Democratic	Kansas Senate	2023	Nonessential business may reopen
Kentucky		Andy Beshear		Democratic	Attorney General	2023	Nonessential business may reopen
Louisiana		John Bel Edwards		Democratic	Minority Leader of the Louisiana House	2024 (term limits)	Nonessential buiness may reopen
Maine		Janet Mills		Democratic	Attorney General, Maine House	2023	Nonessential business are limited
Maryland		Larry Hogan		Republican	Secretary of Appointments	2023 (term limits)	Nonessential businesses are Limited
Massachusetts		Charlie Baker		Republican	Swampscott Selectman, Secretary of Administration and Finance, Secretary of Health and Human Services	2023	Nonessential business remain CLOED
Michigan		Gretchen Whitmer		Democratic	Michigan Senate, Michigan House	2023	Nonessential business are Limited
Minnesota		Tim Walz		Democratic–Farmer–Labor	U.S. House	2023	Nonessential business may reopen
Mississippi		Tate Reeves		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer	2024	Nonessential Businesses may reopen
Missouri		Mike Parson		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Missouri Senate, Missouri House, Sheriff of Polk County	2021	Nonessential businesses may reopen
Montana		Steve Bullock		Democratic	Attorney General	2021 (term limits)	Nonessential businesses may reopen Churches Closed
Nebraska		Pete Ricketts		Republican	No prior public experience	2023 (term limits)	Nonessential businesses may reopen
Nevada		Steve Sisolak		Democratic	Clark County Commission, Nevada Board of Regents	2023	Nonessential businesses are limited Recreational businesses remain CLOSED
New Hampshire		Chris Sununu		Republican	New Hampshire Executive Council	2021	Nonessential business are limited
New Jersey		Phil Murphy		Democratic	U.S. Ambassador, Finance Chair of the Democratic National Committee	2022	Nonessential businesses are Limited
New Mexico		Michelle Lujan Grisham		Democratic	U.S. House, Secretary of Health	2023	Nonessential businesses very Limited
New York		Andrew Cuomo		Democratic	Attorney General, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	2022^[1]	Nonessential businesses may very limited
North Carolina		Roy Cooper		Democratic	Attorney General, North Carolina Senate, North Carolina House	2021	Nonessential businesses are limited
North Dakota		Doug Burgum		Republican	No prior public experience	2020	Reopend with precaution
Ohio		Mike DeWine		Republican	Attorney General, U.S. Senate, Lieutenant Governor, U.S. House, Ohio Senate	2023	Nonessential businesses are limited
Oklahoma		Kevin Stitt		Republican	No prior public experience	2023	Nonessential businesses may reopen
Oregon		Kate Brown		Democratic	Secretary of State, Oregon Senate, Oregon House	2023 (term limits)	Nonessential businesses remain CLOSED
Pennsylvania		Tom Wolf		Democratic	Secretary of Revenue	2023 (term limits)	Nonessential businesses remain CLOSED
Rhode Island		Gina Raimondo		Democratic	General Treasurer	2023 (term limits)	Nonessential businesses limited open
South Carolina		Henry McMaster		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Chair of the South Carolina Republican Party, U.S. Attorney	2023	Nonessential businesses limited open
South Dakota		Kristi Noem		Republican	U.S. House, South Dakota House	2023	OPEN
Tennessee		Bill Lee		Republican	No prior public experience	2023	Nonessential businesses limited open
Texas		Greg Abbott		Republican	Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court	2023	Nonessential businesses limited open
Utah		Gary Herbert		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Utah County Commissioner	2021 (retiring)	Nonessential businesses open with precautions
Vermont		Phil Scott		Republican	Lieutenant Governor, Vermont Senate	2021	Nonessential businesses limited open
Virginia		Ralph Northam		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor, Virginia Senate	2022 (term limits)	Nonessential businesses limited open
Washington		Jay Inslee		Democratic	U.S. House, Washington House	2021	Nonessential businesses very limited open
West Virginia		Jim Justice		Republican ^{[note 1]}	No prior public experience	2021	OPEN
Wisconsin		Tony Evers		Democratic	Superintendent of Public Instruction	2023	OPEN
Wyoming		Mark Gordon		Republican	Treasurer	2023	OPEN