The Republican candidate for president in 2012 will likely be a current or former Republican governor. Here is a list of eligible governors:[1]
Current governors:
- Butch Otter, Idaho, re-elected 2010
- Mitch Daniels, Indiana, term expires 2012, not running
- Bobby Jindal, Louisiana, term expires 2011, not running
- Haley Barbour, Mississippi, term-limited 2011, not running
- John Hoeven, North Dakota, term expired 2012
- Rick Perry, Texas, re-elected 2010, running
Former governors:
- Mike Huckabee, Arkansas, not running
- Mitt Romney, Massachusetts, running
- Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota, term expired 2010, quit the race
- Jon Huntsman, Utah, term expires 2012, but quit his position in 2009, running
- Jim Douglas, Vermont, term expired 2010
- Donald Carcieri, Rhode Island, term-limited 2010
- Mark Sanford, South Carolina, term-limited 2010, not running
- Mike Rounds, South Dakota, term-limited 2010
- Dave Heineman, Nebraska, term-limited 2010
- Jim Gibbons, Nevada, term-limited 2010
- Bob Riley, Alabama, term-limited 2010
- Sean Parnell, Alaska, term expired 2010
- M. Jodi Rell, Connecticut, term expired 2010
- Sonny Perdue, Georgia, term-limited 2010
- Linda Lingle, Hawaii, term-limited 2010
References
- ↑ This list does not include Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California, who is not eligible to run for president.