State Governors

Leadership from our nation's Governors is critical for child care policy. The list below includes the Governors from all 50 states.

State	Governor	Party	Term Limits
State	Governor	Party	Term Limits
Alabama	Bob Riley	R	2010
Alaska	Sarah Palin	R	2010
Arizona	Janet Napolitano**	D	2010
Arkansas	Mike Beebe	D	2010
California	Arnold Schwarzenegger	R	2010
Colorado	Bill Ritter	D	2010
Connecticut	M. Jodi Rell	R	2010
Delaware	Jack Markell*	D	N/A
Florida	Charlie Crist	R	2010
Georgia	Sonny Perdue	R	2010
Hawaii	Linda Lingle	R	2010
Idaho	C.L. Butch Otter	R	2010
Illinois	Rod Blagojevich	D	2010
Indiana	Mitch Daniels	R	2012
Iowa	Chet Culver	D	2010
Kansas	Kathleen Sebelius	D	2010
Kentucky	Steve Beshear	D	2011
Louisiana	Bobby Jindal	R	2011
Maine	John Baldacci	D	2010
Maryland	Martin O'Malley	D	2010
Massachusetts	Deval Patrick	D	2010
Michigan	Jennifer M. Granholm	D	2010
Minnesota	Tim Pawlenty	R	2010
Mississippi	Haley Barbour	R	2011
Missouri	Jay Nixon*	D	N/A
Montana	Brian Schweitzer	D	2012
Nebraska	Dave Heineman	R	2010
Nevada	Jim Gibbons	R	2010
New Hampshire	John Lynch	D	2010
New Jersey	Jon Corzine	D	2009
New Mexico	Bill Richardson	D	2010
New York	David A. Patterson	D	2010
North Carolina	Beverly Perdue*	D	N/A
North Dakota	John Hoeven	R	2012
Ohio	Ted Strickland	D	2010
Oklahoma	Brad Henry	D	2010
Oregon	Ted Kulongoski	D	2010
Pennsylvania	Edward G. Rendell	D	2010
Rhode Island	Don Carcieri	R	2010
South Carolina	Mark Sanford	R	2010
South Dakota	Mike Rounds	R	2010
Tennessee	Phil Bredesen	D	2010
Texas	Rick Perry	R	2010
Utah	Jon Huntsman Jr.	R	2012
Vermont	Jim Douglas	R	2010
Virginia	Tim Kaine	D	2009
Washington	Christine Gregoire	D	2012
West Virginia	Joe Manchin	D	2012
Wisconsin	Jim Doyle	D	2010
Wyoming	Dave Freudenthal	D	2010

*Governor-elect, January 2009

**May be US Secretary of Homeland Security January 2009, if this is the case, Jan Brewer (R) will be Arizona's governor.

February 23, 2010
NACCRRA letter to Vice President Biden in Support of the Administration’s FY2011 child care budget proposals
February 01, 2010
Capitol Connection: Capitol Connection: President’s FY2011 Budget
January 08, 2010
State Budget Cuts: America’s Kids Pay the Price (January 2010)
December 02, 2009
NACCRRA & Every Child Matters released a joint call for any jobs initiative pending in Congress to work for kids.
September 14, 2009
NACCRRA’s Letter of Support for Chairman Miller’s Early Learning Bill Under Consideration on the House Floor during the week of September 14
August 01, 2007
Linda Smith, NACCRRA's Executive Director, testified before the Oklahoma State Legislature in response to the death of a two year old in a licensed family child care home.
June 01, 2007
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission strengthens protections for caregivers—Click here to read about the new enforcement guidelines prohibiting discrimination against parents in the workplace.