Republican Governors

The Republican candidate for president in 2012 was a former Republican governor: Mitt Romney. Here is a list of then suspected 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

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1. ↑ This list does not include Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California, who is not eligible to run for president.