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

## References[edit]

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