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.