Democratic Governors Association

The Democratic Governors Association is a Washington, D.C.-based organization founded in 1983, consisting of U.S. state and territorial governors affiliated with the Democratic Party. The DGA's Republican counterpart is the Republican Governors Association. The DGA is not directly affiliated with the non-partisan National Governors Association. Nathan Daschle, the son of former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is currently Executive Director of the DGA.

2008-2009 DGA leadership

Office		Officer	State
Chair	Joe Manchin	West Virginia	2008
Vice Chair	Brian Schweitzer	Montana	2008
Chair Emeritus	Kathleen Sebelius	Kansas	2008
Finance Chair	Martin O'Malley	Maryland	2008
Policy Chair	Phil Bredesen	Tennessee	2008
Federal Liaison	Chet Culver	Iowa	2008
Committee Member	Ed Rendell	Pennsylvania	2008
Committee Member	Janet Napolitano	Arizona	2008
Committee Member	Mike Beebe	Arkansas	2008
Committee Member	Tim Kaine	Virginia	2008
Committee Member	Dave Freudenthal	Wyoming	2008

Current Governor	State	Past	Took office	Seat Up
Janet Napolitano	Arizona	List	2003	2010 (term limits)
Mike Beebe	Arkansas	List	2007	2010
Bill Ritter	Colorado	List	2007	2010
Ruth Ann Minner	Delaware	List	2001	2008 (term limits)
Rod R. Blagojevich	Illinois	List	2003	2010
Chet Culver	Iowa	List	2007	2010
Kathleen G. Sebelius	Kansas	List	2003	2010 (term limits)
Steve Beshear	Kentucky	List	2007	2011
John Elias Baldacci	Maine	List	2003	2010 (term limits)
Martin O'Malley	Maryland	List	2007	2010
Deval Patrick	Massachusetts	List	2007	2010
Jennifer M. Granholm	Michigan	List	2003	2010 (term limits)
Brian Schweitzer	Montana	List	2005	2008
John Lynch	New Hampshire	List	2005	2008
Jon Corzine	New Jersey	List	2006	2009
William B. "Bill" Richardson	New Mexico	List	2003	2010 (term limits)
David Paterson	New York	List	2008	2010
Michael F. "Mike" Easley	North Carolina	List	2001	2008 (term limits)
Ted Strickland	Ohio	List	2007	2010
C. Bradford "Brad" Henry	Oklahoma	List	2003	2010 (term limits)
Theodore R. "Ted" Kulongoski	Oregon	List	2003	2010
Edward G. "Ed" Rendell	Pennsylvania	List	2003	2010 (term limits)
Philip N. "Phil" Bredesen	Tennessee	List	2003	2010 (term limits)
Timothy M. Kaine	Virginia	List	2006	2009 (term limits)
Christine Gregoire	Washington	List	2005	2008
Joseph "Joe" Manchin III	West Virginia	List	2005	2008
James E. "Jim" Doyle	Wisconsin	List	2003	2010
David D. "Dave" Freudenthal	Wyoming	List	2003	2010 (term limits)

In addition to the states, several other areas belong to the United States. The Democratic governors of those areas are:

Governor	Territory	Party	Took office	Seat Up
Togiola Tulafono	American Samoa	Democratic	2003	2008
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	Puerto Rico, Commonwealth	PPD	2004	2008
John de Jongh	U.S. Virgin Islands	Democratic	2007	2010