# States- Republicn and Democrat Governors **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 18, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-republicn-and-democrat-governors/189343 "2003-07-18T06:39:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Major\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Major\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-republicn-and-democrat-governors/189343/1 "2003-07-18T06:39:21Z")
Are there any states that have never had a Republican governor? Are there any states that have never had a Democrat governor? ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-republicn-and-democrat-governors/189343/2 "2003-07-18T06:41:29Z")
Well I thought Hawaii might not have had a Republican one, but when I checked, I found out they have one now. So my answer would be, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-republicn-and-democrat-governors/189343/3 "2003-07-18T14:52:33Z")
Every state has had both Republican and Democratic governors. The last holdout, Virginia, elected its first Republican governor in 1973. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-republicn-and-democrat-governors/189343/4 "2003-07-18T15:25:51Z")
Soon, our evil forces shal rule everywhere! Mwah ha ha ha ha!