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ALABAMA
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Don Siegelman
{Born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1946}
[Graduated from the University of Alabama in
1968, Georgetown University School of Law in 1972,
then studied International Law at Oxford University
in Oxford, England, from 1972-1973.]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 18 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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ALASKA
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Tony Knowles
{Born on January 1, 1943 in Tulsa, Oklahoma}
[Bachelor degree in economics from Yale
University]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 05 December 1994)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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ARIZONA
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Jane Hull
{Born on August 8, 1935 in Kansas City,
Missouri}
[Bachelor degree in elementary education
from the University of Kansas at Lawrence in
1957]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 08 September 1997)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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ARKANSAS
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Mike Huckabee
{Born on August 24, 1955 in Hope, Arkansas}
[Graduated cum magna laude from Ouachita
Baptist University after two and a half years of
studies]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 15 Jully 1996)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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CALIFORNIA
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Gray Davis
{Born on December 26, 1942 in the Bronx, New
York}
[Graduated from Stanford University with a
Columbia Law School degree, too]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 04 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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COLORADO
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Bill Owens
{Born on October 22, 1950}
[Bachelor of Arts from Stephen F. Austin
State University and a Master's from the Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University
of Texas, where he was awarded a two-year
fellowship]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 12 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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CONNECTICUT
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John G.
Rowland
{Born in 1957}
[Graduate from the Holy Cross High School in
Waterbury and Villanova University]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 4 January 1995)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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DELAWARE
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Tom Carper
{Born on January 23, 1947 born in Beckley, West
Virginia}
[Graduated in 1968 with a bachelor's degree
in economics in the Ohio State University]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 19 January 1993)
Election
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Anthony
Williams
{Born in 1951 in Los Angeles}
[Bachelor of arts degree in political
science from Yale College, where he graduated cum
magna laude; a juris doctorate from Harvard School
of Law and a master's degree in Public Policy from
the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University]
Party : Democratic
(Mayor since 2 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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FLORIDA
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Jeb Bush
{Born on February 11, 1953 born in Midland,
Texas}
[No universitary studies]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 05 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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GEORGIA
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Roy Barnes
{Born on March 11, 1948 in Mableton,
Georgia}
[Bachelor's degree in history in 1969 and a
law degree in 1972 from the University of
Georgia]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 11 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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HAWAII
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Benjamin J.
Cayetano
{Born on November 14, 1939 in Honolulu,
Hawaii}
[Bachelor's degree in political science from
UCLA in 1968 and a law degree from Loyola Law
School in 1971. In 1998 he received a honorary
doctor degree of public service from Loyola
Marymount University]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 05 December 1994)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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IDAHO
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Dirk
Kempthorne
{Born on October 29, 1951 in San Diego,
California}
[Bachelor's degree in political science in
1975 from the University of Idaho]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 08 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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ILLINOIS
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George Ryan
{Born on February 24, 1934 in Kankakee,
Illinois}
[Bachelor's degree in pharmacy from Ferris
State College in 1961]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 11 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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INDIANA
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Frank O'Bannon
{Born on January 30, 1930 in Louisville,
Kentucky}
[Bachelor's degree from Indiana University
in 1952]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 13 January 1997)
Election
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IOWA
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Tom Vilsack
{Born on December 13, 1950 in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania}
[Bachelor's degree from Hamilton College in
Clinton, New York. In 1975 he received a law degree
from Union University's Albany Law School]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 15 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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KANSAS
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Bill Graves
{Born on January 9, 1953 in Salina, Kansas}
[Bachelor's degree from Kansas Wesleyan
College in 1975, and studied business
administration at the University of Kansas from
1978 to 1979]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 09 January 1995)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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KENTUCKY
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Paul E. Patton
{Born on May 26, 1937 in Fallsburg,
Kentucky}
[Graduated from the University of Kentucky
in 1959 with a degree in mechanical
engineering]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 12 December 1995)
Last in
1999
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LOUISIANA
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M. J. “Mike” Foster
Jr.
{Born on July 11, 1930 in Shreveport,
Louisiana}
[Graduated from Louisiana State University
with a degree in chemistry]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 08 January 1996)
Last in
1999
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MAINE
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Angus S. King,
Jr.
{Born on March 31, 1944 in Alexandria,
Virginia}
[Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in
1966 and a law degree from the University of
Virginia Law School in 1969]
Party : Independent
(Governor since 05 January 1995)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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MARYLAND
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Parris N.
Glendening
{Born on June 11, 1942 in the Bronx, New
York}
[Bachelor's degree in 1964, a master's
degree in 1965, and a doctorate in political
science in 1967 from Florida State
University]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 14 January 1995)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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MASSACHUSETTS
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Paul Cellucci
{Born on April 24, 1948 in Hudson,
Massachusetts}
[Graduated from the Boston College School of
Management]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 29 Jully 1997)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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MICHIGAN
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John Engler
{Born on October 12, 1948 Mt. Pleasant,
Michigan}
[Bachelor's degree in agricultural economics
from Michigan State University in 1970 and a law
degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in
1985]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 01 January 1991)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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MINNESOTA
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Jesse Ventura
{Born on July 15, 1951 in Minneapolis}
[Graduated from Roosevelt High
School]
Party : Reform / after 4 Mar 2000 : Independence
Party of Minnesota
(Governor since 04 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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MISSISSIPPI
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Ronnie
Musgrove
{Born on July 29, 1956 in Tocowa,
Mississippi}
[Graduated in 1978 from the University of
Mississippi with a bachelor's degree in business
administration and earned a juris doctorate from
the university's school of law in 1981]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 11 January 2000)
Last in
1999
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MISSOURI
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Roger B.
Wilson
{Born October 10, 1948 in Missouri}
[Graduated from public school:in Columbia.
Bachelor's degree from Central Methodist College in
Fayette, Missouri; and a master's degree in
education at the University of
Missouri-Columbia]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 17 October 2000 -
acting)
Election
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MONTANA
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Marc Racicot
{Born on July 24, 1948 in Thompson Falls,
Montana}
[Bachelor of arts degree in 1970 from
Carroll College in Helena. Earned a law degree in
1973 from the University of Montana School of
Law]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 04 January 1993)
Election
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NEBRASKA
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Mike Johanns
{Born on June 18, 1950 in Osage, Iowa}
[Bachelor's degree from St. Mary's College
in 1971 and a juris doctorate from Creighton
University in 1974]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 7 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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NEVADA
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|
Kenny Guinn
{Born on August 24, 1936 in Garland,
Arkansas}
[Earned undergraduate and graduate degrees
in physical education from Fresno State University
in 1959 and 1965, respectively, and a doctorate in
education from Utah State University in Logan in
1970]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 04 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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|
Jeanne Shaheen
{Born on January 28, 1947 in St. Charles,
Missouri}
[Bachelor's degree in English from
Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania in 1969 and
her master's degree in political science from the
University of Mississippi in 1973]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 04 January 1997)
Election
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NEW JERSEY
|
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Christine Todd
Whitman
{Born on September 26, 1946 in New York
City}
[Bachelor's degree in government in 1968
from Wheaton College in Norton,
Massachusetts]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 18 January 1994)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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NEW MEXICO
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|
Gary E.
Johnson
{Born on January 1, 1953 in Minot, North
Dakota}
[Bachelor's degree in political science from
the University of New Mexico in 1975]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 01 January 1995)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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NEW YORK
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|
George E.
Pataki
{Born on June 24, 1945 in Peekskill, New
York}
[Bachelor's degree from Yale University in
1967 and a law degree from Columbia University Law
School in 1970]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 01 January 1995)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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NORTH CAROLINA
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|
James B. Hunt,
Jr.
{Born on May 16, 1937 in Greensboro, North
Carolina}
[Bachelor's degree in agricultural education
in 1959 and a master's in agricultural economics in
1962 from North Carolina State University. He
earned a law degree from the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Law in 1964]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 09 January 1993 - 2nd time)
Election
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NORTH DAKOTA
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|
Edward T.
Schafer
{Born on August 8, 1946 Bismarck, North
Dakota}
[Graduated from the University of North
Dakota with a degree in business administration in
1969, then earned a master's in business
administration from Denver University]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 15 December 1992)
Election
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OHIO
|
|
Bob Taft
{Born on January 8, 1942}
[Juris doctorate from the University of
Cincinnati in 1976, a master's degree in government
from Princeton in 1967, and a bachelor's degree
from Yale in 1963]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 11 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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OKLAHOMA
|
|
Frank Keating
{Born on February 10, 1944 in St. Louis,
Missouri}
[Bachelor's degree in history from
Georgetown University in 1966 and a law degree from
the University of Oklahoma College of Law in
1969]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 09 January 1995)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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OREGON
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John A.
Kitzhaber
{Born on March 5, 1947 in Colfax,
Washington}
[Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in
1969 and a medical degree from the University of
Oregon Medical School in 1973]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 09 January 1995)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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PENNSYLVANIA
|
|
Tom Ridge
{Born on August 26, 1945 in Munhall,
Pennsylvania}
[Graduated with honors in 1967 While
attending Dickinson School of Law]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 17 January 1995)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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RHODE ISLAND
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|
Lincoln C.
Almond
{Born on June 16, 1936 in Central Falls, Rhode
Island}
[Bachelor's degree from the University of
Rhode Island in 1959 and a law degree from Boston
University Law School in 1961]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 03 January 1995)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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SOUTH CAROLINA
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|
Jim Hodges
{Born on November 19, 1956 in Lancaster, South
Carolina}
[Davidson College and graduated from the
University of South Carolina with a bachelor's
degree in business administration in 1979 and a law
degree from the University of South Carolina School
of Law in 1982]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 13 January 1999)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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SOUTH DAKOTA
|
|
William J.
Janklow
{Born on September 13, 1939 in Chicago}
[Bachelor's degree from the University of
South Dakota in 1964 and a law degree from the
University of South Dakota Law School in
1966]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 07 January 1995 - 2nd time)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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TENNESSEE
|
|
Don Sundquist
{Born on March 15, 1936 in Moline, Illinois}
[Bachelor's degree from Augustana College in
1957]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 21 January 1995 / reelect 98)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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TEXAS
|
|
George W. Bush
{Born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven,
Connecticut}
[Bachelor's degree from Yale University in
1968 and earned a master's degree in business
administration from Harvard University in
1975]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 17 January 1995)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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UTAH
|
|
Mike Leavitt
{Born on February 11, 1951 in Cedar City,
Utah}
[Bachelor's degree in business and economics
from Southern Utah University in 1978]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 04 January 1993)
Election
{will seek a third term}
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VERMONT
|
|
Howard Dean
{Born on November 17, 1948 in New York City}
[Bachelor's degree from Yale University in
1971 and his medical degree from the Albert
Einstein College of Medicine in New York City in
1978]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 14 August 1991)
Election
{will seek a fifth term}
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VIRGINIA
|
|
Jim S. Gilmore
III
{Born on October 6, 1949 in Richmond,
Virginia}
[Received an undergraduate degree from the
University of Virginia in 1971 After a three-year
tour as a U.S. Army counterintelligence agent in
West Germany, he entered the University of Virginia
Law School, graduating in 1977]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 17 January 1998)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
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WASHINGTON
|
|
Gary Locke
{Born on January 21, 1950 in Seattle}
[Received his undergraduate degree in
political science from Yale University in 1972 and
his law degree from Boston University in
1975]
Party : Democratic
(Governor since 15 January 1997)
Election
{will seek a
second term}
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WEST VIRGINIA
|
|
Cecil H.
Underwood
{Born on November 5, 1922 in Josephs Mills, West
Virginia}
[Bachelor of Arts degree from Salem College,
a Master of Arts degree from West Virginia
University, and he has been awarded thirteen
honorary doctoral degrees from American colleges
and universities]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 13 January 1997 - 2nd time
[served from 1957 to 1961])
Election
{will seek a
second consecutive term}
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WISCONSIN
|
|
Tommy G.
Thompson
{Born on November 19, 1941 in Elroy,
Wisconsin}
[Received his bachelor's degree in political
science in 1963 and his law degree in 1966 from the
University of Wisconsin]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 05 January 1987)
No gubernatorial race in
2000
|
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WYOMING
|
|
Jim Geringer
{Born on April 24, 1944 in Wheatland,
Wyoming}
[Received a bachelor's degree in mechanical
engineering from Kansas State University]
Party : Republican
(Governor since 02 January 1995 / reelect in
1998)
No gubernatorial race
in 2000
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