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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-20-04 11:02 PM
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Which states have term limits on their governors?
I know that Colorado does but I am not sure beyond that.
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agates Donating Member (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-20-04 11:04 PM
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1. South Dakota
Limited to two four year terms.
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PragMantisT Donating Member (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-20-04 11:11 PM
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2. Arkansas
Thank god! We can get rid of Mike Schmuckabee in two years.

We also limit terms on state reps and sens.
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2Design Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-20-04 11:22 PM
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3. virginia
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TeacherCreature Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-20-04 11:23 PM
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4. Pa
two 4 year terms.
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-20-04 11:26 PM
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5. Alabama
I think they can serve no more than 2 consecutive terms, but there's no limit on total terms served. I think.
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-20-04 11:43 PM
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6. Indiana
2 4-year terms and you're gone.
We'd probably still have Evan if he could've stayed Guv...
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Ann Arbor Dem Donating Member (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-20-04 11:45 PM
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7. Michigan
Two terms is the limit. Thank god...we finally got rid of that puffed-up gargoyle, John Engler, and we now have a great governor, Jennifer Granholm!
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-20-04 11:53 PM
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8. Mississippi
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Philostopher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-20-04 11:55 PM
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9. Ohio.
Sort of. No one governor can serve more than two consecutive terms, though they can run again after sitting one out. 'Ol Liver Lips' Rhodes, a crony-Republican extraordinaire, served at least three terms back in the sixties and seventies, sitting out at least one term of another governor.

Most of Ohio's governors over the past thirty years have been Republicans, but they have to let a Democrat win once in a while -- somebody has to be pilloried for raising taxes every so often, or the state will run aground even worse than it already has.
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