Republican Governors Association

Republican Governors Association

Chairman	Susana Martinez (New Mexico)
Vice Chairman	Scott Walker (Wisconsin)
Executive Committee	Doug Ducey, Mike Pence, Mary Fallin, Rick Scott, Nikki Haley, Bill Haslam, Charlie Baker, and Pete Ricketts
Founded	1963
Headquarters	1747 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 250 Washington, DC 20006
Governorships	31 / 50
Website
www.rga.org/homepage/
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The Republican Governors Association (RGA) is a Washington, D.C.-based 527 organization founded in 1963,^[1] consisting of U.S. state and territorial Republican governors.

In 2016 the RGA chairman is Governor Susana Martinez of New Mexico, who assumed the office in November 2015, succeeding Governor Bill Haslam of Tennessee.^[2]The 2015 RGA Vice Chair is Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who followed current RGA chairman Governor Susana Martinez of New Mexico as Vice Chair. The rest of the Executive Committee includes Governors Doug Ducey of Arizona, Mike Pence of Indiana, Mary Fallin of Oklahoma, Rick Scott of Florida, Nikki Haley of South Carolina, Bill Haslam of Tennessee, Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, and Pete Ricketts of Nebraska.

Its Democratic Party counterpart is the Democratic Governors Association. The RGA is not directly affiliated with the non-partisan National Governors Association.

List of current Republican governors

Current Governor	State	Past	Took office	Current term
Robert J. Bentley	Alabama	List	2011	Second Term
Doug Ducey	Arizona	List	2015	First Term
Asa Hutchinson	Arkansas	List	2015	First Term
Rick Scott	Florida	List	2011	Second Term
Nathan Deal	Georgia	List	2011	Second Term
Butch Otter	Idaho	List	2007	Third term
Bruce Rauner	Illinois	List	2015	First Term
Mike Pence	Indiana	List	2013	First term
Terry Branstad	Iowa	List	2011	Second Term
Sam Brownback	Kansas	List	2011	Second term
Matt Bevin	Kentucky	List	2015	First term
Charlie Baker	Massachusetts	List	2015	First term
Paul LePage	Maine	List	2011	Second term
Larry Hogan	Maryland	List	2015	First Term
Rick Snyder	Michigan	List	2011	Second Term
Phil Bryant	Mississippi	List	2012	First term
Pete Ricketts	Nebraska	List	2015	First term
Brian Sandoval	Nevada	List	2011	Second term
Chris Christie	New Jersey	List	2010	Second term
Susana Martinez	New Mexico	List	2011	Second term
Jack Dalrymple	North Dakota	List	2010	Second term (elected to first full term in 2012)
Pat McCrory	North Carolina	List	2013	First term
John Kasich	Ohio	List	2011	Second term
Mary Fallin	Oklahoma	List	2011	Second term
Nikki Haley	South Carolina	List	2011	Second term
Dennis Daugaard	South Dakota	List	2011	Second term
Bill Haslam	Tennessee	List	2011	Second term
Greg Abbott	Texas	List	2015	First term
Gary Herbert	Utah	List	2009	Second term (elected to first full term in 2012)
Scott Walker	Wisconsin	List	2011	Second Term
Matt Mead	Wyoming	List	2011	First term

In addition to governors of U.S. states, the RGA also offers membership to Republican governors of U.S. territories.

Governor	Territory	Prev	Took office	Seat Up
Eddie Calvo	Guam	List	2011	2018
Ralph Torres	Northern Mariana Islands	List	2015 (succeeded)	2018

Fundraising

In the 18 months ending June 30, 2010, the RGA raised $58 million, while its counterpart DGA raised $40 million. "Unlike the national political parties and federal candidates, the governors' associations can take in unlimited amounts from corporations," according to Bloomberg Businessweek, which notes that the RGA recently received $1 million from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, the parent corporation of Fox News, and $500,000 from WellPoint, a major US health insurance firm.^[3]

References

↑ "About the RGA".
↑ RGA Announces 2016 Leadership
↑ Jonathan D. Salant (August 16, 2010). "Republicans See Gains in Governors' Races as Funding Hits Peak". Business Week. Retrieved August 17, 2010.

External links

RGA Official Website
Contributors and Expenditures at OpenSecrets.org

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