How many states have never had a female governor?

[True Dough]

I saw this tweet and it made me wonder about the bigger picture:

Link to tweet

The answer is 19.

Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
North Dakota
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
Wisconsin
West Virginia

While 27% of seats in the current Congress are held by women -- the highest percentage in history -- just 18% of the nation's governors are women.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/24/politics/female-governors-kathy-hochul/index.html

[Skittles]

1. very disappointing

ESPECIALLY the "blue" states, WTF IS UP WITH THAT

[Raine]

5. Kathleen Brown Rice (Jerry Brown's sister) ran for Governor here in California in 1994

but lost. Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer were both in the Senate at the time, this worked against Rice. Too many women holding all the top offices was too much for some voters to handle. It also didn't help that there was a proposition placed on the ballot that drew conservatives to the polls.

[CrackityJones75]

10. Is it imperative that they have had a woman governor?

That it hasn’t happened yet in those states doesn’t mean it won’t, or that there is necessarily an issue. I don’t look at it like a checkbox item.

[jmowreader]

2. In the 2022 election I hope Idaho continues its tradition of male governors

The Trump-approved candidate for Idaho governor is Janice McGeachin, who makes Donald Trump look completely sane, rational and not to the right whatsoever. Oh. My. Cthulhu. This individual only tried to overthrow the governor three times.

[roamer65]

3. Michigan has had 2.

Jennifer Granholm and Gretchen Whitmer.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Believe it or not, both Kansas and New Hampshire have also had 2 each

KANSAS

Kathleen Sebelius
Laura Kelly (current)

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Jeanne Shaheen (current Senator)
Maggie Hassan (current Senator)

(meanwhile here in PA, I won't hold my breath )

[Hamlette]

4. Utah's never won an election as governor. She was Lt. Gov. chosen by Mike Levitt and took over when

left to run the EPA under W.

[True Dough]

11. There have been a few other instances like that

The list would be longer than 19 if it were only states that elected female governors.

[DemocraticPatriot]

6. Most of them... unfortunately

Proudly, MICHIGAN has had two female governors, both since the change of the millenium, and both Democratic (naturally)...

Jennifer Granholm, who is now in the Biden cabinet, and our current governor, G. Whitmer, who was previously my own state senator...

[BumRushDaShow]

9. KS and NH have also each had 2 female governors

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16661501

I say more power to ya!

[ChazII]

12. For once I am proud

of Arizona voters. We have voted for women and both parties have been in the gov's office.

[TheBlackAdder]

13. NJ - Christine Todd Whitman, Introduced floating $Billion bonds to cover her political malfeasance.

.

Introduced a multi-billion dollar auto inspection system and plugged cronies into it.

.

[clementine613]

14. Your list is missing New York, which has never elected a woman governor.

The only woman governor of the state -- the current one -- rose to the position when the elected governor resigned.

[True Dough]

15. The thread is specific to states that have had female governors

not elected them. If the criteria included elected leadership, there are a few more states than New York that would be added to the list, sadly.

[clementine613]

16. You're right. I was confused by the tweet in the OP which specified "elected."

I'm sorry.

[True Dough]

18. No worries!

It was an easy misunderstanding to arrive at.

[we can do it]

17. Ohio was left off the list.