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The Governor of the State of Rhode Island is an elected constitutional officer, the head of the executive branch and the highest state office in Rhode Island. The Governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and is limited to two consecutive terms.
Governor: 1: 1: State Senate: 33: 5: 38: State House of Representatives: 65: 9: 1: 75
The Governor of Rhode Island is elected every four years and is limited to two consecutive terms. As the chief executive of the Government of Rhode Island, the governor is supported by a number of elected general officers and appointed directors of state agencies.
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Terms were lengthened to four years in 1992, but governors were now limited to succeeding themselves only once. A former governor can run again after a four year break. Should the office of governor be vacant, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. The governor and the lieutenant governor are not officially elected on the same ticket.
No.GovernorGovernorGovernor75March 2, 2021 [221] – Incumbent [ae]74Gina Raimondo (b. 1971) [218]January 6, 2015 – March 2, 2021 ...73Lincoln Chafee (b. 1953) [215]January 4, 2011 [216] – January 6, 2015 ...72Donald Carcieri (b. 1942) [213]January 7, 2003 [214] – January 4, 2011 ...Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad holds the record for longest “serving” governor in U.S. history with a combined 24 years (six, four-year terms) in office. Gubernatorial Term Limits States
StatesTerm LimitsAlabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, ...2 consecutive 4-year termsIndiana, Wyoming, Oregon2 consecutive 4-year terms, 1 term pauseMontana2 consecutive 4-year terms, 2 term pauseArkansas, California, Delaware, Michigan, ...2 four-year terms a lifetimeSundlun was the last Rhode Island governor to be elected to 2-year terms; beginning in 1994, governors (and all other state offices) would be elected for 4-year terms and limited to two such terms.
Elected in 2010. Resigned to become president and chief executive officer of the Rhode Island Foundation. Francis B. Condon. Democratic. November 4, 1930 – March 3, 1933. 3rd. Elected to finish O'Connell's term. Redistricted to the 1st district . March 4, 1933 – January 10, 1935.
