Lists of Alternate Governors!

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OK, pick a state and list alternate Governors.

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New Hampshire

Hugh Gallen (D) : 1979-1983
James C. Cleveland (R) : 1983-1989
John H. Sununu (R) : 1989-1993
Norman D'Amours (D) : 1993-1995
Judd Gregg (R) : 1995-2003
John E. Sununu (R) : 2003-2007
John Lynch (D) : 2007-Current

[Mechaman]

Oklahoma:
I admit, I had to use a lot of US Reps and Senators for this one. Oklahoma is just to derned boring!

1.Frank Frantz (R): 1907-1915
2.Robert L. Owen (D): 1915-1919
3.John Fields (R): 1919-1923
4.William B. Pine (R): 1923-1931
5.Thomas Gore (D): 1931-1935
6.Wesley E. Disney (D): 1935-1939
7.Edward H. Moore (R): 1939-1943
8.Will Rogers (D): 1943-1951 (he lives!)
9.Lyle Boren (D): 1951-1959
10.Henry Bellmon (R) 1959-1963
11.Dewey F. Bartlett (R) 1963-1967
12.Fred R. Harris (D) 1967-1975 (had too)
13.David L. Boren (D) 1975-1979
14.Don Nickles (R) 1979-1983
15.Frank Keating (R) 1983-1991
16.Steve Largent (R) 1991-1995
17.William K. Brewster (D) 1995-1999
18.Brady Henry (D) 1999-2007 (alternate or not, I can't imagine Oklahoma without him)
19.Dan Boren (D) 2007-present

[Sewer]

Tom Bradley 1983-1991
Dianne Feinstein 1991-1999
Dan Lungren 1999-2004
Phil Angelides 2004-2011
Arnold Schwarzenegger 2011-

[LastMcGovernite]

I did my own variation and picked one alternate governor for each state.  I worked on the conceit that no state has the same current governor they have in this timeline.

Massachusetts:  Martha Coakley
Vermont: Douglas Racine
New Hampshire: Donnalee Lozeau
Maine:  Mike Michaud
Connecticut:  Steven Mullins
Rhode Island:  Elizabeth Roberts
New York: Mike Accra
Pennsylvania:  Pedro Cortes
New Jersey:  Douglas Forrester 
Delaware:  Anthony J. DeLuca
Maryland:  Michael Steele
West Virginia: Nick Rahall
Ohio:  Lee Fisher
Indiana:  Brad Ellsworth
Michigan:  Carlos Gutierrez
Wisconsin:  J. B. Van Hollen
Illinois: Peter Roscam
Kentucky: Steven Rudy
Tennessee:  Bill Purcell
Virginia: Pierce R. Homer
North Carolina: Holden Thorp
South Carolina: Henry McMaster
Georgia: Lynn Westmoreland
Florida:  Frank Brogan
Alabama:  Jim Folsom Jr.
Mississippi:  Chip Pickering
Louisiana: Clyde Holloway
Arkansas:  Mark Pryor
Missouri:  Sarah Steelman
Iowa:  Patty Judge
Minnesota:  Skip Humphrey
North Dakota:  Doug Goehring
South Dakota:  Don Simmons
Nebraska: Pete Ricketts
Kansas: Sam Brownback
Oklahoma:  Howard Hendrick
Texas: David Dewherst
New Mexico:  Diane Denish
Arizona:  Betsey Bayless
Utah:  Neil L. Anderson
Colorado: John Salazar
Wyoming: Hank Coe
Montana: Mitch Tropila
Idaho:  Ben Ysursa
Nevada: Dean Heller
California:  Meg Whitman
Oregon:  Gordon Smith
Washington:  Dave Reichert
Alaska:  Tony Knowles
Hawaii:  Colleen Hanabusa

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

2003-2007 NH Bensten gets out of the way Judd gregg wins
2003-2009 CA Davis leaves and endorses Cruz Bustamante and latinos are split
2005-2013 NJ Codey wins and Corzine stays in senate
2007-2015 IL Dan Hynes challenges Blagojevich earlier than 2009 and wins 2 terms
2009 VA Brian Moran wins nomination and beats McDonnell.
2003-2011 LA Landrieu's brother wins nomination and does very well in Hurricane Katrina and wins 2 terms

[hcallega]

This is far more challenging (and thus more interesting!) then alternate presidents. Again, the goal here is to have no governors as in real life (at least when they were elected)

Landrieu for Louisiana!
1995 Open Primary: Mary Landrieu defeats Cleo Fields and finishes in 2nd Place.
1995 Runoff: Landrieu narrowly defeats Mike Foster due to high support from New Orleans and Cajun Country
1999 Open Primary: Landrieu defeats State Senator Tom Greene and wins reelection decisively
2003 Open Primary: Kathleen Blanco finishes in second to Bobby Jindal
2003 Runoff: Jindal defeats Blanco narrowly
2007 Open Primary: John Breaux runs and finishes second to Jindal
2007 Runoff: John Breaux beats Jindal.
In the Senate in 1996 Richard Ieyoub defeats Woody Jenkins. He then wins reelection in 2002 before retiring in 2008. Democrat Charlie Melancon wins election over Republican John Kennedy.

Maryland: Schaeffer stays in Baltimore
In this scenario, ole' Willie Don stays as Mayor of Baltimore in 1986 to create a political machine, only to be defeated by Karen Carter in 2006 in "Last Hurrah" fashion.
1986 Democratic Primaries: Attorney General Steve Sachs defeats House Speaker Ben Cardin.
1986 General Election: Sachs wins in a landslide over Thomas Mooney
1990 General Election: Sachs wins a narrow reelection over William Sheppard
1994 Democratic Primary: Leutenant Governor Parrin Mitchell defeats PGC Executive Parris Glendenning
1994 General Election: Ellen Saurbrey defeats Mithcell by a healthy margin.
1998 General Election: Saurbrey defeats Glendenning.
2002 General Election: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend defeats Paul Rappaport in a narrow victory.
2006 General Election: Former Congressman Robert Ehrlich defeats Townsend.

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New York

Nelson Rockefeller (R) : 1959- 1963
Robert M. Morgenthau (D) : 1963-1967
Nelson Rockefeller (R) : 1967-1971
Paul L. Adams (Conservative) : 1971-1975*
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) : 1975-1983
James L. Buckley (Conservative) : 1983-1991**
Mario Cuomo (D) : 1991-2003
Rudy Giuliani (R) : 2003-current

* Rocky and Democrat split liberal vote, GOP Endorses Conservative nominee Adams
** Javits and Democrat take liberal vote, Buckley iwns moderates and conservatives!

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Florida:

Lawton Chiles (1991-1998)
Buddy MacKay (1998-2007)
Bill McBride (2007-present)

Alabama:

Jim Folsom, Jr. (1993-2003)
Steve Windom (2003-present)

[Captain Chaos]

POD: NYS AG Javits does not run for Senate in 1956 and Rockefeller is elected to Senate that year.

W. Averell Harriman (D): 1955-1959
Jacob Javits (R): 1959-1968*
Malcolm Wilson (R): 1968-1971
Hugh Carey (D): 1971-1979
Maryann Krupsak (D): 1979-1983**
Edward Koch (D): 1983-1991
Robert Abrams (D): 1991-1995***
Edward Regan (R): 1995-2003****
Rudolph Giuliani (R): 2003-2011

*resigns after winning special election to replace assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Javits serves in the Senate until retiring in 1982 for health reasons.
**first female governor of NYS, elected to the Senate in 1982.
***decided not to seek reelection in 1994
****After serving 16 years as NYS Comptroller, Regan was elected Governor thanks to the national backlash against the Democrats in 1994. He and NYC mayor Giuliani were preaised for their handling of 9-11 and this helped get Giuliani elected Governor in 2002

Also of note, Rockefeller would serve in the Senate and not seek reelection in 1974. He resigned from the Senate after he was confirmed as Vice President of the US. Rocky was succeeded in the Senate by former Attorney General Ramsay Clark. By 1980, Senator Clark managed to alienate Jews, Catholics and blue collar ethnics. He was defeated for reelection by Alphonse D'Amato. But in 1986, Rep Elizabeth Holtzman defeated D'Amato; she served two terms in the Senate before retiring in 1998 when Charles Schumer won the seat.
 

[Captain Chaos]

POD: It's close but Florio defeats Kean in 1981

Governors of New Jersey
Jim Florio (D): 1982-1986
Thomas Kean (R): 1986-1994
W. Cary Edwards (R): 1994-1998
James McGreevey (D): 1998-2006
Thomas Kean, Jr. (R): 2006-Present

Florio's administration saw record high tax hikes resulting in Republicans winning back the majorities in the State Assembly and Senate in 1983. Kean easily defeated Florio in the rematch.

As Governor, Kean cut taxes 11 times and unemployment fell to 3 percent by 1994. He left office as the most popular governor in the country. After State Attorney General Cary Edwards took office in January 1994, Kean declared his candidacy for the Senate. He defeated incumbent Democrat Frank Lautenberg. In 2000, his name was listed as a possible Vice Presidential pick but George W. Bush decided to select Dick Cheney. He was reelected in 2000 over Goldman Sachs CEO Jon Corzine.

Edwards shared Kean's moderate outlook as Governor but a recession in early 1997 cost him re-election to Woodbridge Mayor James McGreevey.

While McGreevey was praised for his handling of 9-11 which was credited with his 2001 reelection, his administration would be remembered for its stench of corruption. A few members of his cabinet were convicted of federal corruption charges. His successor as mayor of Woodbridge was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

After leaving office, McGreevey revealed in his 2008 memoirs that he was a gay American.

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Oklahoma : J.C Watts (R) : 2007-current
Kansas : Sam Brownback (R) : 2007-current
Idaho : Tom Ricsh (R) : 2007-current

[DownWithTheLeft]

A few New Jersey alternates:

Franks defeats Schundler in GOP primary:

Bob Franks (2002-2006)
Frank Pallone (2006-2010)
John Murphy (2010-)

McGreevey does not resign:

Jim McGreevey (2002-2010)
Chris Christie (2010-)

McGreevey does not resign, Kerry defeats Bush

Jim McGreevey (2002-2006)
Tom Kean Jr. (2006-2010)
Bob Andrews (2010-)

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My another hackish wet dream

Alabama:
Don Siegelman (D), 2007-

Alaska:
Tony Knowles (D), 2006-

Florida:
Bill McBride (D), 2003-

Hawaii:
Mazie Hirono (D), 2002-

Louisiana:
Mitch Landrieu (D), 2008-

New York:
Mike Bloomberg (I), 2007-

Rhode Island:
Charles J. Fogarty (D), 2007-

Vermont:
Doug Racine (D), 2003-

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Governors of Connecticut

1980-1991: William O'Neil (D)
1991-1999: Joseph Lieberman (D)
1999-2001: Philip Giordano (R)
2001-2007: Jodi Rell (R)
2007-Present: Richard Blumenthal (D)

Lieberman came within 100 votes of unseating US Senator Lowell Weicker in 1988. When O'Neil announced that he would not seek reelection in 1990, Lieberman declared his candidacy. With the support of delegates allied to O'Neil, Lieberman defeated Rep Bruce Morrison at the Democratic State Convention. He won 60 percent in the general election over GOP Rep John Rowland. Governor Lieberman's two terms in office was marked by social moderation and fiscal conservatism. When Senator Weicker retired in 2000, Lieberman ran for his Senate seat and won. But in 2006, Senator Lieberman paid the political price for endorsing GOP Senator John McCain over incumbent President Al Gore* in 2004. Lieberman switched to Independent in 2006 but lost reelection to Democrat Ned Lamont. Lieberman replaced Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense and held the job until Barack Obama became President.

After Governor Giordano was arrested on July 26, 2001 when caught with a prostitute and two minor children in a state owned vehicle. The state police, Lieutenant Governor Jodi Rell and the cabinet did not know his whereabouts for over a week until the news of his arrest. Faced with impeachment, Giordano resigned on July 29. He was convicted and sentenced to 37 years in prison.

After surviving breat cancer, Rell decided not to run for re-election in 2006. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal was elected Governor.

*Gore selected Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) as his running mate. This enabled to Gore to defeat Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) in Florida by over 500 votes and with it, the Presidential election.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Robert Reich for Massachusetts Governor 2003-2009

[Captain Chaos]

POD: Lt. Governor Paul Simon defeats Dan Walker in 1972 Democratic Gubernatorial Primary.

Paul Simon (D): 1973-1983
Adlai Stevenson II (D): 1983-1991
Lynn Martin (R): 1991-1999
Jerry Costello (D): 1999-2003
Judy Baar Topinka (R): 2003-2007
Lisa Madigan (D): 2007-Present

Notes:
Paul Simon's tenure as Governor was marked by passing 11 consecutive balanced budgets on time, leasehold improvements to O'Hare Airport in Chicago, and reforms in education and the school lunch program. Former US Senator Stevenson easily defeated former US Attorney James Thompson in 1982. He never sought elected office again.

In 1984, Simon easily defeated incumbent US Senator Charles Percy although President Reagan carried the state. Simon served two terms before retiring in 1996.

When Barack Obama was elected President in 2004, Governor Madigan appointed Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to Obama's Senate seat.

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Governor Tricky Dick

Richard M. Nixon, 1963-1969*
Robert Finch, 1969-1975
Jess Unruh, 1975-1983
Pete Wilson, 1983-1989**
George Deukmejian, 1989-1991
Dianne Feinstein, 1991-1999
Matt Fong, 1999-2003***
John Garamendi, 2003-2011

*Elected President of the US
**Elected to US Senate in 1988
***first Asian-American Governor of California

Robert Finch was a protege of Nixon and was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1966. In 1970, Finch was elected in his own right in 1970 with his win over former Governor Pat Brown. In 1974, Finch sought another term but his connection to the disgraced ex-President Nixon who resigned that August resulted in his defeat to state Assembly Speaker Jess Unruh.

Pete Wilson campaigned for Governor on a platform of cleaning up the corruption emanating out of Sacramento and easily defeated Lt. Governor Jerry Brown. Wilson established a moderate record as Governor while balancing the budget and banning offshore oil drilling. When Republican Senator Mike Curb decided to retire in 1988, Wilson ran for the Senate and defeated state Assemblyman Tom Hayden in a landslide.

George Deukmejian moved up to Governor in 1989 and was more conservative than Wilson. His inability to work with Democrats in the state legislature and its failure to pass budgets on time resulted in his loss in 1990 to former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein.

Since Ronald Reagan was never elected to public office, he never becomes President.

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Adlai Stevenson II (D): 1983-1991

He died in 1965.

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Adlai Stevenson II (D): 1983-1991

He died in 1965.

You must mean Adlai III

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New York

Nelson Rockefeller (R): 1959-1961 (1)
Malcolm Wilson (R, C): 1961-1967
Robert F. Kennedy (D, L): 1967-1975 (2)
Howard Samuels (D, L): 1975-1979
Perry Duryea (R, C): 1979-1987
Robert Abrams (D, L): 1987-1993 (3)
Mario Cuomo (D, L): 1993-2003 (4)
Rudolph Giuliani (R): 2003-2007 (5)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (D, L): 2007-Current

Notes
(1) Elected President of the United States in 1960 (served 1961-1965)

(2) Elected President of the United Stated in 1976 (served 1977-1985)

(3) Elected to US Senate in 1992 (served 1993-2005)

(4) 2nd longest serving Governor of NYS (DeWitt Clinton served 12 years)

(5) First former NYC Mayor elected Governor since DeWitt Clinton

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Texas: Chuck Norris 1986-present

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Texas: Chuck Norris 1986-present

holy crap, dude!

Best rotlf ever!

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Georgia

POD: Jimmy Carter makes the 1966 primary runoff and wins the Democratic primary.

Jimmy Carter (D): 1967-1971 [1]
Carl Sanders (D): 1971-1979
George Busbee (D): 1979-1987
Wyche Fowler (D): 1987-1995
Johnny Isakson (R): 1995-2003 [2]
Roy Barnes (D): 2003-Current

[1] appointed to US Senate in 1971 two weeks after completing his term as Governor, and served until he retired in 1996

[2] first Republican Governor of Georgia since Reconstruction

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Such alternative lists were a great fun, so bumping this with a new

Alabama:

Jim Folsom strickes back

John M. Patterson (D), 1959-1963
Jim Folsom, Sr. (D), 1963-1967*
James B. Allen (D), 1967-1975
Jere Beasley (D), 1975-1983
Fob James (D), 1983-1987**
Bill Baxley (D), 1987-1995
Jeff Sessions (R), 1995-2003***
Jim Folsom, Jr. (D), 2003-

* Returned for the third term, defeating George Wallace as a primary and taking pro-civil rights stance during troublent 1960s

** Defeated in primary

*** First and, so far, only Alabama GOP Governor