The table shows the complete list of United States Governors in 1997.
The table also shows the party affiliation of each governor, when they were first elected and when their next election is due.
| Governors of the United States 1997 |
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| State | Governor | Party | First Elected | Election Due |
| Alabama | James Jr., Fob | Republican | ||
| Alaska | Knowles, Tony | Democrat | ||
| Arizona | Hull, Jane | Republican | ||
| Arkansas | Huckabee, Mike | Republican | ||
| California | Wilson, Pete | Republican | ||
| Colorado | Romer, Roy | Democrat | ||
| Connecticut | Rowland, John G. | Republican | ||
| Delaware | Carper, Thomas R. | Democrat | ||
| Florida | Chiles, Lawton | Democrat | cannot run |
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| Georgia | Miller, Zell | Democrat | cannot run |
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| Hawaii | Cavetano, Benjamon J. | Democrat | ||
| Idaho | Batt, Phillip E. | Republican | ||
| Illinois | Edgar, Jim | Republican | ||
| Indiana | Bayh, Evan | Democrat | ||
| Iowa | Branstad, Terry E. | Republican | ||
| Kansas | Graves, Bill | Republican | ||
| Kentucky | Patton, Paul E. | Democrat | ||
| Louisiana | Foster, Mike | Republican | ||
| Maine | King Jr., Angus S. | Independent | ||
| Maryland | Glendening, Parris N. | Democrat | ||
| Massachusetts | Weld, William F. | Republican | ||
| Michigan | Engler, John | Republican | ||
| Minnesota | Carlson, Arne H. | Republican | ||
| Mississippi | Fordice, Kirk | Republican | ||
| Missouri | Carnahan, Mel | Democrat | ||
| Montana | Racicot, Marc | Republican | ||
| Nebraska | Nelson, E. Benjamin | Democrat | cannot run |
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| Nevada | Miller, Bob | Democrat | cannot run |
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| New Hampshire | Merrill, Stephen | Republican | 2 year terms |
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| New Mexico | Johnson, Gary E. | Republican | ||
| New Jersey | Whitman, Christine Todd | Republican | ||
| New York | Pataki, George E. | Republican | ||
| North Carolina | Hunt Jr., James B. | Democrat | ||
| North Dakota | Schafer, Edward T. | Republican | ||
| Ohio | Voinovich, George V. | Republican | cannot run |
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| Oklahoma | Keating, Frank | Republican | ||
| Oregon | Kitzhaber, John A. | Democrat | ||
| Pennsylvania | Ridge, Tom | Republican | ||
| Rhode Island | Almond, Lincoln | Republican | ||
| South Carolina | Beasley, David M. | Republican | ||
| South Dakota | Janklow, William J. | Republican | ||
| Tennessee | Sundquist, Don | Republican | ||
| Texas | Bush, George W. | Republican | ||
| Utah | Leavitt, Michael O. | Republican | ||
| Vermont | Dean M.D., Howard | Democrat | 2-year terms |
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| Virginia | Gilmore, Jim | Republican | ||
| Washington | Lowry, Michael | Democrat | ||
| West Virginia | Caperton, Gaston | Democrat | ||
| Wisconsin | Thompson, Tommy G. | Republican | ||
| Wyoming | Geringer, Jim | Republican | ||
