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Impact of term limits on state executive elections in 2025

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Of the eight state executive seats on the ballot in 2025, three of them are represented by incumbents who are subject to term limits.[1] Two of those incumbents are ineligible to run for re-election in 2025 due to term limits. This represents 25.0% of the total seats up for election in 2025.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • One Democrat and one Republican are term-limited in 2025.
  • Of the four states with state executive offices on the ballot in 2025, two of them have term-limited officials.
  • New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) were the only state executive officials term-limited in 2025.

    • Term-limited state executives by state

    The map below displays the 37 states that had laws limiting the number of terms state executive officials could serve as of 2025. Of those states, only three states—Georgia, New Jersey, and Virginia—are holding elections in 2025.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ This does not include executive offices in the U.S. Territories, but it does include executive offices in Washington, D.C.
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