The Governor’s Tweet Directory

Who would have thought that communicating with 140 characters would have such a profound
impact on the way we interact!

It’s amazing the impact Twitter has had on our society in just a few short years. Like it or not, the
micro-blogging platform is a social media phenomenon. Everything from parenting, pop culture,
and politics have been trending topics.

Elected officials have now begun to embrace it as a tool for their cause. Thus, I’ve created a
directory of the governors for all fifty states and five jurisdictions.

This is only intended to be a directory as opposed to a manual about how to use Twitter for
political engagement. There are tons of resources that provide helpful tips in that area. This
directory provides a simple look at each executive’s Twitter handle.

There are a few that are not identifiable, thus their handle is not listed

I hope this helps!

@DewittRobinson

The Governor’s Tweet Directory © Dewitt Robinson 2010.

 Governors List
State Name Party Twitter Handle
Or Jurisdiction Affiliation
Alabama Bob Riley Republican GovernorBobRiley

Alaska Sean Parnell Republican GovParnell

American Samoa Togiola T.A. Tulafono Democrat (Not Identifiable)

Arizona Jan Brewer Republican GovBrewer

Arkansas Mike Beebe Democrat Beebe4Governor

California Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican Schwarzenegger

Colorado Bill Ritter Democrat GovRitter

Connecticut M. Jodi Rell Republican GovernorRell

Delaware Jack Markell Democrat GovernorMarkell

Florida Charlie Crist Independent CharlieCristFl

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State Name Party Twitter Handle
Or Jurisdiction Affiliation
Georgia Sonny Perdue Republican (Not Identifiable)

Guam Felix P. Camacho Republican (Not Identifiable)

Hawaii Linda Lingle Republican (Not Identifiable)

Idaho C.L. “Butch” Otter Republican ButchOtter

Illinois Pat Quinn Democrat (Not Identifiable)

Indiana Mitch Daniels Republican MyManMitch

Iowa Chet Culver Democrat GovChetCulver

Kansas Mark Parkinson Democrat (Not Identifiable)

Kentucky Steven L. Beshear Democrat GovSteveBeshear

Louisiana Bobby Jindal Republican BobbyJindal

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State Name Party Twitter Handle
Or Jurisdiction Affiliation
Maine John E. Baldacci Democrat (Not Identifiable)

Maryland Martin O’Malley Democrat GovernorOMalley

Massachusetts Deval Patrick Democrat MassGovernor

Michigan Jennifer M. Granholm Democrat GovGranholm

Minnesota Tim Pawlenty Republican TimPawlenty

Mississippi Haley Barbour Republican HaleyBarbour

Missouri Jay Nixon Democrat (Not Identifiable)

Montana Brian Schweitzer Democrat BrianSchweitzer

Nebraska Dave Heineman Republican Gov_Heineman

Nevada Jim Gibbons Republican (Not Identifiable)

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State Name Party Twitter Handle
Or Jurisdiction Affiliation
New Hampshire John Lynch Democrat NHForJohnLynch

New Jersey Chris Christie Republican GovChristie

New Mexico Bill Richardson Democrat GovRichardson

New York David Paterson Democrat GovPatterson

North Carolina Beverly Perdue Democrat NCGovOffice

North Dakota John Hoeven Republican (Not Identifiable)

Northern Mariana Is Benigno Fitial Covenant (Not Identifiable)

Ohio Ted Strickland Democrat Ted_Strickland

Oklahoma Brad Henry Democrat (Not Identifiable)

Oregon Ted Kulongoski Democrat (Not Identifiable)

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State Name Party Twitter Handle
Or Jurisdiction Affiliation
Pennsylvania Edward G. Rendell Democrat (Not Identifiable)

Puerto Rico Luis G. Fortuno Republican (Not Identifiable)

Rhode Island Don Carcieri Republican RIGovernor

South Carolina Mark Sanford Republican MarkSanford

South Dakota Mike Rounds Republican (Not Identifiable)

Tennessee Phil Bredesen Democrat (Not Identifiable)

Texas Rick Perry Republican GovernorPerry

Utah Gary R. Herbert Republican GovernorHerbert

Vermont Jim Douglas Republican (Not Identifiable)

Virginia Bob McDonnell Republican BobMcDonnell

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State Name Party Twitter Handle
Or Jurisdiction Affiliation
Virgin Islands John deJongh, Jr Democrat GovernordeJongh

Washington Chris Gregoire Democrat GovernorGregoire

West Virginia Joe Manchin III Democrat GovManchinWV

Wisconsin Jim Doyle Democrat (Not Identifiable)

Wyoming Dave Freudenthal Democrat Gov_Dave

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 Happy Tweeting

The Governor’s Tweet Directory © Dewitt Robinson 2010.