The Pacific State Governors
CA
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WA
California
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)
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Source: UNC Political Science Professor Thad Beyle
Hawaii
Governor Linda Lingle (R)
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Source: UNC Political Science Professor Thad Beyle
Washington
Governor Christine Gregoire (D)
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Source: UNC Political Science Professor Thad Beyle
Oregon
Governor Ted Kulongoski (D)
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Source: UNC Political Science Professor Thad Beyle
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)
2003-Present - California
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Experience
Movie Star
Chairman of the President’s Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports (1990-1993)
Margin of Victory (2006)
56% to 38.9%
Approval Rating (2006)
51% Approve
47% Disapprove
Legislature
Assembly - 59.4% Democrat
Senate - 62.5% Democrat
Other
Married to Maria Shriver (a Kennedy and a
Democrat) with four children.
Born in Austria
Governor Linda Lingle (R)
2003-Present - Hawaii
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Experience
Maui County Council (1980-1990)
Maui County Mayor (1990-1998) – first
female and youngest to be elected.
Chair of the Hawaii Republican Party (19992002)
First Elected Governor in 2002.
Margin of Victory (2006)
62.5% to 35.4%
Approval Rating (2006)
71% Approve
24% Disapprove
Legislature
House of Representatives – 86% Democrat
Senate - 84% Democrat
Other
Born in St. Louis, Missouri
Governor Christine Gregoire
2005-Present - Washington
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Director of the Washington
Department of Ecology (1988-1992)
Attorney General (1993-2005) – 1st
female to be elected.
Margin of Victory (2008)
54% to 46%
Approval Rating (2006)
52% Approve
42% Disapprove
Legislature
Assembly – 64.3% Democrat
Senate – 65.3% Democrat
Other
Assistant Attorney General
concentrating on child abuse cases
Breast cancer survivor
Governor Ted Kulongoski (D)
2003-Present - Oregon
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Experience
Elected to Oregon House (1974)
Elected to Oregon State Senate (1978)
Appointed State Insurance
Commissioner (1987)
Elected Attorney General (1992)
Elected to Oregon Supreme Court
(1996) – Resigned in 2001
Elected Governor in 2002
Margin of Victory (2006)
50.8% to 42.7%
Approval Rating (2006)
47% Approve
48% Disapprove
Legislature
Assembly - 59.4% Democrat
Senate - 62.5% Democrat
Other
Born in Rural Missouri
Grew up in a Catholic boys’ home
Governor Ted Kulongoski (D)
Most Significant Issues
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Education
Environment
Healthcare
Employment
Creation
Economic
Security
Governor Ted Kulongoski
Accomplishments
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Increased funding for K-12
education and fully funded
college grants for low-income
students
Strengthened Renewable
Energy and lowered green
house gas emissions
Protecting Watersheds through
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Boards
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Healthy Kids Plan
$100 million in non-highway
transportation
Creation of Industrial Jobs
through “project-ready lands
Rainy Day Fund