Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has dealt this year with a short-lived government shutdown, the bankruptcy of two of the state's iconic businesses and a recall attempt.
Lately, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has been having a tough time in his bid for U.S. Senate, and he's experienced another setback.
The Colombian military searched rugged southern jungles Tuesday for a governor seized by a commando unit of suspected leftist rebels in the country's first major political kidnapping in years.
A Republican official says former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (joo-lee-AH'-nee) is expected to endorse ex-GOP congressman Rick Lazio (LAH'-zee-oh) for New York governor.
A feisty, yet reflective Gov. Ted Strickland said Monday that his biggest mistake in 2009 was deciding to rely on revenue from racetrack slot machines that were later sidelined by the Ohio Supreme Court.
Kansas' governor doesn't plan to propose deep budget cuts again to avoid a deficit and said Thursday that he opposes further reductions in education spending.
Former NBA center Chris Dudley has formally announced he is running for Oregon governor.
Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum has a to-do list if elected governor that looks a lot like the one Gov. Charlie Crist had in 2006: education, lawsuit limits, property insurance and property taxes.
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to formally rebuke Gov. Mark Sanford, again sparing him from impeachment over secret trips to see his Argentine mistress and his use of state planes.
A federal official upset about losing his job gained revenge by triggering the 2005 bankruptcy of a Kentucky college run by former Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld, two attorneys allege.
Gov. Ted Strickland says he'll order state senators back to Columbus if they break this week without a solution to an $850 million gap in the budget for funding schools.
Six Republican candidates for Illinois governor offered six variations on the same basic promises to cut spending and fight government corruption in a debate Monday in which the most pointed criticism was saved for Democrats.
State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner will contribute $15 million of his personal fortune to his GOP campaign for governor this month as he battles another Silicon Valley multimillionaire for the nomination, his campaign spokesman said Sunday.
Corporate titans, well-connected lobbyists and staunch conservatives share Virginia Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell's transition team with some Democrats.
Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell appointed Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling his administration's new jobs czar and made it a position in his cabinet.
Here is the text of a statement released Friday by South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford on filing for divorce from Gov. Mark Sanford months after he publicly confessed an affair with an Argentine woman:
A Harvard professor and activist is running for Idaho governor as a Democrat after battling the alcoholic beverage industry in a failed attempt to fund substance abuse treatment through a beer and wine tax hike.
Republican Kirk Dillard promised Wednesday to create more jobs if he's elected governor by capping spending while improving Illinois schools, upgrading the state's infrastructure and offering tax breaks to help businesses.
Republican candidate for governor Andy McKenna proposed dramatically cutting state spending to rescue Illinois' finances without an income tax increase.
Even if her straying husband had asked her to, South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she wouldn't have stood with Gov. Mark Sanford when he faced cameras to tell the world about his affair with an Argentine woman.
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison formally entered the Texas governor's race Monday, taking on two-term incumbent Gov. Rick Perry in the March primary.
They're both entrepreneurial Greenwich businessmen. They're both politically connected, though neither has held statewide elective office.
A final hearing on Jenny Sanford's request for a divorce from South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is set for February.
South Carolina lawmakers are nearing a decision on whether to move forward with a measure to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford over a secret trip to Argentina and his travel.
Oops! In an embarrassing blunder, Gov. Charlie Crist mistakenly directed parents of uninsured children to call a toll-free sex line.